Adrian Kane Email & Phone Number

Surrey, England, United Kingdom

Lead consultant on a range of strategic transformation initiatives within global multinational organisations, including:• Design & implement a strategic vision & Target Operating Model (Energy Major Business Unit, c.500 FTE) • Design & deploy a global Job Architecture Framework (Food Ingredients Multinational, 25,000 FTE)• Change lead for the deployment of a risk framework (Trading division at a global Energy Major)• Develop a culture, communications and training approach (newbuild 500FTE chemical production facility)

Spending time with my family, supporting them through health issues and performing voluntary work at a Covid vaccination centre.

London, England, United Kingdom

Developed & governed the strategic direction for a procurement function (managing c £600m spend), spanning value creation, risk management, service levels, capability building, sustainability & innovation agendas. Led senior stakeholder relationship management, developing, aligning & implementing continuous improvement / value enhancement strategies. Highlights include:• Delivered a £15m / 2.5% savings programme amidst major business disruption (C-19 and Brexit). • Implemented new governance structures to improve cross-functional ways of working. • Drove strategic direction & annual goal-setting / reporting / people processes. • Corporate HQ lead for an award-winning Mental Health & Wellbeing Ambassador programme.

Woking, England, United Kingdom

Same role as below, with additional responsibility for leading the business unit through ABInBev's acquisition of SABMiller (the third largest corporate acquisition in history). This involved: managing the separation / divestment of customers & suppliers; review & revision of business unit strategic direction; & integration of the business unit into a new post-acquisition organisation structure.

Zurich, Switzerland & Woking, United Kingdom

Led the design, implementation, management, expansion & optimisation of a transformational procurement Operating Model. • Designed, established, led & optimised a cross-functional, multi-location Business Unit (c. 30 FTE).• P&L Management ($850m revenue, $40m gross profit, $2m operating costs). • Led a major group-wide stakeholder engagement / change management programme • Designed and led a continuous operational performance improvement programme • Integration of an 80 FTE internal business unit • Governance of the offshoring of operational activity

Zürich Area, Switzerland

Design & implementation of an operating model for a newly formed 750 FTE Global Procurement organisation (spanning organisation design, structure & accountabilities, culture, governance, ways of working, processes and commercial model)

United Kingdom

Global functional lead, balancing value creation, risk management, governance and business partnering, to ensure alignment between the tax and commercial agendas, including: • A review / revision of the Group's Target Operating Model.• Optimisation / deployment of a revised global TP strategy.

London, United Kingdom

Development & implementation of activities to capture value & manage risk, seamlessly aligned with wider group business objectives. Key achievements: • Led the Global Tax Department’s 5-year strategic plan • Integration of the acquired $1bn Ketel One brand into Diageo • Business Partner on various commercial issues, incl. business restructure; organisational redesign, corporate finance, acquisitions & joint ventures.

London, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

London, Uk & Sydney, Australia

Ba Hons, Economics, Upper Second Class Honours (2:1)

Politics, Economics, German, Grade A

Activities and Societies: Member of National Championship-winning Rugby Union 1st XV;