“Mark has over 25 years’ experience of positively impacting corporate performance. Until recently he was EMEA Freight Lead for AstraZeneca, a global pharmaceutical manufacturer and world leader in multiple therapy areas.

 

There he was brought in to centralise the global freight operations, holding responsibility for on-boarding all EMEA manufacturing sites, as well as contract and 3rd party manufacturing through the external sourcing organisation. His role as freight lead was also to look after all freight activities in and out of EMEA.

 

Successes included onboarding 4 manufacturing sites (1 of which is the largest global site), re-launching the train to China saving many millions of US$ - for which he helped to develop a new design of container that dramatically improved temperature performance, particularly during the extreme Kazhak winters with temperatures down to -40C.

 

He was a key part of the award-winning Brexit preparation team and continues to support this work as a consultant, demonstrating value to AZ despite having left as an employee.

 

Prior to that he was the Global Freight & Compliance Manager for Actavis with revenues exceeding $20bn as a major, global pharmaceutical manufacturer.

 

He was responsible for the movement of various products and presentations: generics, API, devices, oncological & biosimilars; tablets, vials, powders & solutions.

 

He was the logistics, Incoterms, warehousing and trade compliance subject matter expert for the company. Applying his extensive knowledge of international transport to the specific needs of pharmaceuticals, he ensured efficient, cost-effective and compliant movement around the world. Amongst his achievements was a gross saving on logistics of over $10million.

 

His background in global logistics covers diverse activities: multi-modal freight forwarding; small & large office and warehouse management; specialist pharmaceutical supply chains. He ran multiple offices for a “top 10” global logistics company with full P&L responsibility for branches under his leadership and managing circa 150 staff.

 

He is passionate about solving problems and delivering high-impact, quick-hit improvements. He leads by example and will do whatever it takes to get the job done, choosing to get stuck in and help rather than issuing orders from the seclusion of an office.”

 

“Lindsay has over 10 years’ retail management experience.  Amongst other roles, she ran sections for a large UK Department store and managed 3 stores on behalf of McDonald’s franchisees. Fast food is a unique management environment often involving young people doing their first job, for whom career can take a back seat to enjoyment.  This presents many challenges and has given Lindsay a wide range of management and mentoring skills.”