QUANTIC GROUP - Key Persons
An astute retailer who has had held executive positions within buying, merchandising, marketing and store operations. Al leads change programmes that deliver sales and profit growth. Al's international retail background is complemented by extensive consultancy experience. A true Scot with a love for the wild outdoors and mountaineering, Al is always up for a personal or business challenge.
Our in-house linguistics expert, Andreas has in-depth experience in developing global sales strategies across channels and categories. When not turning his hand to wood working, Andreas can be found enjoying the great outdoors with his dog in tow or riding his classic motorbike.
An adventurous spirit ensures Andrew is always pushing the boundaries and innovating solutions. He has over 20 years' experience in Category and Channel Strategy as well as extensive shopper marketing expertise built up during a global career at Unilever. He loves viewing any problem, and the world in general, from new perspectives; especially easy to do as he is also a trained aerobatic pilot and ocean-racing sailor.
Job Titles:
- Associate
- Consultant
- Sales Trainer
Angela is an experienced sales trainer across all levels, categories and channels with experience gained in many countries. Angela delivers great learning that sticks and helps sales people get better commercial results. That's when she's not "down on the farm" mucking out or helping with lambing.
With deep marketing, sales, strategy, innovation and eCommerce experience acquired working with Fortune 500 companies, Camila has an engaging and collaborative leadership style with a passion to develop, motivate and inspire cross-cultural, cross-functional teams to outstanding performance. Equally passionate about travelling, Camila is always planning her next adventure!
A results driven category and commercial strategist, with a track record of developing breakthrough category strategies, Cat has proven experience in identifying complex business issues and defining solutions that deliver commercial results. A leader who thrives on building motivated teams, Cat's love of cooking creates equally great results for family and friends.
An experienced international consultant, Chris has worked with many retail and supplier clients on category strategy, category leadership, customer development and talent development. He has developed thought leadership in those areas, working with industry bodies such as ECR Europe, and has an upcoming book that offers new solutions for retailer and supplier collaboration. When not busy with the above, Chris spends his free time cycling around the Yorkshire countryside!
Darren has an extensive sales leadership background, having led international sales teams and delivered sales transformation for many global enterprises. As a sales psychologist he is passionate to understand how to help customers say ‘yes', and drive businesses to deliver significant growth through its people. His studies of human nature extend outside of work where you will find him an avid student of the mixed martial arts.
A creative, hands-on senior marketer who has successfully led some of the biggest brands in FMCG retailers and suppliers. Dave has multi-category international experience in developing and implementing innovation, marketing and category strategy. When he's not working, Dave spends time on two wheels both on and off road or tinkering around with various old vehicles.
The Springbok in the team with the caps to show for it having played Hockey for South Africa. Dave is an experienced international manager who has held executive positions in Unilever, opened consulting practices in Europe and Latin America and successfully led strategic and operational commercial growth programmes.
An experienced international consultant, Dorian has worked with numerous clients on category strategy, category leadership, revenue management, customer development and talent development. His expertise lies in understanding the needs of each client to develop bespoke, pragmatic solutions that build capability and drive tangible results. Free time finds Dorian racing around after his children or out and about cycling in rural Oxfordshire!
A specialist in identifying future growth, Duncan revels in delivering clear, tailored solutions, connecting commercial functions and aligning Consumer, Shopper and Customer strategies. Working with global market leaders and challenger brands, Duncan's style delivers cross-functional excellence. His commercial passion has led to him being both a speaker and chair at conferences spanning Australasia and Europe. When in the office Duncan leads the company's quest for the perfect Pop Master Quiz score. When outside of work, his quest to catch the perfect brown trout and to regularly watch a consistent England cricket team are as yet unfulfilled ambitions.
A truly global consultant, Jane leverages her proven success leading business start-ups and driving market and business performance across several continents to help diverse teams thrive in their commercial reality. Jane's energetic style has followed her around the world to Mexico where she's now based. Her passion for experiential learning ("learning-by-doing") ensures a dynamic experience.
