Independent advisor to Private Equity firms, Boards and industrial technology companies

Led $500M global Division, world leader in in-line inspection equipment and services for the Food, Pharma and FMCG sectors, using X-ray and Vision inspection, Metal Detection and Check-weighing technology. Scope included R&D, Product Management, Manufacturing, Marketing, Sales, Service, Finance and HR for the Division.Developed and executed major strategic initiatives for profitability and growth:• Integrating two acquisitions to develop new SBU in Vision Inspection and Track and… Show more Led $500M global Division, world leader in in-line inspection equipment and services for the Food, Pharma and FMCG sectors, using X-ray and Vision inspection, Metal Detection and Check-weighing technology. Scope included R&D, Product Management, Manufacturing, Marketing, Sales, Service, Finance and HR for the Division.Developed and executed major strategic initiatives for profitability and growth:• Integrating two acquisitions to develop new SBU in Vision Inspection and Track and Trace• Complete product line renewal for all SBUs, introducing modular platform concepts to better enable configured solutions, global manufacturing and supply chain optimization• Established global key account management structure for the Division, becoming global preferred supplier for multiple international Food and Pharma groups• Already-important Service business further strengthened through investment in service product offering, digital enablement and training• Enhanced channel support with creation of 3 regional market support and training centres• Design and build of state-of-the-art 270,000 ft2 facility in US, co-locating and merging three dispersed sales, service and manufacturing organizations; strong payback from reduced costs and better approach to market• Re-organized marketing, and applied leading-edge Mettler-Toledo processes for strategic brand-building, tactical lead generation and penetration targeting for the salesforce Show less

Leading Schindler's Elevator and Escalator business (Installation, Service and Modernisation) throughout South-East Asia, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. Full service subsidiaries in 12 territories in the region. 3000 employees. Substantially grew market share and profitability through global financial crisis due to anticipatory cost control, price realisation and better project disciplines

Leadership of Schinder's business in 10 countries in Eastern Europe. 1400 employees. Rapid organic business growth, plus new country start-ups and strategic acquisitions. Based Lucerne, Switzerland

Strategic planning, business analysis, marketing communications, PR for $1.6bn global Automotive Components business. Based Amsterdam, Netherlands

R&D, marketing, sales, competitive analysis and business planning for portfolio of new business ventures. Technology focus included image processing, leading-edge electronic design and algorithm development. Team of 60, mainly scientists and engineers.

Led all business functions for self-contained automotive supplier, global leader in its field. Sales in all continents. 750 employees and manufacturing in Netherlands, US, Ireland and Korea. Strong product development led growth. Based Utrecht, Netherlands

Acquisitions and alliances, technology strategy and market communications for $850M global business. Based Strasbourg, France

Strategic planning, acquisition analysis, competitor and market research for $1.3bn Composites Systems division. In parallel managed venture business selling innovative exhaust-filling solutions to the global automotive industry; global customer base (Europe, USA, Japan, Australia); R&D in Sweden and US; manufacture in France and Sweden. Based Ohio, USA.

Managed $80million revenue capital-intensive continuous-process fibreglass manufacturing plant employing 600. Defined, secured and implemented $30million investment to increase capacity by 75%.