Toll Group

Supporting the smooth flow of global drinks logistics.

Vice President Vertical Sales, Liquid - UK

The Worshipful Company of Distillers

Committee Chair, Steward

ewan lacey.com

Working with people and teams to make life and business better.

Some clients also hired me for senior positions.

Clients include:
Goldman Sachs
HSBC Private Bank
Marble Bar
Jascots Wine Merchants
IWSC Group
Hellmann Worldwide Logistics
ProWein
Mirror Group
BBC London
Kavalan
Channel 4
Daily Telegraph
NRS Healthcare
YO!Sushi
Penfold’s
Armand de Brignac
LIDL Foodstores
PWC
Commodity Business Awards
GLG
Jamie Oliver Fabulous Feasts

Commitment 

Many individual founders, business owners and successful executives all the way up to the C-suite.

Founder

Hellmann Worldwide Logistics

As a Global Director – Beverage Logistics, I was responsible for:
Leding teams involved in both origin/destination of trade, while facilitating bilateral transactions and addressing client concerns related to prevailing logistical challenges in market, such as Brexit changes, pricing instability, and space availability; promoting to position of Global Director after providing interim support to business for a period of three years; overseeing strategic planning and managing relationships with key clients, such as Concha y Toro, The Co-Op, The Wine Society, Adnams, and Hallgarten; entrusting with task of driving strategic sales in global beverage logistics sector, while engaging with diverse portfolio of large international customers and renowned brands in the market/fostering collaborative relationships with key stakeholders.
My key highlights in this role include:
• Enhanced skillsets and increased capabilities by restructuring and reorganising of UK beverage team.
• Improved overall responsiveness to client requirements by introducing key performance indicators (KPIs).
• Achieved 20% improvement in productivity by consolidating team under one roof/fostering solid work environment.
• Reduced 30% cost of overhead expenses by merging two separate offices into single environment for UK business.

Global Director - Beverage Logistics

I served as Interim Operations Director – Beverage Logistics and was accountable for:
Providing direct leadership and oversight to beverage logistics teams across multiple countries, including UK, France, Spain, Italy, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia, Chile, and Argentina; cultivating strong relationships between global offices and clients to assure delivery of exceptional customer experiences.
My key successes during this role were:
• Drove impressive 25% increase in business unit turnover by achieving significant £50m growth from 2017 to 2021.
• Played pivotal role in development and coordination of highly profitable wine and spirit competition logistics business.
• Elevated EBITDA performance of UK business by transforming break-even state to achieving remarkable 17% revenue.
• Streamlined operations by merging two offices into a single location, delivering substantial cost savings of 30% on overhead expenses.
• Ensured continued competitiveness by redesigning product offerings for key routes, such as Italy-UK and Latin America-UK in response to price fluctuations.
• Exceeded £50M sales revenues/turnover by completing profit/loss (P&L) business leadership, assuming responsibility for strategic sales, business development, and day-to-day supervision of ten global offices.
• Realised £220k profit by demonstrating exceptional performance and achieving 25% increase in revenue across global competitions including Decanter, International Wine Challenge, and International Wine/Spirit Competition.

Interim Operations Director - Beverage Logistics

IWSC Group Ltd

I performed as Managing Director, and my responsibilities include:
Managing day-to-day business operations, including coordinating the customer journey, maintaining quality performance, overseeing technical and assessment procedures, and collaborating with diverse team of industry experts; overseeing team of six direct reports and administered total headcount of 22 FTEs.
My signature achievements were the following:
• Achieved a significant revenue increase of 35% from 2013 to 2017.
• Enhanced EBITDA performance from 17% to 27% by demonstrating substantial improvement in financial results.
• Developed and executed business strategies for the group companies by aligning with ambitious growth objectives.

