Andy Hornby

Andy Hornby is an executive director of Halifax Bank of Scotland. Born in 1967, after graduating from Oxford Andy joined the Boston Consulting Group where he spent three years working on a range of projects, principally in the media and retail sectors. He then went to Harvard, where he obtained his MBA. On his return, Andy joined Blue Circle, where he held a number of senior line management roles. He moved to Asda in 1996 and held numerous roles including Director of Corporate Development, Retail Managing Director and finally Managing Director of George, ASDA's clothing business. Andy joined Halifax on 1 November 1999 as Chief Executive, Halifax Retail and was appointed to the Board on 18 November 1999. Following the merger of Bank of Scotland and Halifax in September 2001, he became Chief Executive of the Retail Division of HBOS plc. On 1 July 2005 Andy was appointed Chief Operating Officer. He is also a Non-executive Director of GUS plc.