Andy Bindon

Andy rejoined GLL in 2019 as Chief Officer, Change and Values, having previously served as HR Director between 2002 and 2008. During his time away from the organisation, he remained closely connected to GLL as an independent trustee. He took on the additional role of Deputy Chief Executive in October 2026. Andy leads on the organisation’s corporate plan, change, and values agenda, with a clear ambition to position GLL as the UK’s leading staff-owned business and the most successful and influential charitable social enterprise in its sectors.

Andy has extensive senior leadership experience across a range of complex customer service, operational, and safety-critical businesses. His career includes senior HR roles in the NHS, the printing industry, and London Underground, followed by HR Director roles in the rail industry between 2008 and 2019 – helping to deliver major transformation programmes, ensuring that people strategy sat at the heart of operational and technological change. During this period, he was also a visiting lecturer in Strategic Human Resource Management at London South Bank University.

Andy enjoys swimming, music, and football and is a keen Plymouth Argyle supporter. He lives in north Kent with his family and has been involved in fostering and adoption for over 20 years, with a particular focus on supporting children with additional needs. He is a board member of CoramBAAF (formerly the British Association for Adoption and Fostering). Andy holds a master’s degree in Employment Strategy from the University of Greenwich.