Andrew Playford

Andrew Playford has worked in a variety of roles in finance and operations since 1991. Starting their career at Price Waterhouse as an auditor and management consultant, they then moved to Think New Ideas as Vice President of Finance. After that, they were the CFO and co-founder of SmartRay Networks, Inc., a mobile alerting platform. In 2003, they became the CFO of Cometa Networks, a WIFI Infrastructure joint venture between AT&T, Intel and IBM. In 2007, they founded Signature Days, an e-commerce experiential gifting business. From 2014-2020, they were the Senior Vice President of Operations at Sonic Foundry Inc., a video technology company. Most recently, they have been the CFO at Tiege Hanley, a Chicago based DTC beauty brand.

Andrew Playford obtained their ACA from ICAEW in 1993. Andrew then went on to earn a Bachelor's Degree from the University of Cape Town. Following this, they earned a B. Business Science in Accounting and Finance from the University of Cape Town. In 2020, they obtained a Growth CFO Impact Financial Management Certification from Foresight CFO.