Andrew graduated from the University of Nottingham with a First Class degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and after an initial spell working for a small R+D company, started and ran several high technology companies. One of these companies, AVT, developed the electronic financial trading systems still used by every bank in the world.
Andrew is also the inventor of several key patents relating to secure communications. When Reuters bought AVT in 2002 he ran the Financial Trading Division of Reuters for six years. In 2008 he retired from formal paid employment and learned to sail. From 2009 he has invested his personal money in sustainable energy research and development, with particular interest in renewable energy storage and zero emission fuels.
In 2019 he was appointed Managing Director of GeoPura, a collaboration with Siemens Energy and Siemens Mobility to bring to market and commercialise affordable hydrogen and zero emission fuel based technologies.
He is an Honorary Professor at the University of Nottingham.
