Andrew Szeri has been a professor at the University of California, Berkeley (20+ years), the University of British Columbia, and the University of California, Irvine. He served in administrative roles in all three institutions. Additional service includes membership on the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong, the UBC Properties Trust Board and the Graduate Record Examination Board, which he chaired. He completed his Ph.D. at Cornell University (New York) in 1988 and earned the ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors in 2019. He joined the EMV Board in 2020.