About Us

Our team includes some of Australia's leading experts and most trusted advisors on vocational education and training (VET) and tertiary education.

Our team has helped hundreds of tertiary education providers nationally with their business optimisations and compliance requirements for more than 15 years. 

At SHEA Advisory, we can truly call ourselves experts in the sector. With over 20 years of experience in the field, we have lead some of Australia’s most successful, multi-award-winning tertiary education providers, and supported over 450 Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) including private, TAFE, enterprise and community providers, to meet their quality and compliance obligations, build the capacity of their teams, reach their business goals and enjoy sustained growth and success. 

Our Founder – Andrew Shea

In 2023, Andrew was awarded with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Australasian Learner Impact Awards.  

Over the past 20 years, Andrew has held senior management and executive level positions across a range of post-secondary education sector providers, delivering across diverse cohorts including to domestic students, onshore to international students and offshore to international students.

He is a regular keynote speaker at tertiary education events and is always highly regarded as a professional presenter. 

In 2020 and again in 2021, Andrew was recognised as the Professional Services/Education Executive of the Year at the CEO Awards and Builders Academy Australia, the RTO which Andrew was Chief Executive Officer with, was recognised as a multi-award winner at the Victorian Training Awards (3 separate years) and winner of the Small Training Provider category at the Australian Training Awards in 2020, and the RTO of the Year Category at the 2023 Learner Impact Awards.

Andrew is well recognized as a multi-award-winning tertiary and vocational education expert holding positions including:

Andrew currently acts as a consultant and advisor to different governments, regulatory bodies, training providers and industry. He currently holds the role of Managing Partner with Tesserent Academy, a part of Tesserent Ltd which is not associated with SHEA Advisory.

Sustained Excellence in Tertiary Education Management

Its our experience that makes the difference.

Let us partner with you to help you get clarity on your organisation’s purpose, values and long-term goals, as well as developing a strategy that builds on your strengths and identifies the brand promise that connects with your core customers.