Andrew Mullins joined Informa in September 2014 as CEO of the then newly-formed Knowledge & Networking division, which is now known as Informa Connect. He joined Lever Brothers (Unilever) after graduating from Bristol University in 1986. After moving to United Distillers in 1995, which became Diageo in 1997, Andrew joined News International (News Corp) in 2001 and Associated Newspapers (DMGT) in 2007. During Andrew's period as Managing Director of the Evening Standard, it changed ownership in February 2009 having been acquired by Alexander Lebedev, converted into a free newspaper in October 2009 and saw an increase in circulation. In May 2010 Andrew became Managing Director of The Independent alongside the Evening Standard. Andrew sits on the Board of ITN as a Non-Executive Director, having previously been on the Boards of ESL, IPL and London Live and Which? Limited.