Our Team

Ailsa Carson
Partner -Group Marketing & Events Manager
About Ailsa Carson

Ailsa is Group Marketing & Events Manager, and is responsible for the development and delivery of our global events programme

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Alex Everitt
Consultant
About Alex Everitt

Alex provides marketing, graphic design and videography support to the Consultancy and Academy teams, enabling them to develop engaging and thought-provoking materials.

Andy Brunskill
Partner
About Andy Brunskill

Andy is a Partner and specialises in the development and deployment of Operational Excellence Programmes.

Andy Miles
Senior Associate
About Andy Miles

Andy is one of our Senior Associates and supports customers with coaching, leadership and Lean Sigma programmes

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Armin Gruber
Principle Consultant
About Armin Gruber

Armin is a principle consultant, and is a chartered graduate engineer and has previously held senior leadership positions in Manufacturing, including Plant Manager, CEO, Group CTO.

Arturo Caraveo
Senior Consultant
About Arturo Caraveo

Senior Consultant in Continuous Improvement Lean & Culture Change

Brad Jeavons
Consultant
About Brad Jeavons

Brad Jeavons is an organisation improvement leader who helps organisations improve and achieve Enterprise Excellence using today's best practices.

Brian Golden
Consultant
About Brian Golden

Brian’s major passion is delivery of “Competitiveness through Operations” for clients and customers.

Brian Hatter
Consultant
About Brian Hatter

Over the course of his 35-year career, Brian has served in a multitude of senior leadership roles primarily within two companies Textron and Ingersoll Rand.

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Brian Kopas
Consultant
About Brian Kopas

Brian has over 37 years experience driving transformation journeys

Bruce Dorey PhD
Consultant
About Bruce Dorey PhD

Bruce is a senior coach and leadership consultant with extensive experience in OKR planning and deployment.

Byron Lear
Consultant
About Byron Lear

As part of the S A Partners Academy team, Byron supports our clients with training in Leadership, Lean and Continuous Improvement.

Chelsea Gustafson
Consultant
About Chelsea Gustafson

Chelsea has 10+ years of experience in Manufacturing and Chemical Engineering

Christopher Wright
Consultant
About Christopher Wright

Chris has over 25 years experience and is an internationally experienced consultant who supports multi site companies with the deployment of Operational excellence and certified training programmes.

Clare Pryce
Finance Manager
About Clare Pryce

Clare is our Group Financial Manager supporting our teams globally.

Colin Scott
Partner - President S A Partners Inc
About Colin Scott

Colin is the President of the US business – S A Partners Inc. and supports a number of our international clients, at a strategic level, with the development and deployment of Enterprise Excellence programmes.

Conor Dawson
Senior Consultant
About Conor Dawson

Conor is a Senior Consultant with our European Team

Dave Cataldi
Consultant
About Dave Cataldi

Dave has spent over 40 years in manufacturing businesses, the last 20+ years as a business leader.

Dr Donna Samuel
Head of Lean Academy
About Dr Donna Samuel

Donna is part of the S A Partner Academy team and supports our clients with coaching, mentoring and accredited training programmes.

Dr Fiona Buttrey
Partner
About Dr Fiona Buttrey

Fiona is Head of Leadership Programmes and also supports our Shingo Delivery Team. Prior to joining the company in 2018 Fiona spent over 10 years at Vale Group.

Dr Toni Whitehead
Consultant
About Dr Toni Whitehead

Toni Whitehead supports our clients with coaching, mentoring and training. Toni specialises in the development and delivery of our Leadership and Improvement Coach programmes and is works closely with the University of Cardiff Lean Competency Centre as an assessor. 

Dr. Bryan Cutliff, PsyD
Consultant
About Dr. Bryan Cutliff, PsyD

Bryan joined SA Partners in June of 2021 as a Senior Consultant and is responsible for overseeing the leadership programs, as well as the healthcare sector, within the company’s US subsidiary.

