About St Andrews Australia

Our Executives

Mr Adrian Hondros

Mr Adrian Hondros
Chief Executive Officer
Mr Hondros began his career as a graduate trainee with National Mutual Life Association in Perth before holding several positions in the financial services and financial planning industry in Perth, Melbourne and Sydney. In 2000 Mr Hondros was appointed Managing Director of Godfrey Pembroke, one of Australia’s leading financial planning companies, before moving to NAB Financial Planning in 2002 as General Manager and to NAB’s Private Bank in 2007. He commenced with St Andrew’s in early 2008 as Chief Executive Officer.

Mr Hondros holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Western Australia, a Diploma in Life Insurance from the Australian Insurance Institute, a Graduate Diploma in Professional Accounting from Edith Cowan University and a Graduate Diploma of Applied Finance from the Securities Institute of Australia.

Mr Matthew Way

Mr Matthew Way, BCom ACA
Chief Financial Officer
Mr Way is a qualified Chartered Accountant with 15 years experience in financial services, management consulting and audit/advisory.

He commenced with KPMG in the audit and advisory practice undertaking in external statutory audit, due diligence and accounting advice for clients across a range of industries. He then joined KPMG Consulting (now Bearingpoint Inc) where he specialised in financial and general management consulting and business process reengineering. He joined the HBOS Australia group in March 2002 initially holding the role of Consulting Manager, responsible for leading teams in process and systems improvement and reengineering initiatives, and then Chief Manager Strategy, responsible for coordinating group wide strategy and integration initiatives.

Mr Way commenced with St Andrew’s in December 2005 holding the role of Head of Finance and Strategy before being appointed Chief Financial Officer in January 2007.

Mr Renato Mazza

Mr Renato Mazza
Director Insurance
Mr Mazza is a founding member of St Andrew’s Group UK which was established in 1994. He has held various roles within St Andrew’s UK most recently Director of Business Development. Previously he held senior management roles in various financial institutions including Consolidated Insurance, the largest UK Consumer Credit Insurer and Avco Trust. Mr Mazza joined St Andrew’s Australia in 2005 to develop the insurance side of the business.

Mr Paul Northey

Mr Paul Northey
Director Wealth Management
Mr Northey has over 17 years experience in the financial services industry. His previous experience includes distribution, marketing and product roles. Prior to joining St Andrew’s in July 2006, Mr Northey was General Manager - Distribution for Aviva Australia, where he was accountable for the group’s distribution strategy. He has also held senior roles at financial institutions such as ING, Retireinvest, Armstrong Jones and IFMA. Mr Northey holds a Bachelor of Business, Diploma of Financial Services (Financial Planning) and has studied leadership programs at the Wharton School of Business, Philadelphia, and the London Business School.