Andrew Taylor

Andrew joined WElink in his current role in June 2018.

Andrew was previously a Corporate Finance Director in PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) with a national remit within the Infrastructure and Government team, and he was a recognised subject matter expert in relation to the UK housing sector.  During his time in PwC Andrew was the UK Firm’s lead for housing in alliance with PwC’s Middle East firm and gained considerable exposure to working in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia including leading on business development activity and delivering advisory assignments for the Ministries of Finance and Housing.

Andrew spent over a decade in senior executive leadership and Board level roles within Gentoo Group, one of the UK’s largest housing associations, owning 30,000 homes and operating several commercial subsidiaries.  Andrew was Chief Financial Officer, Deputy Group Chief Executive and was a Group Board Director. Under Andrew’s financial leadership Gentoo grew its balance sheet from £250 million to above £1billion and doubled annual revenues to £150 million.

Andrew is a qualified accountant and member of the Chartered Institute of Public and Finance Accountancy.