Andrew Powell
Position
The Training Room
Company
CEO
Bio

Andrew grew up in one of the most run-down areas of South Wales. Home was a block of flats,
on a very tough Council estate. It was deemed to be such a bad area in which to reside by the
local news channels that ‘Wales this Week’ made a TV documentary about it.

This, for your perusal, if of interest.

Andrew however felt that it was a fantastic place to grow up and this environment instilled into
Andrew a voracious will to win which manifested itself on the football & rugby field, in the boxing
ring, and later in Military life and on into business.
An ex-Soldier who served his Country proudly from the age of sixteen. For over eleven years he
served across many continents, a few conflicts, with the UK Special Forces and alongside some
amazing people.
Business has been a journey that has enabled Andrew to operate globally, including spending six
years at recently privatised FTSE 250 giant; Colt Technology Services, where he served in
leadership roles across several Executive functions, ending as Group Chief Operating Officer.
Andrew now serves as Group CEO of social impact business route2work, a parent company for
education and careers provider; The Training Room, and for digital talent acquisition and talent
management business; Infinity Global.IO.
As a leader, Andrew has a favourite mantra: ‘talent develops in quite places, our challenge is to
find it

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