Andrew Tank

Non-Executive Director

Brussels Metropolitan Area

About

Andrew Tank, based in Brussels, Belgium is a retired director of a business research think-tank and active volunteer in various roles in the Anglican Communion. He has a special interest in the relationship between spirituality and money. He serves as an Ministerial Formation Advisor with the Church of England and has a particular interest in leadership development. He holds an MA degree in Economics and Social Sciences from Cambridge University, trained as an Associated Certified Coach with the International Coach Federation and is a Life Fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce. He served at The Conference Board in leadership positions from 1989 until retirement in March 2023. The Conference Board provides senior executives from multinational companies business insights, research and networking (www.conference-board.org). He was a member of the Global Management Committee and its Legal Representative in Europe from 2004 to 2023. As Executive Director, he was responsible for Human Resources in Asia, Europe and the Middle East from 2019-2023, led European Membership (2015-2018), European Corporate Services (2005-2015), Conferences (1997-2004) and Councils (1993-2004) and as Research Associate (1989-1992). Research he has directed includes Managing Beyond Oil (2008); The Business Case for Diversity: Good Practices in the Workplace (2005) and Women in Leadership: a European Business Imperative (2001). In prior roles, he served as the European management editor of the Economist Intelligence Unit, South & East Asia correspondent for Automotive News and with International Voluntary Service in Bangladesh. He is the author of business books including Building Flexible Companies (1992), The BI 50: Case Studies in Management Success (1989) and Making Alliances Work (1990). In a voluntary capacity, he serves in various capacities with the Church of England. He has served as President of the Cambridge Society of Belgium, Church Warden and Archdeaconry Representative at Holy Trinity, Brussels, member of the European Leaders’ Group of The Trinity Forum, and on the organizing committee of the Amartya Sen Lecture series on Sustainable Development.

Experience

  • Director, Office of the Anglican Bishop in Europe asbl at Church of England - Diocese in Europe
    May 2021 - Present · 5 yrs 2 mos

  • Executive Director at The Conference Board
    Jan 1989 - Mar 2023 · 34 yrs 3 mos

    Served executives from multinational companies with business insights through research and networking for The Conference Board's operation in Europe, the Middle East & Africa. Previously, ran European meeting businesses, directed European Commission funded research projects and served as Regional Director in the Middle East. Legal representative for The Conference Board in Europe since 2004.

  • European Management Editor at The Economist Intelligence Unit (The EIU)
    Jul 1987 - Dec 1988 · 1 yr 6 mos

    Editor "Management Europe". Author of management books and made presentations on organisational development.

  • Asia Correspondent at Automotive News
    Oct 1985 - Jun 1987 · 1 yr 9 mos

    Based in Seoul. Reported on motor industry in Korea, China, India and South East Asian countries.

  • Features Editor at Haymarket Publishing
    Jan 1982 - Oct 1985 · 3 yrs 10 mos

    Launch features editor "New Technology" and "Account" weekly magazines. Correspondent "Engineering Today".