Andrew Lindsay
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| Birth name | Andrew James Ronald Lindsay | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 March 1977 Scotland | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | Great Britain | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Men's rowing | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Eights | ||||||||||||||
| College team | Oxford University Boat Club | ||||||||||||||
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Andrew James Ronald Lindsay MBE (born 25 March 1977) is a British Olympic gold medal-winning rower and the co-CEO of Telecom Plus, which owns Utility Warehouse.
Early life
[edit]Lindsay was educated at Eton College, where he first started rowing, and read geography at Brasenose College, Oxford.[1][2] He rowed in the Oxford blue boat in The Boat Race three times, once as president of the boat club; and in The Childe of Hale, the First VIII of Brasenose College Boat Club.
Rowing career
[edit]In 1994, Lindsay won bronze at the World Rowing Junior Championships in Munich.[3]
He won a gold medal in the eight event at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, as a member of the British rowing team.[4] He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2001 New Year Honours, for services to rowing.[5]
Business career
[edit]After his Olympic success, Lindsay announced his retirement from competitive rowing and went into business.[3][6] He worked for Goldman Sachs for three years, and later was managing director of electrical retailer Ryness Electrical where he took part in a management buyout in 2006.[7]
He joined Telecom Plus in 2007; he was the chief operating officer in 2009[7] and was promoted to chief executive officer in July 2010.[8] Telecom Plus is a multi-utility which trades largely as Utility Warehouse[9] and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 index. Lindsay held the CEO role jointly with Stuart Burnett from 2021, and in 2023 the company announced that Lindsay would step down at the 2024 AGM.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "Rowing: Oxford's old school tide". The Independent. 22 March 1998. Archived from the original on 19 May 2011.
- ^ "Oxford Blue Boat 1999 profile – Andrew Lindsay". regatta.rowing.org.uk.
- ^ a b "Golden Scots: Andrew Lindsay, businessman in a boat". BBC Sport. 2 July 2012.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Andrew Lindsay". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2008.
- ^ United Kingdom list: "No. 56070". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 2000. p. 19.
- ^ "Redgrave's retirement put on hold". The Guardian. 25 September 2000.
- ^ a b "Telecom Plus Plc: Report and Accounts". Companies House. 31 March 2009. p. 1. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
- ^ "Telecom Plus Plc: Report And Accounts". Companies House. 31 March 2011. pp. 2, 34. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
- ^ "The best energy companies you've never heard of". The Daily Telegraph. 2 February 2015.
- ^ Jackson, Mark (21 November 2023). "Utility Warehouse Top 363,595 UK Broadband Users and Change CEO". ISPreview UK. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
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