Alan Evans - CEO Home Learning College
Alan Evans joined Home Learning College in June 2006 as CEO. Prior to joining HLC he held a number of board positions as part of the Littlewoods Home Shopping Group.
He has a degree in Computing and Information Systems from Manchester University and an MBA from Manchester Business School. He has over 20 years experience in home shopping and distance retailing.
In the late 1990's, he spent five years as Financial Services Director, building a profitable business that included a credit book of £1bn and £100m of insurance sales. During this time he formed a successful joint venture with Barclaycard, sitting on the board of Littlewoods Personal Finance. He was also a board member of Staley Insurance Service, an Isle of Man-based captive insurance business.
In 2000 he took responsibility for strategy and e-commerce within the group, taking sales from the e-commerce business from £50m to £100m, He became Managing Director of LXdirect in 2002. LXdirect was a £250m traditional catalogue business which he transformed into a modern profitable online department store.