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Alex left school aged 15, led a strike aged 22 and
turned his first business around aged 28. He led the
transformation of a state-owned printer into one
of the Group’s most profitable Divisions, and
secured a £700m long term contract with BT. Alex
led IBM’s first-ever PC clone launch and created an
innovative product fulfillment process which collapsed the industry’s product time-to-market. He was selected as one of Europe’s Top 20 European Market Makers by Computer Reseller News.
When his Chicago Head Office refused permission
to build a PC fulfillment centre, Alex set it up
anyway, creating the first ever ‘Virtual’ factory,
resulting in the creation of 600 new jobs in
Scotland and the USA. When the Chairman
discovered what Alex had done, he promoted him to CEO (UK).
When Alex tried to buy the UK business, he was fired.
So he moved to Poland and led the turnaround of a
large Polish business, resulting in a successful
shareholder exit within three years.
Alex rose from Milk Delivery Boy to Chairman and CEO - in just 35 years! He has lived and worked in Scotland, England,Wales,South Africa, Zambia, Netherlands, USA, Poland, Hungary and Cyprus. He enjoys helping people interested in overcoming business issues, quickly and decisively.
Alex lives in Cyprus, the sunshine island, with his wife Jennifer and their beagle ‘dug’ milo.
turned his first business around aged 28. He led the
transformation of a state-owned printer into one
of the Group’s most profitable Divisions, and
secured a £700m long term contract with BT. Alex
led IBM’s first-ever PC clone launch and created an
innovative product fulfillment process which collapsed the industry’s product time-to-market. He was selected as one of Europe’s Top 20 European Market Makers by Computer Reseller News.
When his Chicago Head Office refused permission
to build a PC fulfillment centre, Alex set it up
anyway, creating the first ever ‘Virtual’ factory,
resulting in the creation of 600 new jobs in
Scotland and the USA. When the Chairman
discovered what Alex had done, he promoted him to CEO (UK).
When Alex tried to buy the UK business, he was fired.
So he moved to Poland and led the turnaround of a
large Polish business, resulting in a successful
shareholder exit within three years.
Alex rose from Milk Delivery Boy to Chairman and CEO - in just 35 years! He has lived and worked in Scotland, England,Wales,South Africa, Zambia, Netherlands, USA, Poland, Hungary and Cyprus. He enjoys helping people interested in overcoming business issues, quickly and decisively.
Alex lives in Cyprus, the sunshine island, with his wife Jennifer and their beagle ‘dug’ milo.
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First published March 26, 2020
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