Andrew Wear is City Economist and Director, Economic Development and International at the City of Melbourne, Australia.
He has played a lead role supporting the city's economic response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and has led development and delivery of the city’s Economic Development Strategy and International Engagement Framework. Over the past two years, he has supported the establishment of the Melbourne Climate Network, an industry-led cluster leading economic growth in Melbourne’s climate sector.

He is also a board member of the BioMelbourne Network (an industry association for Melbourne's health technology sector) and an advisory board member of the Committee for Economic Development Australia.

Andrew is also an author who is passionate about searching the world for policy solutions that work. His books include "Solved! How other countries have cracked the world’s biggest problems and we can too" and "Recovery. How we can create a better, brighter future after a crisis".