Andy Carroll has 20 years’ experience in Managing Director/C-Level positions with full P&L responsibility, and a successful track record of leading, transforming and creating market-leading businesses in the UK and abroad.
Andy has a unique breadth of experience within automotive distribution in the UK. He has led the National Sales Company for a vehicle manufacturer, has held senior positions in both a traditional and an online car retailer, and has led a leading automotive data and software house.
Now a consultant, Andy uses his extensive experience as a leader who combined strategy development with both the building and mentoring of strong teams and a pragmatic but rigorous approach to implementation.
Andy has worked for Private Equity and Venture Capital businesses, in both executive and non-executive positions, as well as for multi-national public and private companies. He has lived and worked in 4 European countries.
Following 10 years in sales and marketing positions with General Motors working in France, Switzerland and Germany, Andy returned to the UK in 2000 to run Oneswoop, the first online retailer of new cars. He subsequently became the first managing director of GM Daewoo and Chevrolet UK before joining GAZ International, responsible for sales and marketing. Following an interim position as Operations Director with the Caffyns plc dealer group, Andy became managing director of Glass’s in 2009. Andy left the automotive sector in 2013 to run Amari Plastics plc, a market-leading industrial distributor. In 2018 he decided to return to the automotive world as a freelance consultant. Andy holds master’s degrees from Cambridge and INSEAD, and was a management consultant prior to his automotive career.
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