Covers most aspects of global business including buy-side and sell-side strategy, corporate strategy, organisational design, supply chain and sourcing, marketing.
A great leader
I recommend Ian as a great leader with a strategic, visionary and global mind, strong drive and great ability to find new innovative ways.
He is an experienced leader with strong interpersonal skills and human insight – combined with great humor.
Ian combines creativity with good business judgment.
A true global leader
Ian is a true global leader. He is highly professional, very supportive, full of new ideas and knowledge which he proactively shares with others across all organizational levels. I always found his market intelligence insights very helpful.
channels to market and product positioning
Bill Ray – Former CEO of Goodridge, who led the sale of his company end 2013
Ian was particularly helpful in the area of product positioning and channels to market. His proven knowledge of how to establish manufacturing in China and win financing was also extremely helpful.
Exceptional communication skills
Ian has a great breadth of business expertise coupled with outstanding interpersonal skills. He has led complex change management issues across global businesses. The success of these ventures has been assured based on his clear understanding of the issues at hand, his exceptional communication skills and his passion and drive.
Extraordinary market intelligence
Ian has strong commercial acumen, excelling in both sales-side and buy-side of supply chain. I remember how he challenged us to build capacity and re-design supply chain to introduce a brand new product in mass production in China and Brazil in a record breaking speed. It was fantastic experience in terms of time-to-market and cost targeting. He has in-depth knowledge and a wide network in the composite industry and hence extraordinary market intelligence which have been helping us on the sourcing side as well.
Ian has outstanding sales skills
Ian has outstanding Sales skills and has used these to great effect both to develop businesses and to drive new initiatives. He is a strong Creative Thinker and skilled in understanding and managing customer needs and has a deep knowledge of a number of industries, including Coatings, Composites, Oil & Gas, Shipping. In addition to his business skills, Ian is a very strong people leader, with a strong dedication to maximizing employee engagement in diverse teams and has developed a number of individuals in Dow to leadership roles.
Significant cross-functional and global business experience
Ian was a valuable member of the LM management team and with his significant cross-functional and global business experience, he was often able to simplify complex global issues and guide his peers regarding important long term commitments. I enjoyed working with Ian. He was consistently rated above average in his performance appraisals. We have agreed to use him as a consultant during 2014, which shows the respect we have for his talents.
The most energetic, innovative and accountable leaders
Ian was one of the most energetic, innovative and accountable leaders I had on my team. He consistently engages in change management without losing sight of the ongoing operational aspects of our function (not a minor point).
In addition to meeting or exceeding all of his goals, Ian set the leadership standard in the manner in which he designed the reorganization of his portion of the Strategic Sourcing Center. He has extremely strong business savvy – knows what makes money for the company and I was thrilled to have him on my team!