Andy Carroll To Lead Glass's

WEYBRIDGE, UNITED KINGDOM – June 29, 2009: Glass’s Information Services Limited (“Glass’s”) is delighted to announce that Andy Carroll has been appointed as Managing Director effective August 1st 2009.

Andy is coming to Glass’s with a successful track record in the automotive sector over the last 20 years. He held senior Sales and Marketing positions at GM Europe, culminating in Sales Director for Commercial Vehicles, before becoming Chief Operating Officer of the internet car retailer OneSwoop. Andy was Managing Director of GM Daewoo UK, and subsequently Managing Director of Chevrolet UK. More recently, Andy was head of International Sales & Marketing at GAZ Group, and he joins Glass’s from a large dealer group, where he has been working as an advisor to the Board. Andy has a Masters Degree in Manufacturing Engineering from Trinity Hall, Cambridge and an MBA from INSEAD.

“Glass’s is a tremendous brand that is rightly proud of over 75 years of innovation and insight” said Andy Carroll. “The past 12 months have been tumultuous ones for all of Glass’s customers. The business landscape has changed forever, and I am looking forward to engaging with those customers and to further develop Glass’s relevance, excellence and value.”

“Andy is joining the UK business at an exciting time as we are currently implementing a series of initiatives to improve the service quality for customers and launching a set of next generation products to fantastic market feedback. With his many years of experience in the Automotive industry, Andy will accelerate the momentum in driving innovation and customer satisfaction to cement Glass’s leadership position,” said Alastair MacLeod, Group CEO of EurotaxGlass's International.