Ed Clements
Senior Associate
About Ed Clements

Ed is part of our global consulting team supporting customers with Opex, Lean, and Agile programmes

Eric van der Meulen
Consultant
About Eric van der Meulen

As consultant, Eric worked on projects with SMEs in IT, HR, accounting, marketing, production, quality, compliance.

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Eric Waller
Senior Consultant
About Eric Waller

Eric has 25 years of experience of experience primarily in Aerospace, Renewables, and Automotive

Garry Corbet
Partner: Head of our Ireland Consultancy team
About Garry Corbet

Garry has over 10 years experience working in continuous improvement using Lean principals and has held several senior leadership roles prior to joining SA Partners. 

Gary Griffiths
Senior Partner
About Gary Griffiths

Gary is Partner and Managing Consultant and supports multi-site companies around the world with the development and deployment of Enterprise Excellence Programmes, & co-author of Staying Lean: Thriving not just Surviving’

George Potamianakis
Senior Consultant
About George Potamianakis

George has 20 years' experience working directly with organisations to implement process improvement programs, deliver projects, manage teams, facilitate workshops, plus provide training and coaching.

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Ishan Sellahewa
Consultant
About Ishan Sellahewa

Ishan has expertise in helping clients use technology to achieve their goals.

Mark Fillingham
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Senior Partner
About J Mark Fillingham

Mark is a Senior Partner and Programme Manager and specialises in coaching and mentoring at an Executive Level.

Jack Worboys
Consultant
About Jack Worboys

As part of the team, Jack is building on his TPM & Management Systems experience as well as bringing technical analysis and process automation skills to the table to help deliver sustainable improvement to our clients.

Jeff Williams
Senior Partner: Business Development Director
About Jeff Williams

Jeff has extensive experience across many Sectors, including Financial services and Food. Jeff joined S A Partners in 1999 after many years working in industry.

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Jim Brydon
Event Manager
About Jim Brydon

Jim joined S A Partners in 2020 as part of our Marketing and Events Team.

Jim Mikulski
Partner
About Jim Mikulski

Jim is a Partner in our US Team supporting clients with Enterprise Excellence, Improvement Skills, Total Productive Manufacturing (TPM), and Change Leadership.

John Miller
Consultant
About John Miller

John is a Consultant within our European Team supporting businesses with Continuous Improvement and Enterprise Excellence

John Quirke
Senior Partner: Head of the Life Sciences & Health Sector
About John Quirke

John Quirke is a Senior Partner and Head of the Life Sciences & Health Sector, he also supports both the US and European Business Development Team.

Jordan Squire
Creative Projects Manager
About Jordan Squire

Jordan is responsible for the Groups social media and also the development of our creative assets.

Juliette Packham
Partner: Head of Learning & Development
About Juliette Packham

Juliette has been a consultant with S A Partners since 2005, prior to this she enjoyed a successful career within the Automotive Industry.

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Katrin Dunker
Consultant
About Katrin Dunker

Katrin ist Prozessgestalterin und Moderatorin aus Leidenschaft und liebt es Teams zu neuen Erkenntnissen und zukunftsweisenden Lösungen zu führen.

Keivan Zokaei
Partner: Head of Financial Services
About Keivan Zokaei

Keivan is a lean thinking expert, consultant and a published author. Keivan regularly advises C-suite executives at global companies and has led transformation projects in Service, FMCG and Manufacturing industries.

Kenneth Wisinski
Partner
About Kenneth Wisinski

Ken is a Partner supporting our clients with their Enterprise Excellence programmes; Shingo Training; TPM and Continuous Improvement training.

Kevin Phelan
Senior Consultant
About Kevin Phelan

Kevin is a Senior Consultant with our European operations

Laura Davies
Senior Finance Associate
About Laura Davies

Laura is part of our Central Services Finance Team

Lee King
Business Support & Finance Co-ordinator
About Lee King

A key member of the S A Partners dynamic Finance Team.

