Andrew Pickford

Andrew Pickford oversees the Centre’s work on resources and the growing influence of geopolitics on the sector.

He has a diverse background, drawing on expertise from senior roles in the private sector in both mining and private businesses. Andrew has spent time as a security and policy analyst on energy, resources, geopolitics, and economic trends. He advised various government, academic, and private organisations on investment and security risks as well as country entry strategies.

Andrew is passionate about the economic history and development of Western Australia and the statesmen and entrepreneurs who worked to unlock its natural resources. He is a Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Western Australia Business School and is currently completing a PhD at the same university. This is titled Corridors of Power: An Energy History of the Creation and Development of Western Australia’s Town Gas, Natural Gas and Liquefied Natural Gas Industries, 1886-2009.

Originally from a farming family in the Great Southern of Western Australia, Andrew has studied and lived in Canada where he retains several adjunct roles in think tanks and universities.