Introduction Andy Tubbs

Managing Director, Cicor site Newport, United Kingdom

Hi, I am Andy,

I have been part of the Cicor family since April when Cicor acquired part of TT Electronics. My passions in life are my family, my work and Formula 1.

I was born in London, when I was 13 my parents moved to the Isle of Wight (A small island off the south coast of England) and purchased a small hotel. I lived there for 18 years, my leisure activities were sailing and mountain biking.

I started my career in Plessey (Latterly Siemens Defence & BAE) in 1983 when I started as an apprentice fitter/wireman, during my apprenticeship I studied Mechanical engineering. In 1988 I started working purchasing, I had several promotions and held several positions eventually leading a small team of buyers. My ambition was to be a purchasing manager, so I decided to leave Siemens. In 1998 I relocated from the Isle of Wight to Wales and joined TT Electronics as Purchasing Manager in what is now Cicor Newport. Whilst at TT I held several supply chain roles spanning various locations around the world. In 2014 I held my first General Manager position, this was in Timisoara Romania. Over the next 8 years I was General Manger in a few factories for TT, before coming home to Newport.

I have been back at the Newport site for nearly 3 years, and I enjoy every day I come to work. My passion throughout my working life and in running a business is employee engagement. I believe if people feel valued and work in a good environment it is better for the people and we are all more productive, so it is also better for the business. In Cicor Newport we have many activities around engagement and employee development. We had all of the Cicor leaders onsite in September and showed them how proud we all are of our business. The feedback was amazing

In my private life, I have a wife, 2 daughters and a son who are 33, 29 and 20 years old and a granddaughter (Nellie) who is nearly 3. We are a close family and do lots of family things together. My wife and I spend most of our spare time in Mojacar Spain. I am learning Spanish but very slowly. I have been watching formula 1 since I was 6 years old, mainly from my sofa and occasionally I get to see the real thing.