Andrew Pridham AO, BAppSc (PRM)
Andrew Pridham has a reputation as one of Australia’s most distinguished deal-makers, with over 20 years of experience in investment banking. After graduating from the University of South Australia (UniSA) in 1988 with a bachelor’s degree in Property Resource Management, Andrew moved to Sydney the next day to work in development and funds management. At this time, Australia was in a deep recession and there was turmoil in the property market which was particularly evident in the unlisted property sector. Andrew had a strong view that the only solution was to list these funds, and as such he became heavily involved in the dramatic growth of the Listed Property Trust sector (now known as REITS). Andrew joined UBS in 1997 which at the time had just been ranked as the number one investment bank in Australia.
In 1999, he was appointed to the UBS Global Management Board and relocated to London as the Global Head of Real Estate Investment Banking. Andrew also spent a stint working in Singapore. He returned to Australia in 2002 and, after a brief period in retirement, was coaxed back into investment banking by a number of former clients and established his own investment banking boutique. The business was sold to JPMorgan in 2004 where Andrew took on the role of Head of Investment Banking and ultimately Executive Chairman of Investment Banking. During his six-year tenure, he completed many major mergers and acquisitions, equity raising and other advisory transactions and played a leading role in the significant growth of JPMorgan's Australian business.
In 2009, Andrew left JPMorgan to establish a joint venture with New York headquartered investment bank Moelis & Company, setting up the Australian arm of the business. Today he holds the position of Managing Director and Head of Investment Banking, based in the company’s Sydney office.
An avid AFL fan, Andrew Pridham has been a member of the Sydney Swans Board since 2002, assuming the position of Chairman from the outgoing Richard Colless in December 2013. He is also Deputy Chair of the Sydney Swans Foundation which is dedicated to ensuring strong development pathways for AFL and AFLW players through the QBE Sydney Swans Academy and development of the brightest young talent to succeed on and off the field.
In the 2019 Australia Day Honours Andrew Pridham was made an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for "distinguished service to the investment banking and asset management sector, to sporting groups, and to philanthropy”.
