Andrew Spender

Andrew Spender spent the first four years of his career at PE International, a management consulting firm, providing in-house communications advice to a major client, Ford Motor Company. From there he took a similar position with a specialist consulting firm before joining Gartner in 2000 to head up the company’s internal communications function. After two years in the UK, Andrew relocated to Gartner’s head office in Stamford, Connecticut, in the United States, during which time he took responsibility for PR in North America, in addition to global internal communications. In 2005, Andrew returned to the UK to lead PR in EMEA & Asia and was subsequently promoted to a global position as VP of Corporate Communications in November 2005 with responsibility for worldwide PR, internal communications, social media and Gartner Press. In early 2009, Andrew relocated back to New York City to work once again in Gartner's head quarters in Connecticut with additional global responsibility for Marketing Communications.