Andrew Regan
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Andrew Regan (born 14 December 1966 in Manchester, England) is a British entrepreneur. He is Chief Executive of international investment company Corvus Capital Inc, which is listed in the UK on the London Stock Exchange’s AIM (Alternative Investment Market), investing in businesses operating in insurance, technology, commodities, food brands, media, music, gaming, telecoms, natural resources, bio-resources and energy.
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[edit] Life
Andrew Regan was born into a Manchester family but now lives in Geneva, Switzerland. He is divorced from his wife Nicola Regan with whom he had six children between 1989 and 1998.
[edit] Career to date
Andrew originally built a household products business which was sold to Hobson plc in 1991 where he became Chief Executive of Hobson which was listed on the London Stock Exchange. In 1994 Hobson plc acquired the Co-operative Wholesale Society's food and drinks manufacturing operations and the enlarged Hobson business was eventually sold to Hillsdown Holdings plc for £154 million by way of a recommended takeover in 1996. In 1997 Andrew led an attempt, which subsequently lapsed, to gain control of the CWS in a £1.2 billion take-over bid.
On joining the Board and becoming Chief Executive of Corvus Capital Inc in 2004 he focused the company’s investment activity on the UK and Asia where it has been involved in developing equities and assets worth in excess of $750m. Andrew has no other directorships.
[edit] Polar traveller
Andrew’s an experienced Polar traveller and has been to both the North Pole and the South Pole. He was the main driving force in putting the 2005 Ice Challenger expedition together, a world record attempt for the fastest overland crossing to the South Pole. The team completed the 1,200 km route in 69 hours - smashing the previous world record of 24 days (576 hours).
[edit] References
- Regan, Andrew. Andrew Regan - Chief Executive. Corvus Capital Inc. Retrieved on 06/12/06.
- Cowie, Ian. Deal-maker is poised to climb back. Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved on 06/12/06.
- Concepts, Voyage. Ice Challenger - World Record for the fastest overland crossing to South Pole. Voyage Concepts. Retrieved on 06/12/06.