Andrew Pilley
| Andrew Pilley | |
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| Born |
Andrew James Pilley 26 May 1970 (age 47) Blackpool, UK |
| Nationality | English |
| Occupation | Chairman, businessman, entrepreneur, director |
| Board member of |
Chairman of Fleetwood Town Football Club February 2004 - present |
| Website | http://www.andypilley.com |
Andrew James "Andy" Pilley (born 26 May 1970 in Blackpool, United Kingdom) is an English businessman. He is the current chairman and owner of Sky Bet League 1 football club Fleetwood Town Football Club, the chairman of independent commercial utility group, BES Utilities and the managing director of independent utility sales agency network Commercial Power.
Pilley was born on the Fylde Coast and was brought up in the Borough of Wyre (which includes the towns of Fleetwood, Thornton-Cleveleys and Poulton-le-Fylde). He has lived almost all his life in this corner of North West England.
He became self-employed in 2001 due to the demise of large energy company, Enron, which left him unemployed. As a result of this, he started his own utilities brokerage business from his spare bedroom.
In 2004 he was offered the chance to become involved in Fleetwood Town Football Club. What he found upon his arrival at Fleetwood Town was a club with a dilapidated stadium, very limited revenue streams and in desperate need of investment and a complete new direction.
Since becoming owner, Pilley has invested in excess of ten million pounds into the club. His financial support has seen the complete renovation of Highbury Stadium, including the construction of its centre piece, the Parkside Stand, which first opened to spectators in March 2011. This 2,000 capacity seated stand offers executive boxes and a large hospitality area which plays an important role in providing income streams for the club both on matchdays and non-match days. Both the Parkside and Memorial Stands are also home to the BES group of companies, with office spaces built into the stands.
Following the deregulation of the UK energy market, Pilley launched BES Commercial Gas (now part of the BES Utilities group) in 2005, with his sister Michelle, as a new entrant into the UK gas supplier market. In 2009, sister company BES Commercial Electricity was established which successfully acquired an electricity supply licence and live electricity supply to its first customers commenced in early 2010. Since then, both BES Commercial Gas and BES Commercial Electricity have had a combined turnover of circa. £70 million in 2014–2015, a customer base of over 35,000 businesses and a current workforce of around 350 employees.
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