Andrew Cook

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ABOUT ANDREW COOK

Specialties: Strategic & Commercial Development / Capital Raising / Investor Relations / Fundraising & Alumni Engagement / Marcomms & PR / Corporate Responsibility.Cranfield School of Management, Executive MBA - Awarded Cranfield Trust Scholarship.Over the last 25+ years Andrew’s career has focussed on strategic development, capital raising, business management, marketing P.R. & Communications. At the core of his experience is a successful track record of creating, managing and delivering projects across the private, public and not-for-profit sectors all of which have been aimed at growing revenues, audience and profile. He has led the commercial growth of a national media brand, established one the UK’s leading promotional marketing agencies, worked on behalf of corporates to develop their Corporate Responsibility / Philanthropic strategies through third sector partnerships, worked with start up brands to attract capital investment, and led the multi-disciplinary fundraising and communications teams of one of the UK’s most recognisable service charities. In recent years Andrew has developed his experience specifically within the independent schools sector, raising charitable funds for transformational bursaries and strategic capital projects, growing global alumni engagement and generating commercial non-fee related revenues through the utilisation of school assets, and via growing a network of schools both in the UK (via M&A activity) and internationally through the creation of affiliated start ups.