Nick Adlam, Director
25 years of experience in Strategy, Transformation experience alongside building companies, running companies and selling companies. This breadth of experience brings key skills to engagement with clients in both paid company projects and (typically) pro-bono charity projects
Multi-industry experience - Business services, Industrials, Education, Consumer, Recruiting/Consulting
Scoping - over 650 consulting projects
Advisory - at over 40 companies
Consulting - on over 50 projects
Non-Executive - in over 10 companies
Strategy – Manager at Bain & Company, 2x Chief Strategy Officer
Sales – Chief Sales Officer, Chief Commercial Officer, Consulting Partner
Marketing – 2x Head of Marketing
Operations – MD of $100M P&Ls, overseen global manufacturing, built start-ups
Transformation – 2 x Led global restructuring & offshoring
Innovation – Built R&D teams, launched new products/services globally
Board experience - Multiple Non-Exec, multiple C-suite, Board of regulated entity
Working directly with founders - Managed & supported founders to exit at 3 companies
Cross-functional leadership - Oversaw transformation across all global functions at 2 companies
Solvent wind up of businesses - Managed 2 wind-ups on behalf of owners
Managed and led functions - Sales, marketing, central functions, P&L ownership
PE backed Education - Led turnaround, multiple C-suite roles
Soft-fruit farming group - Carved business in two & sold to Private Equity
Circuit-board manufacturer - Oversaw turnaround and exit options
Automotive reseller – Post Merger Integration of consumer car buyer
Private Equity Owner - Value creation plan for HealthTech investment
Global material manufacturer – 5 year planning, turnaround of 2 busineses, relocation of manufacturing
Outside work Nick runs a charity called The RDC Foundation (www.rdc.foundation), sit as a magistrate in North Hampshire and live in the Newbury countryside with his wife, boys and moderately ill-behaved labrador.