Andrew Needham
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Charlie Marr
I have been lucky enough to work with Andrew for over 10 years. I first met Andrew when I was at university and his passion for the business he was running at the time resulted in me turning down a job at an investment back to join Pulsar where Andrew was CEO and founder and begin my career in sales. After a successful 4 years at Pulsar, I later joined Andrew on his founding team at HeadBox where, under his leadership and tutelage, I learned a huge amount as both a sales and people leader. Andrew's super strength is the empathy with which he approaches all interactions with his team, his customers, and his family. Andrew leads with Integrity - always doing what he says he's going to do - something I now seek to replicate in my own management style. This empathy and integrity has created a safe, fulfilling, fun and highly productive culture at HeadBox that helped the business thrive while I was there and continues to do so.
John Rowley
Andrew is a force of nature. He built Face into a mature and respected research operation and from it seized the opportunity to create and launch Pulsar. At the same time recruiting and shaping a high quality management team to ensure succession and legacy - an unusual but very positive trait in the world of M&A. He was a very positive and inspiring personality in the development of Cello Group and the Signal network.
Charlie Marr
I have been lucky enough to work with Andrew for over 10 years. I first met Andrew when I was at university and his passion for the business he was running at the time resulted in me turning down a job at an investment back to join Pulsar where Andrew was CEO and founder and begin my career in sales. After a successful 4 years at Pulsar, I later joined Andrew on his founding team at HeadBox where, under his leadership and tutelage, I learned a huge amount as both a sales and people leader. Andrew's super strength is the empathy with which he approaches all interactions with his team, his customers, and his family. Andrew leads with Integrity - always doing what he says he's going to do - something I now seek to replicate in my own management style. This empathy and integrity has created a safe, fulfilling, fun and highly productive culture at HeadBox that helped the business thrive while I was there and continues to do so.
John Rowley
Andrew is a force of nature. He built Face into a mature and respected research operation and from it seized the opportunity to create and launch Pulsar. At the same time recruiting and shaping a high quality management team to ensure succession and legacy - an unusual but very positive trait in the world of M&A. He was a very positive and inspiring personality in the development of Cello Group and the Signal network.
Charlie Marr
I have been lucky enough to work with Andrew for over 10 years. I first met Andrew when I was at university and his passion for the business he was running at the time resulted in me turning down a job at an investment back to join Pulsar where Andrew was CEO and founder and begin my career in sales. After a successful 4 years at Pulsar, I later joined Andrew on his founding team at HeadBox where, under his leadership and tutelage, I learned a huge amount as both a sales and people leader. Andrew's super strength is the empathy with which he approaches all interactions with his team, his customers, and his family. Andrew leads with Integrity - always doing what he says he's going to do - something I now seek to replicate in my own management style. This empathy and integrity has created a safe, fulfilling, fun and highly productive culture at HeadBox that helped the business thrive while I was there and continues to do so.
John Rowley
Andrew is a force of nature. He built Face into a mature and respected research operation and from it seized the opportunity to create and launch Pulsar. At the same time recruiting and shaping a high quality management team to ensure succession and legacy - an unusual but very positive trait in the world of M&A. He was a very positive and inspiring personality in the development of Cello Group and the Signal network.
Charlie Marr
I have been lucky enough to work with Andrew for over 10 years. I first met Andrew when I was at university and his passion for the business he was running at the time resulted in me turning down a job at an investment back to join Pulsar where Andrew was CEO and founder and begin my career in sales. After a successful 4 years at Pulsar, I later joined Andrew on his founding team at HeadBox where, under his leadership and tutelage, I learned a huge amount as both a sales and people leader. Andrew's super strength is the empathy with which he approaches all interactions with his team, his customers, and his family. Andrew leads with Integrity - always doing what he says he's going to do - something I now seek to replicate in my own management style. This empathy and integrity has created a safe, fulfilling, fun and highly productive culture at HeadBox that helped the business thrive while I was there and continues to do so.
John Rowley
Andrew is a force of nature. He built Face into a mature and respected research operation and from it seized the opportunity to create and launch Pulsar. At the same time recruiting and shaping a high quality management team to ensure succession and legacy - an unusual but very positive trait in the world of M&A. He was a very positive and inspiring personality in the development of Cello Group and the Signal network.
