Andrew Chau

CEO & Co-founder @ Neo Financial | Co-founder @ SkipTheDishes

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

About

We're building Neo Financial from the ground up to give Canadians the most rewarding spending and saving experience - the way it should be. Prior to co-founding Neo, I was a co-founder of SkipTheDishes, the largest food delivery network in Canada. Expanded Skip to over 110 markets and millions of customers, with over 2,500 employees. Acquired by Just-Eat in 2016 for $200M, merged with Takeaway (2019) and Grubhub (2020), creating one of the largest food delivery companies in the world. The Canadian Skip food delivery business today is over $3bn a year in sales. I graduated from university not knowing what to do, so I started my career by becoming a consultant at BCG. I was one of the only non-core school hires at BCG that year (i.e., non-Ivy league). Learned the ropes by working on a ton of challenging problems for Fortune 500 companies.

Experience

  • Co-founder, CEO at Neo Financial
    Sep 2018 - Present · 7 yrs 10 mos

    Neo Financial (www.neofinancial.com) We’re modernizing everyday finances and rewards in Canada. We're looking for passionate, talented, driven people to be part of our team and help re-shape what finances mean to Canadians.

  • Co-Founder, Business Development & Strategy at SkipTheDishes.com
    Apr 2014 - Sep 2018 · 4 yrs 6 mos

    SkipTheDishes connects hungry offices and people with restaurants and local Food Couriers, giving more food delivery options beyond just Pizza and Chinese. We work with over 25,000 restaurants across North America and help get you food from restaurants that traditionally don’t deliver. Our on-demand food delivery network is a new and improved way to get the food you love to where you are with just a few a clicks. www.SkipTheDishes.com

  • Consultant at The Boston Consulting Group
    Nov 2009 - Apr 2014 · 4 yrs 6 mos

    Multiple projects in Canada and the US, spanning across various industries, ranging from financial services to consumer goods to telecom/technology. Functional experience across multiple topics such as corporate strategy, M&A growth strategy, due diligence, cost competitiveness, supply chain network design, corporate governance, and many others. As a Consultant, I developed first-hand knowledge of clients' critical business issues, delving into the data and analysis while building client relationships, problem solving, and communications skills.

  • Efficiency Consultant at United Nations World Food Programme
    Nov 2011 - Apr 2012 · 6 mos

    Focused on pursuing improvements in efficiency measurement and driving specific efficiency, reporting, and process innovations throughout the organization.

  • Founder, Stock Market Challenge at Enactus
    2007 - 2009 · 2 yrs

    Founded the Enactus Stock Market Challenge with the goal of educating students on the fundamentals of investing, trading, and portfolio management through a simulated stock trading environment, as well as a series of educational workshops,