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You work with a high calibre team of senior managers from a variety of line management and consulting backgrounds. Our senior team have extensive experience assisting line managers in delivering rapid and sustainable performance improvements.

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Leadership Team

SKIPP WILLIAMSON - Managing Director

Skipp Williamson
  • Operations leadership in metals (steel, aluminium, zinc, lead), mining, pulp & paper and light manufacturing
  • McKinsey & Company; 14 years leading performance improvement work
  • Expertise in performance & cultural turnaround
  • Delivered substantial results in North America, Europe, Africa & Australasia
  • BE Civil (Hons), MPhil Mgt. (Organisational Behaviour) (Oxford), MSc. Geotechnical Engineering (MIT)

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North America


KEITH RUSSELL

Keith Russell
  • Operations expertise in pulp and paper, aluminium and alumina refining, oil and gas and telecommunications
  • 20 years consulting experience including BCG and Booz Allen Hamilton
  • Global experience in Europe, America, Asia, Australia and New Zealand
  • Master in Business Administration (Stanford University), Arjay Miller Scholar (top 10%) and a Harkness Fellow

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JOSEPH SOCOLOF

Joseph Socolof
  • Expertise in Lean, Six Sigma, MOS, mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and business development
  • Two years strategic consulting; six years performance and operational improvement experience; and five years corporate finance / private equity experience
  • Master of Business Administration (Duke University); Bachelor of Economics (University of Illinois)

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NIGEL SUTHERLAND

Nigel Sutherland
  • Experience as Chairman of a major metal refining company; Board member of seven major mining companies in South Africa; Corporate Advisory; Senior Management roles for global resource company, including Senior Divisional Marketing Manager, Treasurer
  • Delivered results in South Africa, Australia, UK, USA, India & Namibia
  • BSc Engineering (Metallurgy) (University of Witwatersrand), Master of Business Administration (Cape Town)
  • Speaks English and Afrikaans

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Europe / Commonwealth of Independent States


MATTI KARINEN

 
  • Deep expertise in business transformation and turnarounds. Led major turnarounds in airports, agribusiness, pulp & paper, metals and mining
  • 14 years consulting and business improvement experience including McKinsey & Company and Mercer
  • Delivered results in Europe and Asia
  • Master of Business Administration (Stanford), Master in Management (Helsinki School of Economics); BA in Business Systems.
  • Speaks English, Finnish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Indonesian, Russian and German

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SERGIO GONZÁLEZ ANDIÓN

Sergio Andion
  • Delivered results in energy, steel, cement and petrochemicals and consumer goods and retailing
  • 20 years consulting experience including McKinsey & Company and Bain & Company
  • Global board level and senior management experience in industrial and retailing sectors
  • Bachelor of Science in Electro-Mechanical engineering (Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico) and Master of Business Administration (Louvain University, Belgium)
  • Speaks English, Spanish, Portuguese and French

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Asia


IAN WOODS

Ian Woods
  • Joined Partners in Performance in 2005
  • 10 years consulting experience including 5 years with McKinsey & Company
  • 10 years in senior management  roles in Consumer Electronics, Telecommunications Equipment and Telecommunications Services
  • Extensive experience in Australia, Asia, North & South America
  • MBA from Australian Graduate School of Management; Bachelor of Business – Queensland Institute of Technology. 

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South Africa


SIMON DAVIES

Simon Davies
  • Led major business improvement projects in coal, chemicals, smelting as well as turnarounds in financial services and airlines

  • Senior executive roles in banks and airlines

  • 15 years consulting experience with PIP, Booz Allen and McKinsey & Company
  • Commerce (Marketing major) (University on NSW); Master of Business Administration (Bond University)

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NIGEL SUTHERLAND

Nigel Sutherland
  • Experience as Chairman of a major metal refining company; Board member of seven major mining companies in South Africa; Corporate Advisory; Senior Management roles for global resource company, including Senior Divisional Marketing Manager, Treasurer
  • Delivered results in South Africa, Australia, UK, USA, India & Namibia
  • BSc Engineering (Metallurgy) (University of Witwatersrand), Master of Business Administration (Cape Town)
  • Speaks English and Afrikaans

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Australia, New Zealand and Oceania


NEIL SYLVESTER

Neil Sylvester
  • 23 years consulting and general management
  • Led substantial and diverse projects for McKinsey, Mitchell Madison
  • Tripled Everest Group's Asian consultancy business
  • Delivered results throughout Asia, Europe and North America
  • BSc Chemical Engineering  - University of Natal, MBA (distinction) - University of  Witwatersrand
  • Speaks English and Afrikaans

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MICHAEL HUGGINS

Michael Huggins
  • 10 years consulting experience including McKinsey & Company
  • Led major turnarounds in manufacturing, resources, industrial goods, logistics and services companies.
  • Deep expertise in commercial due diligence and working with private equity firms.
  • Delivered results in UK, Canada, Belgium, Australia, New Zealand
  • BE (1st Hons) (Manufacturing & Material Engineering) (Uni of QLD), PPE (Oxford)

