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Andy Bond | |
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 Andy Bond receiving his honorary degree from theUniversity of Salford in July 2009 | |
| Born | Andrew James Bond (1965-03-16)16 March 1965 (age 60) |
Andrew James Bond (born 16 March 1965) is a formerchief executive officer ofAsda having resigned in April 2010.[1]
Bond's father was a plumber and his mother a nurse. He was born inGrantham, and attendedThe King's School, Grantham and gained four A levels. He received afirst-classBEng Hons in Gas Engineering from theUniversity of Salford in 1987 as part of aBritish Gas plc scholarship spending a year on the job in the gas industry.
He started his career as a graduate trainee engineer with British Gas. In 1988, he worked for Manchester-based Hopkinsons Group, one of British Gas's suppliers, as a marketing manager. In 1992–1993, he studied for anMBA atCranfield School of Management.
He began at ASDA as a marketing manager forArchie Norman, when aged 29 in April 1994, having been top of his course at Cranfield. He was noted for his determination and eye for detail. At ASDA, he worked underAllan Leighton and withJustin King. In 1998, he became corporate marketing director, then in 1999, he became European own-label director. In November 2000, he headed theGeorge clothing brand of ASDA (worth about £1bn a year on its own in the UK, and based nearLutterworth), working with designer Kate Bostock, after the potentially-damaging departure of George Davies. He becamechief operating officer of ASDA in September 2004, then CEO in March 2005, resigning this position in April 2010.[1]
He married Susan Stringfellow in April 1997 in North Yorkshire. They live inHarrogate with their son (born 1998) and daughter (born 1999), having formerly lived inBitteswell. He is keen on personal fitness.