Experience
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HeadBox
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United Kingdom
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Events Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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CEO
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Apr 2015 - Present
I am the CEO and Founder of HeadBox. HeadBox is the easy way to plan meetings and events with confidence. Our software products, namely www.headbox.com, Lead Feed and HeadBox Business, allow customers to book, manage and deliver everything in one place - no long searches, no hidden costs, no stress. As the UK’s fastest-growing event tech brand backed by Guinness Asset Management and Deepbridge Capital, we are on a mission to bring people and spaces together to make brilliant things… Show more I am the CEO and Founder of HeadBox. HeadBox is the easy way to plan meetings and events with confidence. Our software products, namely www.headbox.com, Lead Feed and HeadBox Business, allow customers to book, manage and deliver everything in one place - no long searches, no hidden costs, no stress. As the UK’s fastest-growing event tech brand backed by Guinness Asset Management and Deepbridge Capital, we are on a mission to bring people and spaces together to make brilliant things happen, everywhere. We now employ a growing team of 65 HeadBoxers, based in Shoreditch, London. In 2018, HeadBox was shortlisted for The Sunday Times Tech Track "Ones to Watch" as well as being listed in Startups UK Top 100, ranking at #9 in 2020. Show less I am the CEO and Founder of HeadBox. HeadBox is the easy way to plan meetings and events with confidence. Our software products, namely www.headbox.com, Lead Feed and HeadBox Business, allow customers to book, manage and deliver everything in one place - no long searches, no hidden costs, no stress. As the UK’s fastest-growing event tech brand backed by Guinness Asset Management and Deepbridge Capital, we are on a mission to bring people and spaces together to make brilliant things… Show more I am the CEO and Founder of HeadBox. HeadBox is the easy way to plan meetings and events with confidence. Our software products, namely www.headbox.com, Lead Feed and HeadBox Business, allow customers to book, manage and deliver everything in one place - no long searches, no hidden costs, no stress. As the UK’s fastest-growing event tech brand backed by Guinness Asset Management and Deepbridge Capital, we are on a mission to bring people and spaces together to make brilliant things happen, everywhere. We now employ a growing team of 65 HeadBoxers, based in Shoreditch, London. In 2018, HeadBox was shortlisted for The Sunday Times Tech Track "Ones to Watch" as well as being listed in Startups UK Top 100, ranking at #9 in 2020. Show less
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Signal
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United Kingdom
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Business Consulting and Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Leadership Group
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Apr 2012 - Mar 2015
I was one of 12 Global Managing Partners in charge of social technology and innovation. I was one of 12 Global Managing Partners in charge of social technology and innovation.
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Pulsar
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United Kingdom
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Technology, Information and Internet
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1 - 100 Employee
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CEO & Founder
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Jan 2010 - Mar 2015
Together with my role as the CEO of Face, I lead the global launch and expansion of Pulsar our proprietary suite of social intelligence products that in it's first year of trading as an enterprise SAAS business generated £2.5M in software licence revenue with strong projected growth. Together with my role as the CEO of Face, I lead the global launch and expansion of Pulsar our proprietary suite of social intelligence products that in it's first year of trading as an enterprise SAAS business generated £2.5M in software licence revenue with strong projected growth.
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FACE
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United Kingdom
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Market Research
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200 - 300 Employee
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CEO & Founding Partner
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Sep 2002 - Mar 2015
I was the global CEO of Face & Pulsar, the company I founded and grew to a turnover of £8M with 50+ people in offices in London, New York, Singapore and Hong Kong. I was the global CEO of Face & Pulsar, the company I founded and grew to a turnover of £8M with 50+ people in offices in London, New York, Singapore and Hong Kong.
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Partner
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May 2009 - Mar 2012
I was one of 35 Cello Partners where my role was to help drive Cello Group Strategy.
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Group Managing Partner, Cello London Hub
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Sep 2009 - Dec 2011
As a Board Director of Tangible, one of the key divisions of Cello Group Plc, I lead and was responsible for the P&L and the 70 employees of its London Hub. The Hub consisted of four companies namely Face, Farm, Tangible and Opticomm. When I took on the role the Hub was loss making and in 2 years turned it into a major profit driving centre for the Tangible Division.
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Vice President
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Sep 2008 - Dec 2010
I was Vice President of the UK's Word of Mouth Marketing Association - WOMUK - we represented the word of mouth marketing industry in the UK with a view to expanding to cover Europe. WOMUK was the only WOM association in the UK to be officially affiliated with WOMMA in the U.S. I was Vice President of the UK's Word of Mouth Marketing Association - WOMUK - we represented the word of mouth marketing industry in the UK with a view to expanding to cover Europe. WOMUK was the only WOM association in the UK to be officially affiliated with WOMMA in the U.S.
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Co-Founder
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Jan 2006 - Aug 2007
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Managing Director
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Jun 1992 - Sep 2002
I set up Student Pages, a telephone directory very like Yellow Pages but for students while studying at Edinburgh University. I then grew the 200 plus page publication so that every major university town in the country had it's own version. With a print run of over 300,000 copies and a readership of 1M it became a well established part of student life in the 90's. With revenue of £2.5M I sold Student Pages together with Student Marketing to Hobsons who were part of the Daily Mail Group. I set up Student Pages, a telephone directory very like Yellow Pages but for students while studying at Edinburgh University. I then grew the 200 plus page publication so that every major university town in the country had it's own version. With a print run of over 300,000 copies and a readership of 1M it became a well established part of student life in the 90's. With revenue of £2.5M I sold Student Pages together with Student Marketing to Hobsons who were part of the Daily Mail Group.
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Hobsons
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United States
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Education Administration Programs
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1 - 100 Employee
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Consumer Director
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Sep 2000 - Jun 2002
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Education
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1988 - 1992
The University of Edinburgh
2:1 MA, History and Politics -
1982 - 1987
Eton College
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