Ian has extensive experience in global commercial B2B successes. He has operated at senior levels in large, medium and small companies either as a senior exec, consultant or advisor. Following his Chemical Engineering degree from Loughborough University, he worked for a division of Rolls Royce, 24 years for the Dow Chemical Company and then 6½ years with LM Wind Power/Doughty Hanson private equity. He has been P&L responsible for global businesses and led multi-cultural groups in sales & marketing, sourcing, supply chain, eCommerce and is renowned as one of the most creative, supportive, energetic, challenging bosses they ever worked with. If there is a deal to be done, together with you, Ian will find a way to get it done. 

He focuses now on his renewables energy work with Aventage Consulting (where he is a founding partner), strategy, M&A due diligence and start-ups. He is Chairman of the advisory board of a software company in Bristol and in discussion with several start-ups, either as a co-founder or advisor

Ian is originally from the North East of England and also holds a Swiss passport. 

Ian spends his spare time skiing/snowboarding in the winter and walking/boating in the summer. He is a qualified PADI open water diver, BWSW advanced ski boat driver & wakeboard coach, as well as RYA (commercially certified) motorboat day skipper and a qualified instructor for advanced powerboat and jet-ski. He previously played rugby for Frankfurt, was president of the Horgen tennis club, represented Switzerland in 2 European Shukokai karate championships and a long time ago was an extreme rock and ice climber, mainly in Chamonix, France.