In his role as Senior Vice President of Comperemedia, Andrew provides insight to clients around key trends and industry marketing activity. Andrew has over 15 years of financial services research experience and is passionate about helping financial services companies understand and react to an ever-changing competitive environment.
As a leader in the credit card industry and an experienced media spokesperson Andrew has been interviewed on Fox Business News and is frequently quoted in key business publications including Business Week, Adweek, American Banker, Forbes and USA Today.
Prior to Mintel, Andrew was Vice President of Competitive Tracking Services for Synovate where he was responsible for Mail Monitor, a service tracking trends in credit card acquisition mail. His research experience includes both syndicated and custom projects as well as domestic and international assignments. He has also worked at GfK NOP and IPSOS in the UK.
Andrew has a BA with honors in Business Studies, specializing in Marketing, from London Guildhall University.
Posts by this author
- The All-purpose Credit Card
- Becoming One of Facebook’s Chosen Few
- Make Way for the Smart Chip
- All bets are off: The future of credit card direct mail in Canada
- The Rise of the Bonus Surfer
- Google Wallet Brand Overload
- Payments reform: learning from marketers around the globe
- Are you preferred?
- Will Canada’s postal strike lead to the end of credit card direct mail in Canada?
- What does the back of an envelope say about strategy?
- It’s Raining Venture Offers
- New Opportunities in Direct Marketing Webinar: Q&A
- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Gears Up For a Flying Start
- Capital One’s 8×6 Envelopes Demand Attention (Alec Baldwin Does Too)
- Loyalty Predictions for 2011 and Beyond
- Credit Card Strategy: A New Era for Loyalty Marketing Q&A
- Kardashian update
- The Kardashian’s take on financial services
- Synergies unite with AirTran and Southwest?
- Chase attempts to capture American Express Platinum cardholders
- Q&A from “Small Business Jump Start” webinar
- Checked baggage fee reimbursement (I’m not making this up)
- Ford moves forward with Lincoln as sole luxury brand
- Unclear waters ahead for Cruise West
- American Airlines finds another charge: first rows of coach
- Variable annuity sales (and direct mail) rebound
- App kings: iPhone and Android
- New era for credit card rewards marketing
- Toyota just can’t get a break
- Time for American Airlines to loosen its purse strings
- Recycling in the Friendly Skies
- Limited Edition Chevy Volt about to hit market
- UPS mails luggage—not for late planners though
- Auto insurance TV ads more creative; direct mail lagging
- Time to walk the walk: More marketing to small businesses needed
- Hotels go too far in contacting online reviewers
- Delayed MLR rules could negatively impact insurer’s planning
- Loaded Offers in a Post CARD Act World
- Royal Caribbean and DreamWorks Pair Up
- Latino Insurance Agents
- Will Apple continue to Dazzle?
- Q&A from “The Insurance Marketing Mix: Social Media’s Effect on Direct Mail”
- Auto news: Mercury out, Lincoln to be American luxury brand
- From DM Days: What can financial services learn from Kodak?
- Oil spill hurting travel industry on Gulf Coast
- Changes to Medicare direct marketing may be coming
- Q&A from “One Year Later: The Impact of the CARD Act”
- Season finale of “Lost” or Verizon advertising event?
- Please join me for a webinar on the CARD Act’s Impact tomorrow
- U.S. Bank takes the lead with over limit fee opt in
- Does social media deserve a strong insurance marketing focus?
- It’s all about P2P (person-to-person payments)
- Can Barclaycard become an established US brand?
- The Future of Payments: Card Forum kicks off in Florida
- Medicare enrollment direct mail on the rise
- Contactless phone payments
- Cruise lines create “once in a lifetime” vacation opportunities
- Travel news that’ll pinch your pocketbook
- Battle to be first electric car “sparking” hot
- Apple, the company that never sleeps
- Apps could help insurance agents increase productivity
- Toyota brand still strong as sales zoom into the fast lane
- Auto insurance direct mail strategy: Progressive on hiatus
- American Express increases credit card direct marketing in Canada
- Is Palm out for the count?
- Green homeowners insurance from Travelers
- Travel trends: Cuba for vacation?
- First all-electric car: Nissan Leaf embodies green trends in auto industry
- Q&A from webinar on Canadian Credit Card Direct Marketing
- (More) Negative auto news: Honda recalling vehicles too
- Toyota launches incentives to save the day
- American General targets new customers despite losses
- More health savings account direct mail for consumers and producers
- Travel warnings for Mexico
- Discover goes for wallet share: customers encouraged to spend
- Norwegian Cruise Line débuts Epic ship for solo (and group) travel
- HSBC increases Orchard Bank email marketing, challenges First Premier
- Q&A from “Insurance Communication: Moving Into Tomorrow”
- Toyota, reputation, and the old adage, “when it rains, it pours”
- WEBINAR: “Insurance Communication: Moving Into Tomorrow”
- A look at rebranding: Embrace Home Loans
- Medicare direct mail up 23% in Q4 2009
- Card Issuers Adapt to New Fed Rule on Floor Rates
- Cruising to Haiti: responsible decision or tasteless act?
- Is the iPhone’s reign over?
- Travel trends: Southwest & JetBlue still boast “no baggage fees”
- Emails promote term life insurance with no medical exam
- Auto trends: GM deeply discounts Saturn & Pontiac vehicles
- Communicating the CARD Act through direct mail
- Rental rewards
- Ringing in the New Year
- True mobility: Telecom industry steps up netbook marketing efforts
- The Battle for Holiday Spending
- The Chevy Revolution Continues
- Drive less, pay less: State Farm tests pay-as-you-drive insurance in Ohio
- The early tweet gets the worm
- Free webinar Thursday: Navigating the CARD Act
- Payday lenders get aggressive
- Uncharted territory
- Credit cards for recession survivors
- Is social media the answer for insurance companies?
- Intimidated by annuities? Insurers want to help
- It’s about time: cell phone coverage in the comfort of your own home
- NEWS ALERT – New survey reveals insurance producers’ preferences
- 1% mortgage cash back from Chase, direct mail
- Wireless telecommunication providers fuel social networking train
- Auto manufacturers rethink diesel
- Cruising through tough economic times
- Mortgage lenders mum over government involvement
- Hey insurers, bulk up your technology and direct mail!
- A look at Chase’s new direct marketing to business credit cardholders
- That’s Allstate’s brand (I mean, “stand”)
