Gary J. D'Andrea

My current focus:• Driving growth and value through Private Equity owned business• Transformation leader in companies focused on shifting their business model to drive results.• Bring strategic, operational and financial leadership to a change agenda.• People leader, coach and mentor. Build great teams to lead and manage change.• Leading a customer-centric approach focused on achieving outstanding customer service.• Driving operational execution to significantly improve financial performance.What I’ve done:• Private Equity portfolio company; strategy and financial leadership in growing and selling company• Track record of helping businesses reposition and strengthen their business models.• Repositioned Grand & Toy to a B2B Office Solution partner for large corporate customers.• Financial leadership in work to reposition and focus The Bay (unit of HBC).• Led refocusing of business model at Blockbuster Canada, with “Guaranteed Rentals”.• Led change to dramatically improve performance of a key pension unit at Royal Trust.• Built great teams with exceptional people. • Balanced strategic & brand focus, with operational execution and financial mgmt. excellence.