Pathkey.AI names Andrew Farnsworth as CEO

Pathkey.AI, an Australian AI-powered platform technology company, has named Andrew Farnsworth as CEO.

Farnsworth has been engaged to provide consulting services over the last six months as part of the strategic review undertaken to assist with the refinement of Pathkey's position as an applied AI company with capabilities extending beyond healthcare while maintaining TrialKey as its lead commercial platform. 

According to the company, he has been "instrumental in advising on the TrialKey product roadmap and go to market strategy, development of marketing, branding and communications strategies, supporting business development activities, advising on organisational design, governance and performance management frameworks and other associated advisory services".

Pathkey also said Farnsworth played a key role in supporting the board’s decision to acquire Chipforge, a company developing an AI-powered chip design platform for semiconductor engineering.

Farnsworth is a defence-grounded technology, product, and commercialisation leader with more than 20 years’ experience spanning secure communications, cyber and infrastructure platforms, enterprise transformation, AI-enabled systems, and product execution.

His career began in the Royal Australian Air Force, where he worked in communications and IT operations, including high-security radio and encrypted communications in mission-critical environments. He subsequently held security-sensitive and infrastructure leadership roles across defence-aligned and government environments, including secure systems work involving cryptographic equipment, encrypted endpoints, and protected networks.

Most recently, Farnsworth held senior executive technology roles leading large-scale product and platform transformation across global enterprises. At Yum! Brands, he directed technology strategy and product development across ecommerce, payments, AI/Machine Learning, restaurant systems, architecture, and data platforms, helping grow digital revenue to approximately USD 1.5 billion.

Earlier, at Sephora Asia, he led regional enterprise technology across store systems, payment platforms, ERP, data, analytics, and fulfilment, while at Marina Bay Sands he oversaw major portfolios across cybersecurity, infrastructure, enterprise architecture, surveillance systems, and large-scale data centre modernisation.

Farnsworth also brings founder-led product development and commercialisation experience, having built and launched a secure mobile payments and customer engagement platform. He secured funding, validated a transformative revenue model, established customer adoption, and scaled early market traction.

Shannon Robinson, chair of Pathkey, said Farnsworth's background combines defence communications, secure systems, infrastructure, product architecture, enterprise-scale delivery, and commercialisation.

"That combination aligns strongly with Pathkey’s strategy of developing and commercialising AI-based large language model platforms applied to data-intensive industries, with TrialKey serving clinical research and Chipforge positioned to serve customers across sectors including healthcare, defence, critical infrastructure and other regulated industries," said Robinson.

"Andrew’s blend of deep operating experience across product architecture, secure systems, and commercial execution positions him strongly to lead Pathkey through its next stage of growth.”

Farnsworth said Pathkey is harnessing the power of AI and large language models to build solutions for industries where reliability and precision truly matter.

"AI represents one of the most significant technological revolutions in human history, and I’m energised by the opportunity to work with the board and the team to accelerate the company’s AI strategy," he said.

"That includes strengthening our technology and IP base, and unlocking the natural synergies between the two exciting platforms — TrialKey and Chipforge — with a clear focus on near‑term commercialisation”