Andy is a highly experienced Director working in the education and training, educational publishing,

Between 2011 and 2020 Andy helped found and successfully launch one of the UK’s few private universities, Pearson College London (PCL). Andy was a founding Director of PCL and part of its Executive, with responsibility for strategic partnerships and governance.

In addition, Andy held business development responsibility for recruitment of students from employer partners on to PCL programmes, including creation of bespoke degree, Degree Apprenticeship, and CPD programmes, establishing over 100 employer partnerships.

Andy has held M.D./Director roles at organisations such as the BBC, McGraw-Hill, Pearson, and Oxford University Press, leading strategies for digital transformation and organisational change as well as heading business divisions.

Andy’s consultancy experience includes strategic business reviews for University College London, Cambridge University Press, Pearson plc, Elsevier, and TES Group.

A native of Grimsby, Andy’s a life-long supporter of the Mariners.