Managing Director

During my tenure as Interim General Manager, I have finalized multiple tasks related to:
Holding full accountability for diverse portfolio of group companies, including International Wine and Spirit Competition; Strategically formulating and implemented business plans for the group companies, while effectively managing high turnover; leading and directing portfolio of over 16 consumer/trade events at prominent venues such as The Oval, The Carlton Club, Truman Brewery, and The Guildhall.
The following were my key contributions:
• Orchestrated end-to-end project lifecycle management and delivery by encompassing project planning, scope definition, budgeting, and risk management.
• Demonstrated comprehensive business leadership by assuming responsibility for all aspects of P&L, driving strategic direction, vision, and continued growth of organisation.
• Ensued exceptional client experiences and provide internal employees with ample opportunities for professional development by fostering engagement throughout organisation.

Interim General Manager

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Director, Business Consultant, Ewanlacey.com
Operations Manager, Wine of the Times
General Manager, Café Med, Notting Hill
Operations Manager, YO! Sushi
Property Manager, Lidl Foodstores Gmbh
Steward of The Worshipful Company of Distillers & Chair of Marketing Committee
Part of the ‘Distillers One of One Team, Distillers
Drinks Expert, James Martin Saturday Morning & Channel 4 Television
Drinks Industry Commentator, Channel 5 Sky News
Drinks Writer, Sunday Mirror; Daily Telegraph, Women & Home
Regular Guest & Contributor, BBC Radio

Additional Experience

With 20+ years of experience in the drinks industry I am still excited by chasing inefficiency out and bringing sustainability and good sense in.

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The Change Company @MTB GmbH

"Some make a yellow point out of the sun. Others make a sun out of a yellow point!" 
Pablo Picasso. >> Become creative. Use your potentials.

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Principal

The Creative Change Company

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Mit innovativen, neuro-psychologischen fundierten Ansätzen entwickeln wir Engagement, Kreativität, Agilität, virtuelle Resilienz, Kunden-Zentriertheit und Teams zu Füreinander-Team

Director

Creative Change Company - MTB 

Chief Executive Officer

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Main areas of work:

- Team consulting and team development
- Personal consulting and coaching
- Management and support of organizational development projects
- Health. Personal and organizational resilience. Reduction of work accidents and absenteeism
- Speaker for future competencies. Process innovations. Development for leadership and collaboration.
- Process management. Self-organization. Area development
- Strategic personnel development, especially future competencies and potentials
- Process-oriented trainings. Especially transformational leadership. Collegial learning. Learning organization. Potential recognition. Potential development

Professional experience:

- Head of financial planning
- Chairman of the board of MTB AG, a leading change management consulting firm
- Voluntary commitment in the International Society for Transactional Analysis
- Consulting of non-profit organizations
- Lectureship at the FOM - University of Economics and Management for “Aptitude Diagnostics & - Personnel Development”, lectureship for work, business and organizational psychology / leadership psychology in preparation)

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Arbeitsschwerpunkte:

 TeamBeratung und TeamEntwicklung
 Persönliche Beratung und Coaching
 Leitung und Begleitung von OrganisationsEntwicklungs -
Projekten
 Gesundheit. Persönliche und Organisationale Resilienz. 
Senkung von Arbeitsunfällen und Fehlzeiten
 Speaker für Zukunftskompetenzen. ProzessInnovationen. 
Entwicklung für Führung und Zusammenarbeit. 
 ProzessManagement. Selbstorganisation. 

BereichsEntwicklung
 Strategische Personalentwicklung, insbesondere 
ZukunftsKompetenzen und Potenziale
 Prozessorientierte Trainings. Speziell transformationale 
Führung. Kollegiales Lernen. Lernende Organisation. 
Potenzialerkennung. Potenzialentwicklung

Berufserfahrung:

 Leitung Finanzplanung
 Vorstandsvorsitzender der MTB AG, eines führenden 
Change Management-Beratungshauses
 Ehrenamtliches Engagement in der Internationalen 
Gesellschaft für Transaktionsanalyse
 Beratung von Non-Profit Organisationen 
 Lehrauftrag an der FOM – Hochschule für Ökonomie und 
Management für „Eignungsdiagnostik & 
Personalentwicklung“, Lehrauftrag für Arbeits-, Betriebs- und 
Organisationspsychologie / Führungspsychologie in 
Vorbereitung

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