Andrew Brownlee

Andrew Brownlee is the CEO at SOLAS, the national further education and training authority, having previously served as Executive Director for Strategy and Knowledge.

At SOLAS, he has played a key role in putting in place a strategic performance framework for the further education and training (FET) system, in implementing reforms to support a simplified and more integrated provision model and in developing a new 5 year FET strategy which sets out an ambitious new vision for its next critical phase of development.

He joined SOLAS from the Higher Education Authority, where he was Head of System Funding and led the establishment of a comprehensive governance framework and the reform of higher education funding. Prior to joining the public sector he had a long and distinguished career in management consultancy, working for PwC, PA Consulting and Fitzpatrick Associates, developing strategy and managing change for a diverse range of clients, with a particular focus on the education and skills sector.