A marketing executive and lifelong Chelsea supporter with extensive experience of successfully building brands for blue chip consumer product companies. Delivers exceptional growth and profitability improvements by developing game changing category strategies. Jon's experience spans health and beauty, consumer durables and household brands and he's seen life through a supplier's eyes whilst being based in Tesco.
Julie has a proven track record of training people to be the best that they can be and passionately believes in results through people, not despite them! She has extensive field sales experiences in FMCG (many categories from baby to laundry, batteries to cleaning solutions, haircare to cosmetics), as well as more specialist markets such as optics, B2B, pet care. Away from work, Julie is mad on all things sport especially watching Man Utd, Welsh rugby and English cricket as well as supporting her sons on the touch line.
An energising expert focussed on building capability, who can often be found pedalling at speed around Shropshire or further afield in warm climes. Karen has a proven ability to profitably unlock growth drivers across categories, channels and customers through unlocking the capability of both the individual and the organisation in a sustainable way.Fmc
Karen has a consistent track record for helping businesses drive profitable growth, through developing and executing strong commercial and category strategies. She is passionate about building organisational capability, with a naturally collaborative style and engaging training and coaching skills. Away from work, Karen loves the theatre having spent many of her younger years "treading the boards" - maybe one day she'll get back out there!
Job Titles:
- Associate
- Consultant
- Senior Business Leader
Laurent is a senior business leader with proven achievements in business development, marketing and sales in global food and beverage companies. Living in seven countries and leading teams across five continents has sharpened his curiosity and strengthened his adaptability to different business challenges and cultural environments. An avid skier born in the French alps, he enjoys now being based in Switzerland.
A seasoned consultant with experience in helping clients develop and translate their marketing plans into consumer and chef-focussed food ideas. Linda is always cooking up something new to inspire people to try new foods. When she's not in the kitchen, you can find her sampling craft beers at microbreweries around the world.
An experienced international manager, Mike has held executive positions in Procter & Gamble and opened consulting practices in all major continents. Mike has successfully led strategic and operational commercial growth programmes across the world. Always worth checking the Premier League scores to see how his beloved Arsenal have performed.
A commercially oriented consumer and shopper marketer, bringing a wealth of international experience and operational pragmatism to strategic and capability challenges. Peter relishes working across diverse cultures and categories and when not working, loves testing his own capabilities on the ski slopes and the golf course!
Peter's international roles in management and sales leadership includes expertise in go-to-market, from channel strategy to customer influencing and e-commerce. A trained thespian and NLP Master Practitioner and Coach, Peter can often be heard playing guitar in his local pub, dreaming of being the next Paul Simon.
A consumer and shopper insight professional who can expertly drive clear decisions out of complex information. Si n thrives on working collaboratively with people to uncover hindsight, insight and foresight. She has two feisty teenage boys, a mad Welsh springer spaniel and her sport loving, photographer husband at home in the Cotswolds to keep her extremely busy out of work.
An experienced international consultant with a proven track record of improving business performance across Marketing, Category, Channel and Sales. Sonia thrives on supporting people and teams to perform to their potential leading to bigger commercial results. Our "chef" Sonia's always cooking up something but rarely sticks to a recipe preferring a more "personalised" approach so you rarely get the same thing twice!Fm
An experienced FMCG marketing leader with a track record of commercial success and award winning launches across brands, categories and countries. Stefan is a self confessed foodie so always a good source of advice on latest trends. He has a passion for leveraging the power of brands away-from-home in order to grow in-home.
A commercially minded consultant with 20+ years' consulting experience from working around the globe and hailing originally from Australia. Steve loves unlocking opportunities to address mental and physical availability which functions can really get behind and bring to life for consumers, shoppers and customers. If you want to know about category strategy, shopper marketing, (fast cars or golf!), Steve's your man.
Advising on strategy and business growth, Tony has worked for over 30 years in sales and marketing roles - successfully building, managing businesses and serving clients, in the UK and beyond. A man in much demand. When not at Quantic, Tony is also Chairman of CPM Group, a member of the Oxford Institute of Retail Management Advisory Board and a trustee of Oxford Brookes' Student Union and if all else fails, try Twickenham Stadium!