Andrew joined Equitable Bank (TSX: EQB) as Chief Executive Officer in 2007. Andrew’s focus in recent years has been in positioning Equitable Bank as “Canada’s Challenger Bank”. Andrew has been establishing EQ Bank as a leading digital banking player, with an easy-to-use mobile app that offers a unique combination of payments functionality and great savings rates. Equitable Bank is Canada’s ninth-largest Schedule 1 bank with over $30 billion of assets under management. Equitable was a founding shareholder in Borrowell and participates in the Portage ecosystem through an investment in Portage Funds giving the Bank a view into the Canadian fintech ecosystem. Andrew is a keen observer of the challenger and neo-bank community around the world. He is interested in how banks can leverage technology to improve the societies in which they operate. He is a member of the Executive Council of the Canadian Bankers Association and Chairman of the Banks and Trust Companies Association. Andrew is a Director of Sleep Country Canada Inc. (TSX: ZZZ) and a member of the Smith School of Business Advisory Board at Queen’s University.