Andrew Kidd
Legal Director, Corporate, Specsavers
I qualified as a solicitor in 1993 and worked for Eversheds, one of the world’s largest law firms, specialising in corporate and commercial law, before moving to the Cayman Islands for a two year stint between 1996-1998 covering all aspects of offshore commercial law. I moved in-house with Boots, Nottingham in 2000. I spent six years at Boots handling group’s corporate and commercial legal work, including the sale of Halfords and Boots Healthcare International and the merger of Boots and Alliance Unichem to form Alliance Boots. I have been at Specsavers since 2006 and it still feels like yesterday.
I am responsible for all aspects of the group’s corporate and commercial work covering and providing support to a wide range of teams including Commercial, Supply Chain and Procurement, IT, Finance and Tax & Treasury (basically if it isn’t local to our overseas markets, we do it). This could cover mergers and acquisitions. projects, major contracts and other non day to day activities.