ANDREW REGAN

'Andrew Regan' (born 14 December, 1965 in Manchester, England) is a British entrepreneur. He is Chief Executive of international investment company Corvus Capital Inc, which is listed in the UK on the London Stock Exchange’s AIM (Alternative Investment Market), investing in businesses operating in insurance, technology, commodities, food brands, media, music, gaming, telecoms, natural resources, bio-resources and energy.

Contents

Life

Career to date

Polar traveller

World record holder

Trans-Antarctic Expedition 2007

References

Media

Life

Andrew Regan was born into a Manchester family but now lives in Geneva, Switzerland. He is divorced from Nicola Regan with whom he had six children between 1989 and 1998. For several years in the late 1990's he lived in Monaco.

Career to date

Andrew originally built a household products business which was sold to Hobson plc in 1991 where he became Chief Executive of Hobson which was listed on the London Stock Exchange. In 1994 Hobson plc acquired the Co-operative Wholesale Society's food and drinks manufacturing operations and the enlarged Hobson business was eventually sold to Hillsdown Holdings plc for £154 million by way of a recommended takeover in 1996. In 1997 Andrew led an attempt, which subsequently lapsed, to gain control of the CWS in a £1.2 billion take-over bid.
On joining the Board and becoming Chief Executive of Corvus Capital Inc in 2004 he focused the company’s investment activity on the UK and Asia where it has been involved in developing equities and assets worth in excess of $750m. Andrew has no other directorships.

Polar traveller

Andrew’s an experienced Polar traveller and has been to both the North Pole and the South Pole. He was the main driving force in putting the 2005 Ice Challenger expedition together, a world record attempt for the fastest overland crossing to the South Pole. The team completed the 1,200 km route in 69 hours - smashing the previous world record of 24 days (576 hours).

World record holder

Andrew Regan holds the world record for the fastest land crossing to the South Pole at 69 hours. World Record 2005

Trans-Antarctic Expedition 2007

Andrew and fellow explorers will attempt to cross the Antarctic late in 2007 to raise awareness about global ecological issues, and their effect on the polar ice caps.
Trans-Antarctic Expedition 2007

References

★ Andrew Regan - Chief Executive

★ Deal-maker is poised to climb back

★ Ice Challenger - World Record for the fastest overland crossing to South Pole

Media

The Telegraph (1st March 2007) - Andrew Regan has £750m or so to spend
Corvus Capital Inc - Andrew Regan’s Corvus Capital reports £10.7m profits
Click Press (20th September 2006) - Leading Asian communications firm poised for explosive growth in China – Andrew Regan’s Corvus owns 25 per cent
Growth Company Investor (26th February 2007) - Andrew Regan's Corvus on the prowl
The Telegraph (26th February 2007) - Andrew Regan’s Corvus Capital is expected to show profits of £10m
Growth Company Investor (22nd February 2007) - Andrew Regan’s Corvus Investment group lifted by performance at Commoditrade which makes £13.4m
Reuters (13th June 2005) - Financier Andrew Regan eyes insurer RSA
Commoditrade Interview (12th May 2007) - Andrew Regan backs commodities