Andy Hornby
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Hornby in 2010
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| Born |
Andrew Hedley Hornby 21 January 1967 Scarborough, North Yorkshire |
| Nationality | United Kingdom |
| Alma mater |
St Peter's College, Oxford Harvard Business School |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Known for | CEO HBOS plc CEO Alliance Boots CEO Coral |
Andy Hornby (born 21 January 1967) is an English businessman, currently chief executive of the bookmakers Coral and Chairman of the online pharmacy retailer Pharmacy2U.
Hornby was born in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, but brought up in Bristol, where his father was headteacher of Clifton College Preparatory School.
Hornby is currently the chief executive of Coral and the Chairman of Pharmacy2U. Prior to joining Coral, he was Group chief executive of Alliance Boots and previously served as Group chief executive of Halifax Bank of Scotland (HBOS). He has also held a range of roles at Asda, including Retail managing director and managing director of "George" clothing. He has a degree in English Literature from St Peter's College, Oxford, and an MBA from Harvard Business School where he graduated top of his class of 800 students.
Hornby started his career with Boston Consulting Group where he focused on retail, consumer goods and financial sectors. After graduating from Harvard, he joined Blue Circle Industries where he carried out a range of general management roles. After leaving Blue Circle, he joined Asda under CEO Archie Norman, becoming Director of Corporate Development, Retail managing director, overseeing 36 stores and 14,000 employees; and then managing director of George whilst Allan Leighton was CEO. In 1999 he was promoted to the Asda Management Board at the age of 32.
In November 1999 Hornby joined Halifax as chief executive of Retail and became chief executive of HBOS Retail following the merger with Bank of Scotland in 2001. In 2005 he was appointed chief operating officer of HBOS and he became Group chief executive in 2006, a position which he held until the takeover by Lloyds TSB Group. For five years Hornby was a non-executive director of Home Retail Group (& previously GUS Plc) where, until standing down in July 2009, he was also Chairman of the Remuneration Committee.
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