Andy is currently Director for Regeneration and Economy at Coventry City Council. He has 20 years of experience working in the public sector and with the private, voluntary, community sectors to drive economic growth and development for Coventry and Warwickshire.
Andy has played a lead role in bringing in over £500m of Regeneration funding to the City and wider conurbation and delivering regeneration programmes to bring in new Inward Investment, create jobs and grow the business base across the City.
Recognised for his broad experience of influencing government economic policy, Andy has worked with multiple government departments on wide ranging agendas including automotive and energy related initiatives with BEIS, local neighbourhood and regeneration with MHCLG and more recently regional economic growth and devolution with the Cities and Local Growth unit.
Most recently securing over a £130m to locate the UK Battery Industrialisation Centre here in Coventry.
Over the last four years Andy has driven the Council’s approach to tackling the consequences of climate change, helping to shape and set up the Coventry Climate Change Board, the procurement of a Strategic Energy Partner for the City and Co-Chairing the Council’s Green Futures Board.
Andy is also overseeing the Council’s work with Sports, Culture, Events and Tourism, overseeing the largest capital programme focused on cultural assets in the City and as Project Sponsor for the transformational Cultural Gateway Project in the former IKEA Building.
