Andrew Banks

Commenced career as an Actor in England and Sydney with The Old Tote Theatre Co (adopted by NIDA) which inspired me to get involved in movie producing (Lila 9th/Banks Films). Core business activities which came from my corporate HR training have been involved with building and growing companies in the recruiting, training and HR outsourcing space. Co-founded Morgan & Banks in early 1985 growing the company to become the dominant recruitment force in Australia and Asia, with 17% market share! Company went public in 1995 and sales grew to over A$900m, before merging with TMP/Monster.com in 1999, a US listed NASDAQ company. Morgan & Banks was an early adopter of the www with the No 1 Australian job website in 1996 which led to the merger with Monster and contributed significantly to that company's early format - the searching of resumes rather than a simple listing of jobs. After the merger, spent three years with TMP in New York as Global Director, participating in explosive growth and TMP's market cap reaching $6 billion during which time I was responsible for more than 50 acquisitions and 4,500 staff operating in 32 countries. In 2004 launched Talent2 International focusing on HR outsourcing and executive search and selection. The company employed 1,600+ professionals in 20 countries. Sold equity in 2014 to The Allegis Group of Maryland, a $16 billion US staffing giant. Since 2015 and following 4 seasons of the Australian version of “Shark Tank”, my main focus is on general investing via major global banks and institutional fund managers. Activities include working in film and TV production; being an active shareholder/advisor to a number of diverse businesses including consumer and health (Juvenescence), fin tech, supply chain, HR tech as well as education including the leading US online children’s learning platform, ABCmouse.com. In 2016, joined Steering Committee of The Edison Awards which monitors the development and successful launch of innovative products each year! --------- Andrew Banks is an investor in Compono.