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Andrew Wheeler

Election Year: 2015

Election Constituency: Australia

Scholar Status: Scholar Alum

Rhodes Identifier: Australia-at-Large & Lady Margaret Hall 2015

Andrew Wheeler

Biography

Andrew completed a Bachelor of Commerce with First Class Honours and a Diploma in Mathematical Sciences at the University of Melbourne, graduating as Valedictorian in 2012. He currently works as a management consultant at L.E.K. Consulting. While at university, he was President of the Financial Management Association of Australia, the largest commerce student association in Australia, and co-founded a charity that donates used computer equipment to remote schools in the Northern Territory. Andrew has a passion for economic development, with a particular focus on child health and education in the Asia-Pacific, and recently led a research team in rural Papua New Guinea to investigate the key drivers of child malnutrition. He also enjoys athletics, and has represented Victoria in triple jump at national championships.