Andrew is a clinical and forensic ethologist with specialist academic areas in animal cognition, equine learning/training, and welfare science.

He has authored and co-authored more than 60 research and review journal papers and 12 horse and elephant training texts. In 2020, he co-authored the most recent Five Domains Model of Animal Welfare, focusing on human-animal interactions. Andrew has been a co-winner of the Eureka Science award and the Premio Flambo Award for Animal Welfare (Italian Equestrian Sports Federation). In 2014, he was awarded the John H Daniels Fellowship from the USA National Sporting Library, Virginia.

Professionally, Andrew founded and directed the Australian Equine Behaviour Centre and is currently the CEO of Equitation Science International. He is Patron of Pony Club Australia, where he has instigated a revolutionary syllabus that leads the world in equestrian education for young riders. Andrew has coached riders for over 50 years and has dedicated the past 30 years to teaching evidence-based horse training and management workshops across Western Europe, North America, South Africa, New Zealand, and Australia. In doing so, he has coached three Olympic medalists as well as many National representatives. Andrew is alsothe  Founder of the Human Elephant Learning Programs Foundation, a not-for-profit charity that delivers evidence-based training and management across South and Southeast Asia and is supported there by various government organisations.

A winner of the Advanced section of the famous Gawler three-day event in 1989, Andrew has enjoyed a decorated equestrian sport career and has represented Australia in three-day eventing and competed in State and National titles in FEI dressage, eventing, and showjumping. He was an Olympic Academy delegate in 1991. In addition, Andrew was the former and founding President of the Victorian Event Riders Association and former President of the Tasmanian Eventing Association.

Because of the Horse...

I was immersed in dinner table stories of horse training from the moment I was born. My mother was a successful show rider and part-time race trainer in her early days, while my father, along with his father, was a show jumper. Two of my brothers pursued careers as jockeys. Without the horse, my life would certainly be different, but I would still be working with animals and exploring their fascinating minds.