Kirsch Consulting Group
Andrew is the founder of Kirsch Group, a boutique risk consulting firm serving governments, and corporate clients. Andrew previously served as an intelligence officer with the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) for just under a decade. After CSIS, he was a founding member and the first-ever department security officer (DSO) in the Ontario Office of the Provincial Security Advisor. He was appointed to the Ontario Expert Panel on Cyber Security in 2020, advising the government on strengthening cyber security practices in the broader public sector.
Andrew is a public speaker and trainer on issues of national, physical, and cyber security. His book – I Was Never Here: My True Canadian Spy Story of Coffees, Code Names and Covert Operations in the Age of Terrorism - was a national bestseller.