Andy Harper

Andy Harper has a wealth of experience in the business and tech industries. Andy began their career in 2006 as a Principal Consultant at Detica, where they developed expertise in defining and launching new services, change management, developing trialling programmes, and running proof of concepts. In 2011, they joined British Gas as the Head of Energy Propositions & Commercial, leading a large team that developed new customer propositions for both British Gas and Sainsbury's Energy brands, and owning the Energy P&L for the UK residential energy business. In 2012, they took a secondment as an Investment Manager at the Social Business Trust, identifying high growth social enterprises for investment and completing due-diligence. In 2013, they became a Non-Executive Director at Moneyline-UK. From 2017 to 2020, they were the Director of Strategy, Business Development & Performance and Chief of Staff at Hive | Centrica Hive Limited. In 2020, they joined Checkatrade.com as the Chief Growth Officer and Director of Strategy, Marketplace Products & Planning. Additionally, they are a Non Executive Director at Edozo, a rapidly growing property-tech business.

Andy Harper attended the University of York from 2003 to 2006, where they obtained their Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Management, I.T & Languages.