Andrew Roughan

An experienced business leader, Andrew was the commercial director for data centre business Infinity SDC and general manager for telecoms company Cable & Wireless before joining Here East – which he launched together with its CEO Gavin Poole. While attending the London 2012 Olympic Games, the duo had a bold vision for a diverse tech cluster for east London after the games wrapped up – a place where corporates, startups, scaleups, academics and creatives could come together. Andrew and Gavin have been behind the development of Here East since, and have helped shape the launch of Plexal as Here East’s innovation nerve centre.