Leading a growth stage biotechnology company, funded by Venture, UK Government and Multi National Feed Additive Business developing products to precisely control gut microbiomes and their metabolic pathway, focused on the food, feed and agricultural markets. Developed alternatives to antibiotics and precision gut microbiome modulation as a feed additive. 20 employees, pre-revenue

Consultant and advisor in business strategy and technology development. A private practice to PE, industry, and VC

Led a corporate development team to improve performance of the Groupe Picard (€1.4bn rev 2016) international strategy, through a consumer led approach incl. brand planning, product proposition and sales online. Developed online strategy for top 10 International city roll out and brand partnering which released 7% and 15% top line growth in 2019 and 2020 respectivelyo Researched last mile delivery, experiential shopping, online/store footprint and Amazon competition• Strategic planning supporting the executive board in creating and executing mid and long-term strategies, identifying new opportunities in the marketplace and developing synergies within the wider ARYZTA group. Specific experience in Retail, Food Service, Food Manufacturing, Food Ingredients, Agriculture and Commodities

Global accountability and line responsibility for Procurement (€2.9bn spend inc.€1bn commodities, €300m capital, €250m logistics) across the group across the three divisions of Food Solutions, Bakeries Americas and EuropeFinancial Delivery - P&L impact of €105m in 2.5yrs vs 3.5yr strategic plan of €100m• Mobilized a Procurement functional performance strategy in 60 days, seeking 5x ROI and 4.5% savings rate• P&L impact of €105m in 2.5yrs vs 3.5yr strategic plan of €100m• Deployed Procurement synergy development over 5 acquisitions to save €80m on €600m of spendEnhance business operational excellence.• Established strategic procurement function for the group and drove global synergies• Simplified day to day Procurement P2P processes across c.115 FTEs via process and systems improvements• Simplified Procurement capability for three divisions and reduced operating costs by 33% and increasing ROI 5xManaging risk in price and supply• Implemented and ran the Commodity Price Risk Management (CPRM) strategy for the board of directors• Enabled and supported strategic customers with category insights, providing commercialisation and business development opportunities with McDonalds and Subway.

United Biscuits Group (now Pladis Global) 1996 - 2013United Biscuits Group revenue of £1.4bn and EBITDA of £230m. A branded manufacturer of McVities, McCoys and KP Nuts Brands across Europe, Middle East, Africa and IndiaStructural price cost savings plans removed over £66.2m of cost in priceM&A and divestments experience • Lead Procurement over three sale processes and acquired businesses in Middle East and India• Drove significant capability and organisational development over this time to integrate and split out businessesCommodity price risk management • Beat World FAO commodity index by 25% over 4 years• Structural price cost savings plans removed over £66.2m of cost in price• Delivered cost not for resale savings by £21m (9% of Group Ebitda)• Improved overhead efficiency by up to 40% saving £3.3m Supplier Collaboration Improvements • Drove 63% vendor performance improvement• Improved cash by £45m over 5 years through improving paydays and capital savings delivery programme• Created back to farm agreements accessing over 350 farmers and reducing costs by over £4.3m• Established sustainable global Palm, High Oleic Sunflower, Peanut and Cocoa supply chains

European responsibilities for procurement and the external supply chain, c.€300m spend, I worked with the Executive Leadership team to improve the overall business performance of the region through value engineering, sales negotiation preparation, brand development through sustainable sourcing

Spend Category Manager for the group procurement organisation in control of various spend areas across packaging and goods and services

Business change implementation lead and subject matter expert in SAP implementations across 8 manufacturing sites within UK over 2 years

Operational management of the supply chain for the biscuit manufacturing sites and change management of MRP and Scheduling tool

Operational management of biscuit manufacturing factory, implemented lean techniques to improve overall waste and OEE. RSV Value of £160m and c.450 labour pool

Founded advisory service business to develop sustainable food supply chains. Including the ability to lifecycle map nutritionaland environmental footprint www.carbonostics.com

Shift and Production management of manufacturing site with RSV of £30m and overall operational team of 300 across three shifts