Andrew Try
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Biography
Andrew was born in 1965 in WindsorWindsor, Berkshire
Windsor is an affluent suburban town and unparished area in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in Berkshire, England. It is widely known as the site of Windsor Castle, one of the official residences of the British Royal Family....
and raised at St Leonards Hill in Windsor. The only boy out of 3 sisters, 2 older one younger, he attended Papplewick School in Ascot, followed by Malvern College
Malvern College
Malvern College is a coeducational independent school located on a 250 acre campus near the town centre of Malvern, Worcestershire in England. Founded on 25 January 1865, until 1992, the College was a secondary school for boys aged 13 to 18...
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He graduated with distinction in Entrepreneurship, Marketing and International Business from Northeastern University, Boston USA in 1989.
ComXo Group
Following graduation he returned to the UK and started his own business, based from an attic room in Shirley Lodge, ColnbrookColnbrook
Colnbrook is a large village in the unitary authority of Slough, in Berkshire, England. It is situated southeast of central Slough, east of Windsor and west of central London....
. Starting with telephone answering and message taking for small local businesses and one man bands, the business soon grew to providing switchboard support for some of the UK’s top companies, following the introduction of using patch technology commercially, the first to do so in the UK.
In 1999 Andrew founded ComXo, which was the amalgamation of three businesses. His own, Call2 Ltd and Lattitude Ltd.
Community
Andrew is a trustee of the Windsor FestivalWindsor Festival
The Windsor Festival was founded in 1969 with Yehudi Menuhin and Ian Hunter as Artistic Directors and Laurence West as Executive Chairman. The original idea for the Festival was put forward by Ian Hunter to the Dean of Windsor in 1968 based around the participation of the Menuhin Festival Orchestra...
and is Chairman for the development committee.
Also sitting on the development committee of the Friends’ of St George. Raising money for the college of St George and St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle
Windsor Castle
Windsor Castle is a medieval castle and royal residence in Windsor in the English county of Berkshire, notable for its long association with the British royal family and its architecture. The original castle was built after the Norman invasion by William the Conqueror. Since the time of Henry I it...
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Also holding the seat of Chairman of the Royal Windsor Rose and Horticultural Society.
External References
- http://www.wfinternationalstringcompetition.com/who-s-who.html
- http://www.southernparanormal.com/reports/ruinedmansion.html
- http://www.diamond-jubilee.org.uk/news-and-ideas-submitted/
- http://www.runwindsor.com/results2006_1501-2000.htm
- http://www.windsorobserver.co.uk/news/windsor/articles/2009/10/04/41952-look-listen-and-learn
- http://theroyalwindsorforum.yuku.com/topic/1357
- http://www.growingbusiness.co.uk/sales-in-crisis.html
- http://www.callcentrehelper.com/live-from-call-centre-expo-day2-198.htm