Andrew Garner
CEO & Chairman at Garner Associates
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolAndrew Garner is an experienced CEO and chairman who has spent decades shaping executive teams and boardrooms across the UK, EU, US, Middle East and Asia Pacific, with a particular strength in succession planning for family, private and private equity-owned companies. He combines hands-on entrepreneurial experience—having led and sold businesses and founded Garner Associates—with a deep background in talent management and executive search dating back to the 1980s. A seasoned public speaker and business-school educator, he advises future board members to manage their careers like independent businesses and warns of intensified global competition from China and India. He also blends commercial and technical sensibilities, contributing backend fixes to notable open-source projects such as alphagov/whitehall that improve publication workflows. Beyond business he has a distinctive track record in Historic Formula 1 motor racing and cultural governance, including board roles with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Manchester Business School. He is the author of Smart Moves and Your Career Satnav...Switch It On!, guiding professionals through career strategy in disruptive times.
14 years of coding experience
29 years of employment as a software developer
2/2, Business Studies, 2/2, Business Studies at University of Birmingham
Github Skills (11)
activerecord10
rspec10
ruby-rails10
rails10
api10
back-end-development10
apidoc10
ruby10
databases8
database8
postgresql8
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
alphagov/whitehall
Aug 2016 - Dec 2018
Publishes government content on GOV.UK
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:299 commits, 91 PRs, 352 pushes in 2 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Andrew primarily contributed to the Whitehall application by modifying the statistics announcement feature. They focused on fixing redirect issues, ensuring announcements redirect to their associated publications upon publication. The code changes involved modifications to the models, integration tests, and presenters within the application, showcasing their ability to address backend logic and API interactions. Their work also included creating new presenters for OperationalFields, and extending existing presenters to include features such as including closing dates for consultations.
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andrewgarner/andrewgarner.com
May 2016 - Jan 2025
Static site for Andrew Garner using Astro.
Contributions:7 PRs, 88 pushes, 11 branches in 8 years 9 months
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