Andrew Carruthers

Andrew Carruthers qualified as a chartered accountant with KPMG. Over the last year Andrew has been responsible for the acquisition of Quester， the integration of that team， the review of the new portfolios under SPARK management， and establishing relationships with new stakeholders in the group. He also sits on the Board of a number of portfolio companies， including DEM， Antenova and Uniservity leading SPARK’s active participation in the development of these companies.

Over recent years he has led the sale of Footfall to Experian for £36m and the sale of Pricerunner to Valueclick for $36m. He was previously a Director of NewMedia Investors responsible for capital raising and corporate finance for a range of technology businesses including Lastminute.com. Prior to that he was involved in the operational management of technology and finance as a Director or Founder of online information， TV and digital distribution companies in the US and UK.