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ALASDAIR JOHNSTON

Alasdair Johnston
  • Delivered results in private equity, outsourced solutions, banking, manufacturing, mining and packaging industries
  • Expertise in integration, cost reduction, restructuring, due diligence and capital raising
  • 6 years consulting experience including McKinsey & Company and Bain & Company; 4 years investment banking; 4 years army officer experience in the UK
  • Masters degree in Economics from Cambridge University, MBA cum laude from l’Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi in Milan

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IAN WOODS

Ian Woods
  • Experience in electronics, telecommunications and mining
  • 3 years independent financial consulting, 4 years strategic and management consulting, 5 years senior management experience and 7 years as a chartered accountant.
  • Detailed corporate and consulting experience in the US, South East Asia and Australia markets
  • Master of Business Administration (University of New South Wales) and Bachelor of Business Accountancy (Queensland Institute of Technology)

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JAMES BRIDGERS

James Bridgers
  • 15 years consulting experience in the United States, Europe, South America and Australia.
  • Expertise in cost reduction and restructuring
  • Delivered results in banking, insurance, manufacturing, publishing and mining industries
  • Duel Bachelor degrees in Economics and Business Administration from Trinity University, United States

     

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DAVID DAY

David Day
  • 18 years Commercial and Investment Banking
  • 3 years McKinsey & Company, 10 years performance improvement work
  • Delivered results in steel, zinc, wood products, pulp& paper, coal
  • Expertise in banking, operations throughput and sustainability of change
  • Delivered results in Australasia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Europe, USA
  • MBA (AGSM), Diploma in Applied Finance from the Securities Institute of Australia.

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JULIAN DOLBY

Julian Dolby
  • 12 years experience as an operational and change manager within blue-chip and medium sized businesses within Australasia, Asia, North and South America and the UK.
  • 5 spent five years in the role as General Manager of Operations of the international consulting company  “The Jamieson Group” .
  • Lead in change programmes from the analysis to successful delivery in the Utility, Mining, Manufacturing and Construction industries in the Asia Pacific region, North and South America and the United Kingdom.
  • Bachelor in Education and a Diploma in Teaching from the University of Otago.

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STEVE BROWN

Steve Brown
  • 20 years experience in line management, including CEO and GM positions in manufacturing.
  • Delivered substantial results in open cut and underground operations including coal, nickel and iron ore.  Also metals refining, port operations and planned shutdowns.
  • Deep expertise in mining turnarounds in Australia and South Africa.
  • Masters in Business Administration from Cranfield UK,  Diploma in Marketing,  and a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours, Chemical).

 

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South America


PABLO SPINADEL

Steve Brown
  • 20 years experience in Management and Operations as well as in Consulting and Coaching delivering results throughout North and South America and Europe
  • Experience in Technology, Telecommunications, Finance, Manufacturing, Services, Utilities, and Governmental sectors
  • 18 years consulting including McKinsey and Co; UNIDO and IBM; Worldwide Responsible of the Wholesale Distributors segment at IBM Corporation
  • Professor (Operations, Project Mgmt) at the MBA, Universidad de San Andres
  • PhD in Technical Sciences (Maximum Honors - Tech University of Vienna), MBA (McKinsey), Bachelor of Electronic Engineering (Universidad de Buenos Aires)
  • Speaks Spanish, German, English, Italian and Portuguese

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ANUJ ARYA

 
  • Led major strategic and operational transformations in energy, technology and industrial sector organisations
  • Over 10 years consulting and business improvement experience including Booz Allen, AT Kearney, Stratmark and Parsons Consulting.
  • Delivered results in the US, Americas, Europe, Japan and India
  • Graduated first in class, Master of Business Administration (Amos Tuck), Bachelor of Technology, Electrical Engineering (IIT).
  • Speaks English, Spanish and Hindi

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IGNACIO DI BARTOLO

 
  • Delivered results in technology, operations and operational Improvement across a range of industries in South America, United States and the UK.
  • 17 years consulting and general management experience including McKinsey and Company, Accenture and Unisys
  • Masters of Business Administration (McKinsey Development Centre), BS, Industrial Engineering (Universidad de Buenos Aires)
  • Speaks Spanish and English

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PIP CENTRAL


KRIS BRUCKNER

Kris Bruckner
  • Expertise in operations improvement, organisation performance systems, strategy development, corporate finance and business building

  • Industry experience in minerals processing, oil and gas, banking, funds management, insurance, reinsurance, mining, manufacturing, rail and logistics
  • 10 years consulting experience including McKinsey & Company and PIP; 6 years line management experience in financial services
  • Bachelor of Commerce (finance) with Merit (University of NSW); Bachelor of Laws (University of NSW)

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Rapid, sustainable results

 

Leadership Team

Skipp Williamson

North America
Keith Russell
Joseph Socolof
Nigel Sutherland

Europe / Commonwealth of Independent States
Matti Karinen
Sergio González Andión

Asia
Ian Woods

South Africa
Simon Davies
Nigel Sutherland

Australia, New Zealand and Oceania
Neil Sylvester
Michael Huggins
Alasdair Johnston
Ian Woods
James Bridgers
David Day
Julian Dolby
Steve Brown

South America
Pablo Spinadel
Anuj Arya
Ignacio Di Bartolo

PIP Central
Kris Bruckner


 
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