Testimonials for Andy Soloman

Christopher Sternberg, Global Business Director, McGraw-Hill

“Andy has the world of B2B information services; the ideas to build business in emerging markets; the right network and leadership qualities; and the experience to make it all work for world-class business intelligence companies — all forged into one exectutive. Andy’s ability to stay ahead of what is happening in the market has always struck me as a key take-away in working with him. Whether to bounce an idea or forge a business plan, Andy has a keen eye and great ideas to bring to the table.”

Paul Streeter-Jewitt, Managing Director, PSJ Training Ltd

“What impresses me most about Andy is his vision, determination and energy. He inherited a group of reporting editors, convinced them of the need to change and worked with them to develop a world-class global management team. I worked alongside Andy on part of this project, helping him develop consistent capabilities among the individuals on the team; he combines very clear big-picture thinking with an ability to focus on the detail needed to bring about change. Finally, his determination to motivate people, encourage and support them at every level adds to the reasons why I thoroughly recommend Andy Soloman.”

Kate Fairhurst, Managing Director, Business, Press Association

“Andy is a very driven and accomplished manager with a keen understanding of how to build highly profitable content businesses and execute excellent digital products. As a clear and articulate communicator, Andy is an outstanding change manager who gains buy in to objectives and leads teams to deliver success. He is also very fair and quick to laugh which makes him a pleasure to work with.”

Jeremy Francis, CEO, Rhema Group

“I have worked with Andy over a period of ten years as a consultant in the areas of Change Management and Strategic Planning. Andy is a highly energetic and enthusiastic individual who knows what needs to be done to globalise a business and how to manage key stakeholders in the process. He is a clear thinker and has the determination and perseverance to see things through to the end even when they involve considerable complexity”

Suresh Ramakrishnan, Exec VP and Country Head, Reed Infomedia India

“Andy came across as a very knowledgeable professional, easily approachable with a willingness to engage and work on recommendations. I used to see Andy pay regular visits to our office to engage and train the team and work on each individual to bring out the best in him / her. His evaluation of people was very accurate. He is a great professional to work with.”

Jim Muttram, Managing Director, Reed Business Information

“Andy is a very experienced journalist and editorial manager with a wealth of international experience and enormous energy and enthusiasm.”

Paul Ray, Head of Development, Data & Analytics, RBI

“I’ve worked with Andy since 2007 on many projects at leadership team level. He has been a driven, thoughtful and strong leader of a very large global editorial team. He implemented many changes and resolved plenty of business challenges, whilst continuously championing the editorial effort needed to maintain business growth. Andy has got the job done, brought his team with him and been a great work colleague.”

Trevor Goodman, Publishing Director, Reed Business Information

“Andy has great experience as a newsman operating in difficult environments and as a content manager looking after large teams of reporters. He has loads of energy and has the abilty to challenge orthodoxies and improve the way a business runs.”

Simon Platt, Head of Development, ICIS

“I have consistently found Andy to be professional, hard working and committed to developing the business. He is a well-rounded manager, able to consider both the editorial and commercial implications of different initiatives; a rare trait amongst people with such an established background in generating content. He is also a genuinely nice person to work with!”

Chris Loveless, Lead Product Manager, Reed Business Information

“I worked with Andy to enhance and create online publishing products. I always enjoyed any meeting he was a part of, as his drive and sense of humour, combined with expert knowledge, meant they were never dull. A big plus for me was the way Andy tried to make himself available for queries, often at short notice, and sometimes from the other side of the world, despite being very busy. You could always rely on an informed and decisive answer.”

Dan Barnard, Global VP Sales, ICIS

“ICIS has fundamentally changed from a successful price reporting business to a slick, integrated online media company. Andy played a huge part in making that happen by implementing and managing change across the global editorial team. His impact on the business has resulted in a greatly improved portfolio of services, which in turn has enabled my sales teams to deliver significantly increased revenues.”

Prema Viswanathan, Deputy Managing Editor, Asia, ICIS

“In my interaction with Andy over the past seven years, I have been hugely impressed and inspired by his dynamism and drive – evident in the way he pushed through key strategy initiatives. His contribution to ICIS pricing was also awe-inspiring. He introduced stringent guidelines for improving the quality of price assessments, while at the same time focussing on revenue generation by continually expanding the scope of the service to include new products and new markets. And most importantly, Andy’s ability to motivate and inspire editorial staff to perform to their full potential played a significant role in helping ICIS constantly re-invent itself.”

Stephen Burns, Managing Editor, Americas, ICIS

“Andy was an involved and energetic manager who never left his line reports in doubt that he was both at their side and on their side as we tackled the challenge of accomplishing significant change in a large global organization. I particularly benefited from his constant cheerful enthusiasm for the task at hand and perpetual drive to steer those he supervised to focus and build on positive progress rather than surrender to the frustrations of a difficult mission. His glass-half-full approach and the constant recognition of the bigger picture had a positive influence on my own thinking and output.”