Andrew Gale took over from Steve Haworth as CEO of UK multichannel operator EVO Group at the end of 2022. Gale is no stranger to the company, having joined its previous iteration Vasanta as Financial Controller in 2008 before becoming Group Finance Director two years later. He then transitioned to CFO of EVO following the office2office acquisition in 2014.
Gale took on the top job at EVO just as one of its key customers – £110 million ($136 million) dealer Complete – was slipping into administration. EVO stepped in to acquire the troubled reseller in a pre-pack deal that saved many of Complete’s 600 jobs.
Still in the early days of his tenure, Gale has been busy getting the right teams in place across EVO’s operating companies. This has included reinstalling Adrian Butler as full-time Managing Director of VOW Wholesale and appointing new heads at both Banner and Complete. There has also been a restructuring of the purchasing and marketing functions at group level.
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