Andrew Garvey is CEO of Clear Books, where he is responsible for the company’s strategy and execution. He began his career as a lawyer before moving into technology. He has since spent 15 years building UK accounting technology from the inside, as a founder, operator and commercial leader. His track record spans the industry. He was on the founding sales team of an early UK cloud accounting platform, closing £1M in his first year and staying through its £56M acquisition by a major UK bank. As founding Chief Revenue Officer of a business banking and accounting start-up, he grew it to 35,000 customers and £10M ARR and helped raise £15M in venture funding. As Head of Sales at one of Europe’s largest accounting software companies, his teams generated more than £10M in new business, including enterprise deals with Deloitte and EY. In 2023 Andrew founded VIA to help accounting technology companies grow. At Clear Books, he has led product and in-app changes that lifted the free-to-paid conversion rate to more than double the SaaS industry average. Andrew has a detailed knowledge of the UK accounting industry. He speaks regularly with business owners, accountants and software vendors about how the sector is changing and what small businesses need from their software. He studied at Cardiff University and Durham University and is based near Cardiff.