Alistair Macleod – Operating Partner

Alistair has 33 years’ corporate and investment banking experience in Europe, Asia and the Middle East, with a strong background in marketing, planning, budgetary and P&L management. Alistair has an established record of developing and implementing solutions to multi-dimensional, operational problems and a proven record of developing and implementing financial and operational controls that improved P&L status significantly.

In addition Alistair has conducted a number of corporate recover/ restructuring projects in the Far East which resulted in him being appointed to a number of Non Executive Directorships.

Atul Sofat – Operating Partner

Atul has over 18 years experience working in operational line management and advisory  roles within major blue chip organisations. He has a wealth of turnaround, operational restructuring and performance improvement experience delivered within manufacturing and commercial environments. He has a consistent track record of achievement, building on experience in project management, planning, organisation and delivery of results in a number of roles and organisations.

Arvinder Walia – Operating Partner

Arvinder is an entrepreneurial and a professional business leader with hands on operational management experience. He has a proven successful track record operating at main Board level in MD/CFO and Non-Executive roles and in contributing to the success of other organisational functions including Operations, Procurement, Sales and Marketing, Asset Management, Manufacturing, IT and HR. He has a wealth of experience in Business and Investment Strategy and Planning, Turnaround/Restructuring, Performance Improvement, Start-ups, M&A, Disposals, Acquisition Integration, Change Management, Systems Delivery, implementing and enhancing Business Processes and Controls, Fund Raising and Banking Relations. He has a background in Corporate Finance, Private Equity, Hospitality and Leisure, Manufacturing, Service and Distribution sectors.

George Foster – Operating Partner

• Previously the Chief Executive of TJ Hughes with responsibility for the full budget, revenue, profitability and running of 38 discount department stores throughout the U.K.
• Accelerated turnover from £63m in 1997 to turnover of £225m in 2003/2004 and increased profitability from £1.8m EBIT in 1997 to £9m EBIT in 2003.
• Currently George is a non executive director for The Original Factory Shop.

Ian Croxford – Operating Partner

• Ian has worked in the food & drinks industry since 1980 in the UK and Europe,  initially as a management trainee with Union International, then a variety of roles with Northern Foods, Allied Lyons, Tate and Lyle and  Diageo .
• He subsequently became Managing Director for John Dewar & Sons Ltd (the whisky division of Bacardi Ltd).
• Ian has also held the positions of Group Operations Director at Premier Foods and CEO at Inter Link Foods Ltd .
• Ian is currently the COO for Stock Spirits Group a PE owned business.
• Ian’s main experience is in performance improvement, business turn around and acquisitions.

Jed Kendrick – Operating Partner

Jed has over 20 years of Blue Chip Operations experience, including 6 as a General Manager working in functional supply chain strategy, operations performance improvement through leadership development and coaching on business strategy and implementation.

Jed specialises in supply chain strategy, business strategy and strategy implementation, organisation design and change, sales & operations performance diagnostic and improvement with the Food & Drink and Consumer Retail sectors.

Peter Godfrey – Operating Partner

• Peter Godfrey was the Chairman and Founder of Peterman Europe, a management consulting firm. He has pioneered the application of Lean thinking and Six Sigma techniques to improve productivity and dramatically reduce costs to a range of businesses across Europe.
• Peter has worked for clients such as Amoco, Brakes, Procter and Gamble, United Biscuits, TRW and Young’s.

Peter Johns – Operating Partner

• Until his retirement in 2008 Peter was Head of Banking at Rothschild, the international investment bank.
• He was also a member of the bank’s Group Management Committee, which operated as the executive committee of the group’s Swiss holding company.
• With 30 years at Rothschild in the UK, Asia and North America, he has had direct responsibility for most areas of debt finance including leveraged, property and natural resources.

Stewart Oades – Operating Partner

• Stewart has an extensive career in supply chain and logistics spanning over 30 years.
• He was the CEO of Christian Salvesen plc and  CEO of Exel plcs Retail  and Consumer sector where he was an executive Board Director. Prior to Exel, Stewart was Operations Director for Safeway plc.
• Stewart now combines advisory work with a number of non-executive roles in the supply chain sector.