Andrew Wooster is the COO and Co-Founder of Forward Risk, and Partner at Avisa. He has extensive experience conducting due diligence investigations and assists hedge funds, private equity firms, financial institutions, and corporate clients. He is responsible for the firm’s hiring, training, talent development, and people management. Over the past five years, Andrew has helped recruit to the firm professionals ranging from senior practitioners to interns and fellows, and has grown the team from a single intern to one with over 25 full-time investigative professionals.

Prior to co-founding Forward Risk, Andrew worked at a DC-based due diligence firm, where he specialized in pre-IPO due diligence and Latin America-focused matters. He also has experience conducting Spanish-language research.
In his spare time, Andrew enjoys board/strategy games, and poorly attempting to play tennis.