Andrew Brookes is Executive Director of the Norman Beischer Medical Research Foundation, an institute that seeks to research and to promote healthy pregnancies and healthy babies.  Andrew is a Board or Committee member of six philanthropic trusts, both grant making and grant seeking.  Andrew has held the positions of Chief Executive at Helen Macpherson Smith Trust and Colonial Foundation.  Prior to being in the philanthropic sector, Andrew spent 22 years in financial services at the Colonial Group in a variety of roles.

Andrew’s family has a small Trust for Nature covenanted property in the heart of Point Lonsdale.  The property is one of the last surviving examples of coastal heathland in the area.