Andrew James Bond (born March 16, 1965 in Grantham) is the Chief Executive Officer of Asda.
His father was a plumber and his mother a nurse. He went to The King's School, Grantham, even though initially having failed the Eleven Plus, he gained four A levels. He received a first-class BEng Hons in Gas Engineering from Salford University in 1987 as part of a British Gas scholarship spending a year on the job in the gas industry. He started as a gra...
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Andrew James Bond (born March 16, 1965 in Grantham) is the Chief Executive Officer of Asda.
His father was a plumber and his mother a nurse. He went to The King's School, Grantham, even though initially having failed the Eleven Plus, he gained four A levels. He received a first-class BEng Hons in Gas Engineering from Salford University in 1987 as part of a British Gas scholarship spending a year on the job in the gas industry. He started 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 1992-3, he studied for an MBA at Cranfield School of Management.
He began at ASDA as a marketing manager for Archie 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 under Allan Leighton and with Justin King, Richard Baker and Andy Hornby. In 1998, he became corporate marketing director...
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