Andy Hornby

Infobox Person
name = Andy Hornby

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birth_date = birth date and age|1967|1|21
birth_place = Scarborough, North Yorkshire
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alma_mater = St Peter's College, Oxford
Harvard Business School
occupation = Banker, CEO
employer = HBOS plc
nationality = flag|United Kingdom

Andrew Hedley Hornby (born January 21, 1967) is the chief executive officer of HBOS plc, one of the largest banks in the United Kingdom.

Early life

He was the youngest of five children. His father was the headmaster of the Clifton College Preparatory School, and died when he was 18. After attending Clifton College and studying English and gaining an MA at St Peter's College, Oxford, he spent three years with the Boston Consulting Group. He then did an MBA at the Harvard Business School.

Career

After Harvard, he joined Blue Circle Industries (bought by Lafarge in 2001) in 1993 as a manager. He joined ASDA in 1996, becoming Director of Corporate Development, Retail Managing Director—overseeing 36 stores and 14,000 employees, and Managing Director of GEORGE whilst Allan Leighton was Chairman. On November 1 1999, he joined the Halifax as Chief Executive of Halifax Retail. In September 2001, the bank merged with the Bank of Scotland. He became Chief Executive of the Retail Division of HBOS plc. He became Chief Operating Officer (COO) in July 2005, then CEO in July 2006, taking over from James Crosby. Whilst COO, he had been offered the CEO job at Boots.

In September 2008 he led HBOS to near-bankruptcy and the bank was taken over by rival Lloyds TSB. It was said Andy Hornby might return to greengrocing and he stated in an interview with the BBC there was "no silver bullet to solve the conundrum".

Personal life

He supports Bristol City F.C.. He married Cathy (whom he met at Oxford) in April 1991 in Halton and they have a son (born November 2003) and daughter (born June 2000) and live in the York area.

External links

* [http://www.hbosplc.com/abouthbos/Directors_biogs.asp HBOS]
* [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1047193/HBOS-boss-accounts-frozen-fraudster-steals-identity-withdraws-7-000.html Identity fraud in August 2008]
* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/apr/29/hbosbusiness.banking2 "Guardian" article April 2008]
* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2005/feb/19/3 "Guardian" article February 2005]

Video clips

* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7601459.stm Interviewed by Robert Peston in September 2008]