Helping the food and beverage industry create value and excellence through informed innovation management.The Aurora Ceres Partnership Ltd is an alignment of over four decades of business process, NPD, project management and innovation management expertise combined with front-line consultancy experience across major industry sectors and significantly food manufacture makes The Aurora Ceres Partnership Ltd uniquely placed to play a vital role in the growth of food and beverage companies.I have recently contributed a chapter on ‘The Clean Label Issue’ for ‘Advances in Food and Beverage Labelling’ (Berryman, 2014) and 'Food Wastage'​ for the Encyclopedia of Food & Health.Co-editor "Developing food products for customers with specific dietary needs" - Woodhead Publishing.As a recognised food industry expert I am frequently invited to speak at International food and drink industry events, exhibitions and conferences, make regular comment to media channels, contribute editorial to leading industry publications and act on judging panels for Food Industry Innovation awards.Recent commitments include:March 2015 - RoadMapping workshop, Nutraformulate,UKJune 2015 - Future proofing NPD, Food science and Technology Show, UKAugust 2015 & 2016 - Food Manufacture Manufacturing Excellence awards judge September 2015 - Opportunities for salt, fat and sugar reduction. Food Tech Summit & Expo, Mexico City October 2015 - Keeping ahead of the technology innovation curve, Future Food Horizons, The University of ChesterNovember 2015 - Food Matters Live.Seminar Chair: Nutrition & taste matters: innovation advancing free-from product developmentSeminar Chair: Smart ingredients: innovations in reformulations, Growth Lab: Food innovation February 2016 Northants food & drink sector event,2015 & 2016 World Food Innovation Awards judge.Oct. 2016 - Food Manufacturing 2030, University of Lincoln- Innoveat, Food innovation in the travel sectorNov. 2016 Food Matters Live

Chairing the activities of the IFST consultancy Special Interest group, and bringing together the diverse community of the IFST consultants.Championed the introduction of the I-Consult newsletter, which provides a quarterly news feed of the groups activity and sharing forum for the groups membership. Chaired the groups debate on 'Horse-gate' leading to the publication of the IFST call for action to consider the impact of wider world changes on the food supply chain.

Member of the revenue steering group that undertakes on-going monitoring of the ERDF funded NoW Food Projects outputs and future activity.

Drawing on many years experience of front line technical roles, in Research, Development and Technical Management I work with small and large clients to identify the scope and needs of a project, translate it into a tangiable brief to help ensure delivery of the key objectives.Training sessions on:Dairy Ingredients in ConfectioneryCost Control in Scale UpIdeation to Realisation in Scale UpInnovation ManagementNPD processStage and Gate systemsConference engagements include:Market for reduced sugar products and Value opportunity of reformulation- Food Matters Live, London 2014Salt & Sugar reformulation, Amsterdam 2014Chair of Kennedys Confection "World Chocolate Forum"​ 2014 London.Collaborative Innovations in Beverages conference 2012 & 2013Open Innovation In Food and Beverage conferenc, 2013 London & Nutraformulate 2014Salt Reduction Technologies, 2013 London Active Nutrition, 2013 London Better Food on an Inflight F&B Budget - ARC 2013, Paris & ARC London 2014Waste Minimisation & Innovation; Cornwall County Council, 2013, FiE 2013 Frankfurt & Nutraformulate 2014.Delivering Innovative Food Products -Lunch! 2013, London Salt Reduction Trends, Use of Hydrocolloids in Satiety, FiE 2013, F&B Strategy for Innovation, Sustainability & Expansion Frankfurt FiE 2013The Impact of "Horsegate", ECSLA conference Maastricht 2014The Future of Phosphates, FAIA AGM, London 2014Consumer expectations of Innovation Taste & Health, FI Istanbul 2014Led the development of and chair of Food Innovation: INTENT, the Open Innovation community for the Food and Beverage industry hosted by Leatherhead Food Research

• Management of all quality, technical, and legislative issues for Branded and Retail product.• Significant evolution of Quality Management System, processes and protocol in accordance with BRC standards to achieve ‘A’ grade.• Management and development of Quality and Technical team (5) re-structure to a more integrated up-skilled function • Modernisation of HACCP and implementation of quality KPIs. • Improved product specification with greater accuracy of labelling and comprehensive allergen visibility.• Co-ordination of all factory hygiene, pest control and supplier auditing • Soil Association Organic Accreditation and Fair Trade license management. • Training in hygiene and GMP.• Crisis Management; Successfully handled nationwide Recall and Withdrawal.

• Technical support to commissioning of new manufacturing process• Implementation of Quality and Process control systems.• Process improvement and waste reduction projects• Product reformulation and batch to continuous process transfer project• Maintenance and auditing of ISO 9000 and HACCP in line with Nestle Quality Standard

Teaching Company Associate: Completion of a post graduate research placement through the University of Reading, investigating the development of Maillard Reaction flavours by non conventional means.