TWO ZERO - Key Persons


Amin Vepari

Job Titles:
  • Programme Manager
Amin has worked with hundreds of ambitious businesses across a variety of growth programmes in Lancashire, helping ambitious businesses to reach their goals. He leads the Two Zero programme and is a relationship manager to all businesses in current and past cohorts. Through Two Zero, Amin will work with you to design the right support to grow at pace and ensure your business fully benefits.

Jason Kingston

Job Titles:
  • Partner, CUBE Thinking
Through a varied career across both public and private sectors, there has been a recurring theme of continuous improvement and the Japanese Kaizen approach. While undertaking Six Sigma and Lean training, Jason realised that years of frustration had a release and that business improvement could make the lives of staff much more fulfilling yet drive business growth.

Joel Durkin

Job Titles:
  • PR and Marketing Manager, Freshfield
Joel manages marketing and PR for Two Zero, including the creation of the brand, website and overall visibility of the programme. In his role at Freshfield, he also manages several of Freshfield's other public sector clients including Boost. Before joining Freshfield, Joel worked as a business journalist including as business editor at North West Business Insider magazine.

John Woodruffe

Job Titles:
  • Partner, CUBE Thinking
John has successfully applied his solid track record of achievement in lean manufacturing, sustainable operation and business leadership to his role in managing client relationships. He is responsible for overseeing the management of operational excellence projects - working with clients to determine priorities, mobilise resources, identify and deliver training needs, support and guide transformations, evaluate impacts and ensure that plans are achieved on-budget and on-time.