André Brown (businessman)

André Brown

CEO and co-founder of ATTRAQT, André Brown
André Brown
Born André Brown
(1962-02-12) 12 February 1962
Zambia
Nationality British
Education London School of Economics, London Business School, Harvard Business School
Occupation CEO and co-founder ATTRAQT Group plc
Years active 2003-present
Children 3

André Brown (12 February 1962), is a British businessman with a history of bringing new technologies to the market, including a key role in the introduction of Adobe Acrobat to the UK. He is the co-founder and CEO of ATTRAQT Group plc, a cloud based visual merchandising platform for online retailers.

Early life

André Brown was born in Zambia of English parents and lived in a number of African countries before his family moved back to the UK in 1967. He was educated at Park Grove School, Birmingham and King Edwards VI Five Ways Grammar School, Birmingham. André holds a BSc. in Economics from the London School of Economics and qualifications in Corporate Finance (London Business School) and Marketing Innovative Technologies (Harvard Business School.)[1]

Career

André has over 30 years’ experience developing innovative technologies. Previous positions include Group Mergers & Acquisitions Director for Nettec plc, Strategic Alliances Director for MAID plc and CEO of the Ecommerce division of Dialog plc as well as the regional sales manager for Adobe UK. He is currently the co-founder and CEO of ATTRAQT Group plc (formally Locayta,)[2] a company that successfully listed on the AIM market in August 2014.[3]

CEO

André Brown is the CEO and co-founder of ATTRAQT Group plc,[4] a U.K. based organization that provides search and merchandising services to online businesses through a cloud-based Software As A Service (or SaaS,) visual merchandising platform to multi-channel retailers.[5] André has a history of bringing new technologies to market,[6][7] including taking a key role in the introduction of Adobe Acrobat to the UK as well as providing insight into the current and future status of the e-commerce markets for Susan Aldrich.[8][9]

Personal Life

André is married and has three daughters age 27, 24 and 20. He lives in West London with his wife and two dogs (miniature dachshunds). André enjoys travel, photography and is a keen 5km runner.

Interviews

09 March 2016 ATTRAQT's Full year results

27 November 2015 ATTRAQT and YUDU Technology partnership signs first client

13 November 2015 Attraqt boss eyes UK and US growth after fundraise

12 November 2015 Proposed placing of new and existing Ordinary Shares

9 September 2015 ATTRAQT CEO Brown: TUMI contract win to open doors in US

5 August 2015 ATTRAQT boss confident digital catalogue tech will entice e-tailers

18 June 2015 ATTRAQT targeting top e-tailers with online shopping tech

1 October 2014 ATTRAQT CEO says US expansion is 'big opportunity'

References

  1. "ATTRAQT Group Plc – Research Stocks". www.bloomberg.com/. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  2. "Locayta® Re-brands as ATTRAQT®". uk.reuters.com/. 9 April 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
  3. "ATTRAQT® CEO Andre Brown on success of brand". stocktube.com/. 9 April 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
  4. "ATTRAQT Group Plc – Finance". www.google.com/finance. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  5. "ATTRAQT Group Plc – Fundraise of £1.25 million and Admission to AIM". www.n1singer.com/. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  6. "LSE:ATTRAQT". 9 April 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
  7. "CrunchBase profile of Andre Brown, CEO of Locayta". Crunchbase.com. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
  8. "Interview with Andre Brown, CEO of Locayta: Predictions for 2013". Susan Aldrich. 20 December 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
  9. "Making customer recommendations work for your business". eCommercefutures. Retrieved 8 November 2014.

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