Michael Crozier - Printing Industry Expert and Design Consultant
MD, Crozier Associates. Michael has 35 years publishing & printing industry experience. Since 1994 Michael has run an independent printing industry consultancy. Michael was a key member of the team responsible for the 1986 launch of the The Independent newspaper where he worked for eight years as Associate Editor. Previously executive at The Times. Author of The Making of the Independent, Michael is a Fellow of the Chartered Society of Designers (FCSD) and currently reading for a PhD in the Printing Industry, Newspapers and Journalism.

Giuseppe Venturini MBA MEng - Technology Consultant
Giuseppe was previously Project Manager for Motorola and Project Leader at Alcatel on systems integration projects where he combined his strong capabilities to apply innovative technologies. Giuseppe was the founding partner of Harpax, an Italian telecommunications business providing wireless LAN technology that continues to thrive. Giuseppe holds an MBA from Cambridge University and an MEng from Ancona University, Italy

Peter Weiss FCA MSc BSc – Corporate Finance Consultant
Peter Weiss – Partner at Leapman Weiss, Chartered Accountants and business advisers since 1994. Previously worked at Robson Rhodes and Coopers & Lybrand and in the corporate finance and venture capital arm of Group Assurances Nationales (GAN). Previous engagements include advisory work for Blockbuster Video, Exide Europe, Carroll Security Group, Rauma-Repola and Government of Iceland. Visiting lecturer and examiner in Corporate Finance at University College, London University. Fellow of Institute of Chartered Accountants of England & Wales. MSc Operational Research and Management and BSc Physics from Imperial College, London University

Lucy Gradillas MA - Corporate Communications and Reputation Management Consultant
Lucy advises the private and public sectors on how to build, manage and protect corporate reputation. Formerly she was a Director of the leading UK reputation management consultancy Christow which she joined from Weber Shandwick (previously Charles Barker/BSMG). She has run and implemented major national and international corporate communications projects in a broad range of sectors including transport, property, health, government and PFI. Recent clients include General Motors, the European Commission, Grosvenor Ltd, St James Group and Laing plc. Lucy speaks fluent French, Spanish and German and holds a BA and MA from Cambridge University in Modern Languages.

Simon Gifford MBA – Senior Strategy & Operations Consultant
Formerly a Partner at Deloitte Consulting and prior to that a Director at Perry & Associates, Simon has 18 years experience in management consulting mainly in the fields of strategy and operations consulting; on top of 7 years of industry experience in consumer goods and the automotive industry. He has assisted clients in the areas of business growth (markets, products, channels, M&A), business protection (risk and strategic management, corporate governance) and business improvement (revenue enhancement, pricing, cost reduction, process improvement, information management, corporate parenting, CRM and competitive strategy). Clients include: Old Mutual plc; Hewlett Packard; British American Tobacco; Metropolitan Life; Allianz; Barloworld; Iscor; Bordens Foods; Altron and Denel. He has experience in insurance, consumer goods, manufacturing, banking and defence. Simon holds a BComm and an MBA from University of Cape Town. He speaks English, Spanish and Afrikaans.

Charles Krakoff MBA – Strategy and Financial Consultant, Project Manager
More than 20 years experience in over 50 countries as a consultant, investment banker and manager in foreign direct investment, trade, privatization, and private equity. Charles has advised public & private sector clients on market entry, expansion, distribution, value chain, FDI attraction strategies, export growth strategies, and on the restructuring and sale of state enterprises. Charles has held P&L budget responsibility up to USD10m and is a former senior advisor to Africa’s largest private equity fund where he managed transactions in TMT and financial services. Previously Chief, Office for Africa at the International Trade Centre in Geneva and Head of Africa Consulting Services, Standard Corporate & Merchant Bank. Clients have included Rockwell International, NCR Corporation, Fortune Brands, FMC Corporation, KPMG Consulting, the World Bank, the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, and over 30 national and provincial governments. Charles earned an MBA in Finance from Columbia University. He is fluent in French.

Adam Kingdon BSc (Eng) MBA – Company Turnaround Specialist
MD, Adam Kingdon Associates. Adam has more than 20 years turnaround experience. He has successfully turned around businesses in the engineering, manufacturing, mining and aerospace industries. He also advises on turnarounds and lectures regularly on the subject at INSEAD. Adam speaks fluent French and German, has a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Imperial College and an MBA from INSEAD.