Andy Tait Email & Phone Number

Entrepreneurial innovator always looking for and, driving business value creation from a business and corporate development perspective. Some examples:- First ever external retail manager hired by HMV to launch a hugely successful video game only retail store - latterly introduced games to the broader chain.- Co-founded of video games to virtual reality tools business taken through investment rounds to full listing on the LSE where I served on the plc and operational boards. Licensed software to the likes of Intel and Microsoft and ARM who also invested.- Co-founded and investor in startup accelerator Collider making more than 40 early stage investments with successful exits.- Co-founder of greyhairworks! solving corporate innovation and other business headaches building revenues and option/warrant positions in partner companies.Key strengths come from a career in innovation where understanding technologies and solutions whether for corporate exploitation or investment is critical - and getting others to 'buy-in'. Also, business development, business management, fundraising/story telling. Experienced across UK, USA, Europe and North East Asia.Other than all that I'll often be found out and about on a mountain bike, running or decompressing - usually before sunrise - with my camera for landscape photography. I've portfolios on Shutterstock and Adobe Stock, if you're interested! (Andrew Tait Photography).

Listed skills include Start Ups, New Business Development, Business Strategy, Mobile Technology, and 42 others.

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  Head Of Innovation

  Greyhairworks!

  Jan 2019 - Present - United Kingdom

  I focus on positively connecting innovative marketing, advertising and commerce scale up technology businesses with major corporations across verticals including; film and media, retail, FMCG, drinks and publishing. The ‘what’ is still there: corporates need innovation more than ever. But, the ‘how’ has definitely changed. Smart corporates know there are great opportunities to embrace outside innovation to solve headaches, reduce costs and increase revenues. Finding and filtering down to the right innovations which are actually robust, scalable and requires minimal - if any - integration, and all at the right time is an ever increasingly challenging task.That's where the awesome team and network at greyhairworks come in. We're not distracted by shiny objects and tech BS. We curate and deliver innovation much of which are international to help corporations actually achieve and beat their objectives.