Andy Taylor Named New Head of UK Sales at POWWR

Industry veteran returns to the UK to take on new role

[Raleigh, NC, 10th January 2025] – POWWR, the respected energy software provider, today announces that it has promoted Andy Taylor to head of UK sales to build upon the successes it has seen in the past 12 months. The new role will see Taylor heading up a team in the UK, and report directly to its chief commercial officer Paul Hodnett.

Taylor has over 20 years’ experience in the energy market, working within both brokerage and suppliers. He began his journey at successful startup Economy Power, working in its account management team to recruit and manage brokers into the newly deregulated market. Successive company takeovers, first by Powergen and then by E.ON, saw him promoted to head up its third-party intermediaries (TPI) sales department, which he grew from 10% of total sales to just over 60%. 

After E.ON, Taylor became head of indirect sales at RWE npower. “During my time at npower, I became a POWWR customer and was instantly impressed by the difference it made to our operations. Growth was fast and strong, with the POWWR portal helping us recruit hundreds of new brokers into the company’s sales team, until TPI sales eventually made up 80% of total sales,” he explains. 

Following npower’s exit from the SME market, Taylor took the plunge into the broker world, managing a large sales centre in South Africa for Smarter Business, before moving to POWWR in June 2022. At POWWR, Taylor has been instrumental in rolling out its popular Sales360 solution into new and emerging markets.  

"I have known Taylor for many years. He is an excellent sales leader who has consistently demonstrated his ability to inspire teams,” comments Hodnett. “I am looking forward to working directly with him to help energy brokers and suppliers in the UK boost sales, increase margins, and manage their risk more effectively. " 

The last 12 months has been a stand-out year for POWWR with numerous market-driven enhancements being made across its suite of industry-leading solutions. In 2024, it announced Sales360 Market Insights. The innovative data analytics product that helps energy suppliers of all sizes instantly analyse their market positioning and how they are performing against the competition. POWWR also announced Sales360 New Connections, a new software solution designed to streamline new meter installations by eradicating the traditional highly manual process that is both slow and prone to errors. There have also been recent enhancements to both its Broker360 and Risk360 solutions too. 

"It is a great time to highlight the fantastic products and services POWWR has available and build upon the incredible success achieved by the team in the past few years," adds Taylor. “Plus, I am excited to head back to the UK, a place where I had many happy and successful times working with both brokers and suppliers in the past.”

About POWWR

POWWR is a cloud-based software provider for the energy and utilities sector. Its advanced platforms and simple solutions help over 45 energy suppliers and more than 1,100 brokers across the United States and the United Kingdom win more deals, manage risk, and grow their businesses. The company was previously known as UD Group in the United Kingdom. For more information on POWWR, please visit https://www.powwr.com/ or contact Jo Forsdike at jo.forsdike@powwr.com.