Andy Gannon

Andy was appointed Chairman of the Foundation in 2003 taking over from the previous Chariman Sir Christopher Ball. Andy has been working with the Talent Foundation for several years and has been a Director for over 2 years.

Andy is an independent business entrepreneur who combines a mixture of Executive and non-Executive roles with consulting to businesses and assignments for not-for-profit organisations. He was formerly an executive with Hewlett-Packard and has managed businesses with organisations from 10 to thousand's and in turnover from £2m to $1.5 Billion. He now combines the role of CEO of a small publicly quoted publishing and digital services company, with Non-Exec & advisory roles and is a founder of the business consulting firm Corporate Catalysts.

During his career he has developed tremendous insight into the strategic and operational impact of:

• Leading and managing Global and International businesses
• Knowledge management
• Change management