MPK INTERNATIONAL - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• Chief Administrative Officer
• Chief Human Resources Officer / Dublin, Ireland

Aoife Kearns is MPK International's Chief Human Resources and Administrative Officer. Based in Ireland, Aoife oversees the firm's talent life-cycle programs, as well as playing a major role in the financial, legal, and regulatory aspects of the company. Aoife holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree (First Class Honors) in Linguistics from Queen Mary University of London and a Master of Philosophy from the University of Hong Kong. She also holds the bragging rights within MPKi by being fluent in the most languages-Irish, English, Japanese, French, Spanish and Chinese (Mandarin or Cantonese?)-while being able to converse in German.

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• Head of the Middle East
• Managing Partner and Head of Middle East and North Africa / Dubai, UAE

Ede Byatt is the Head of the Middle East and North Africa region at MPKi. She has 20+ years of international experience with top telecoms and investment banking companies. She has assumed various leadership positions with significant budgetary and P&L responsibilities. MPKi is Ede's first foray into the world of International Consulting and Advisory Services, but her strong commercial business background-coupled with her experience as an investment banker-will provide MPKi and its clients invaluable insight and support, and help to expand their interests in the MENA region. Prior to joining MPKi, Ede worked as an investment banker at JP Morgan MENA, as well as holding senior leadership roles within the telecom industry in North Africa, where she provided commercial and investment strategy support on behalf of Telecoms Egypt. She holds a bachelor's degree in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics from Cairo University. Ede is fluent in English, Arabic and French. Now based in Dubai, UAE, Ede is active in her local community, and serves on the board of directors of the PTIC-an Egyptian charity which holds that "every child deserves an education."

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• Head of Mainland European Union
• Managing Partner, Head of Mainland European Union / Geneva, Switzerland

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• Chief Operating Officer / Hamburg, Germany

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• Managing Partner, China / Shanghai, China

Jack studied Engineering at the Shanghai Institute of Technology where he achieved his BSc and obtained his MBA at the university of Ballarat in China. Jack is fluent in both English and his native Chinese.

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• Managing Partner and Head of South and Central Africa / Johannesburg, South Africa

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• Chief Ethics Officer
• Chief Ethics Officer / Dublin, Ireland
• Member of the Board of Directors at Infinite Sum

Katherine is a Chief Ethics Officer at MPK International, as well as being a founding member. She has extensive legal, regulatory, finance, and business strategy experience, serving both clients and boards over the past 25 years. Katherine chose this specific job title at MPK because she passionately wants to raise the awareness and importance of the "Triple Bottom Line" in the context of globalization. Prior to joining MPK, Katherine was a senior partner and member of the Board of Directors of the North American Consulting firm, Infinite Sum Inc. As a member of the Board of Directors at Infinite Sum, Katherine played a central role in revising the firm's ethical standards and code of conduct over a decade ago. The code was a key step towards reestablishing and driving Infinite Sum's core values after the firm went through a variety of changes resulting from a series of acquisitions undertaken by the company.

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• Managing Partner, Vietnam / Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Michael Carpenter leads MPK International's packaging industry consulting business "MPKi Packaging Group," which is headquartered in the U.S. His background in corporate strategy, management consulting and in-depth knowledge of establishing business relationships on behalf of clients in Asia, Russia and its bordering countries, provides MPKi and our clients invaluable expertise in the region. His principal expertise is in the development and global procurement of packaging for retail, manufacturing, and fresh kitchen networks, primarily within the food and consumer goods industries. Michael's route to joining the MPK International leadership team is somewhat unique in comparison to the rest of the MPKi team. In mid-2019 Mike left his senior executive role at the Kroger Company headquarters in North America to set up his own packaging consulting business. The timing was fortuitous-for both Michael and MPK International. In early 2020 Michael's company was evaluating funding options as a way to develop and grow, while-at the same time-MPK International founder Peter Agnew was looking for ways to accelerate MPKi's presence in the packaging industry due to the strategic value it held for the company. The Kroger Company was a major client of Mr. Agnew's in North America for many years, and he already knew Michael very well, so it was an easy decision for him to invest in Michael's company-and compatible vision-and integrate it into the MPKi family. "Global spend on packaging alone is expected to exceed a trillion dollars a year by 2024. Just think about that for a moment… That is 1,000 billion dollars, and it's not being spent on a random harmless item, but on something that is transpiring to be one of the single biggest contributors to damaging our environment-and our planet-especially when it comes to plastic packaging." Michael notes. Michael is the author of numerous articles on global business strategies for differentiation or low-cost positions in various packaging categories for FMCG, CPG's, Retail and the Food & Beverage market. Michael has been based in Cincinnati for the last 20+ years, where he now leads the MPKi Packaging North American Office.

Job Titles:

• Chairman
• Chief Executive Officer
• Founder
• Chief Executive Officer / Dublin, Ireland

Peter Agnew is the Founder and Chairman of MPK International. A trusted advisor over many years to CEOs, Boards and Senior Executives looking for guidance to build or improve their international business relationships and supply chains. Peter has worked with leading firms in the automotive, retail, consumer goods, packaging and technology sectors in all corners of the world and in 2019 took the decision to build the framework for what would become MPK International. Peter developed the concept for MPK International with one clear vision in mind-to advise and facilitate in a practical, sustainable and ethical manner how large and mid-sized organizations should approach and successfully implement plans to leverage the benefits of globalization. "After 25 years working on developing international business solutions and projects across a variety of industries, I was determined to fix what I thought was a major disconnect between what the large consulting firms are offering in terms of advice and support versus what the vast majority of the SME / SMB community really needs to successfully and ethically harness globalization" Peter notes.

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• Chief Projects Officer
• Chief Projects Officer / Dublin, Ireland

Simon Clarke holds the dual role of MPK International's Chief Projects Officer while also taking direct responsibility for our business in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Simon is the person ultimately in charge of directing all program and project governance globally and ensure our project teams, regardless of client or geographical location are continuously aligned to the MPKi global delivery framework. His background in corporate strategy, management consulting and in-depth knowledge of establishing business relationships on behalf of clients in Eastern Europe and its bordering countries, provides MPKi and our clients invaluable expertise in the region.

Job Titles:

• Director of Projects