Andrew Banks
| Andrew Banks | |
|---|---|
| Born |
November 30, 1951 Lambeth, UK |
| Residence | Los Angeles, USA |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur and Film Producer |
| Known for | Pioneering the recruitment industry in Australia; establishment of Morgan & Banks and Talent2 |
| Television | Shark Tank Seasons 1-3 |
| Board member of | NIDA Foundation Trust Age of Learning/ABCmouse (International Board) MyMentor (Advisory Board) |
Andrew Richard Banks (born 30 November 1951) is an Australian entrepreneur, investor, film producer and talent & learning expert. He co-founded recruitment company Morgan & Banks and founded HR business process outsourcing provider, Talent2 International. He is one of the 'Sharks' on the television series Shark Tank Australia.
Banks was born in the Lambeth district of London, England the fifth of six boys. His father was a staff sergeant in the Medical Corps of the British Army. His mother was born in Vienna and grew up in Gdansk, Poland; she was fluent in six languages.
When the family moved to Chichester in 1961, Banks attended the local selective state grammar school and became involved in amateur dramatic productions. Achieving ten ‘0’ Levels and four ‘A’ levels, he was accepted at various UK universities and chose Science at London University. Banks completed a year and a half of exams in Applied Biology before getting a part-time job selling paintings door-to-door and progressed quickly to supervisor with the company, running an area office of ten teams. At the same time he was doing voiceover work using his acting experience as well as employing two people to sell trendy ‘Carnaby Street style’ shirts in the University cafeteria.
His university degree was put on hold after an Australian colleague provided a sponsor that enabled Banks to migrate to Australia as part of the final stages of its Assisted Passage Migration Scheme; Andrew Banks arrived in Sydney, Australia in 1972 as a ‘Ten Pound Pom’.
In Australia, Banks pursued an acting career through studies in Shakespearean Training at the Old Tote Theatre Company (now NIDA - National Institute of Dramatic Arts). He had small acting roles in television series Number 96 and the Old Tote Theatre Company’s production of Macbeth at the Sydney Opera House in 1974. Banks bought into the Red Pavilion Bar and Restaurant in Woolloomooloo, Sydney with restaurateur Soren Luno as partner. Its sale fourteen months later was when Banks realised his first capital. Banks married his Australian girlfriend, Andrea in 1974 and following an overseas honeymoon, decided to pursue more stable employment.
Banks' interest in Human Resources and recruiting began while working with French oil company, Elf Aquitaine. Returning to London, roles followed with Brown and Root (now Halliburton) involving moves to Norway, USA and then back to the UK as Regional HR Director for the Europe and Africa Marine Division. Returning to Australia in 1980, Banks accepted an advertised role as a recruiter with Slade Consulting in Sydney. He opened and established their new Brisbane office then returned to Sydney to manage both the Sydney and Brisbane offices until December 1984.
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