Andy Thorne meets our Monarch, ruler of the United Kingdom and Head of the Commonwealth, his Majesty King Charles III, in Windsor castle at the King's Award for Enterprise International Trade 2024 celebrations.
Our Founder and our hands on CEO Andy Thorne, who built this company from scratch - with amazing colleagues along the way, has previously been awarded three Queen's Awards, from our dearly departed Queen Elizabeth, and now a King's Award for Enterprise International Trade 2024 from His Majesty The King.
Andy Thorne says, "I had a dream, a dream to build the best shipping company in the world. A place our customers just knew we'd do the best for them and a place our people would know it's them that make Kestrel the best place to work. Over the last 30 years we achieved our goal. So many people lining up to get a Rolex and other fine timepieces for 25 years service I'm having trouble locating enough. But what a first world problem. Thank you to everyone who helped make this dream come true."