Lisa Taylor
Business Analyst
About Lisa Taylor

Lisa is a Business Analyst within our Central Finance Team

Lorcan Carroll
Associate Consultant
About Lorcan Carroll

Lorcan is an Associate Consultant within our European team supporting companies with Shingo; Lean, Six Sigma and Opex

Manuel Baerga
Consultant
About Manuel Baerga

Manuel is a successful coach who has worked extensively with top tier companies to develop enterprise strategies that deliver quantifiable results.

Maria Penaloza Coupland
Consultant
About Maria Penaloza Coupland

Maria works as a Consultant within our US team covering South America.  She has extensive experience in the public and private sectors where she has helped develop leaders create engagement with their teams. 

Mark Taylor
Chief Operating Officer for S A Partners in APAC
About Mark Taylor

As a leading advisor to Boards and senior management for over 30 years, Mark has successfully driven Leadership and Continuous Improvement programs across government and large corporations throughout Australia, SE Asia, Europe and Middle East.

Martin Reese
Digital Services Manager
About Martin Reese

Martin has worked in a disparate array of sectors which has included government, tourism, retail, manufacturing and construction, helping them meet the challenges and differing requirements and targets from their on-line presence and digital services.

Mat Jackson
Senior Consultant
About Mat Jackson

Mat is a Senior Consultant within the UK and European Team supporting clients with strategy development and deployment.

Matthew Scott
Project Manager
About Matthew Scott

Matthew works in our US Team supporting project management and delivery.

Megan James
Business Development Manager
About Megan James

I joined S A Partners bringing a commercial background in business development, account management, marketing and business operations to the team. Following 5 years building and managing global Lean and Six Sigma events, I’ve focused my career within Lean and Process Improvement consulting.

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Michelle Formanczyk
Consultant
About Michelle Formanczyk

Michelle is an experienced Consultant and Executive Coach. She has a stellar record of strategizing and spearheading high-level change in culture, operations, and processes to boost productivity and exceed expectations.

Mick Moreton
Mick Moreton
Partner: Head of Situational Leadership Training
About Mick Moreton

Mick supports a range of our clients with their Operational Excellence and certified training programmes.  Mick has extensive practical experience having held operational management and continuous improvement positions in Toyota; Rolls Royce and Airbus. 

Nick Davis
Associate
About Nick Davis

Nick is a Certified Lean Sigma Master Black Belt, Chartered Engineer and Fellow in Manufacturing Management with over 30 years of operational & consulting experience within a wide range of industry sectors. 

Noel Hennessy
Senior Associate
About Noel Hennessy

Dr Noel Hennessy is a key part of our Shingo & Operational Excellence team both within Europe and Globally

Pheadra Jones
Administration and Support
About Pheadra Jones

Having worked in the US Army, Pheadra provides essential administrative support for all our operations in the US

Phil Spooner
Partner
About Phil Spooner

Phil is Sector Head for Process Industries and specialises in the development and deployment of Enterprise Excellence Programmes across multi-site organisations.

Rachel Doyle
Consultant
About Rachel Doyle

Rachel is a Senior Consultant in the UK Team

Richard Lynch
Senior Partner: Operations Director
About Richard Lynch

Richard has over 15 years experience working with clients across the retail and distribution sectors. He has also worked in Automotive, Food, Financial Service, Engineering and the Public Sector. 

Richard Young
Partner: Head of our Australia & NZ team
About Richard Young

Richard is a Senior Partner within the S A Partners organisation and is currently the CEO for our APAC region.  He holds a Masters in Engineering alongside his C.Eng. He is a certified LCS Level 3 LSS MBB and a certified Shingo Facilitator, Master Trainer and Alumni.

Rick Guba
Senior Consultant
About Rick Guba

Richard is a Senior Consultant, a Shingo Facilitator and Leadership Consultant with our US Division

Robin Jaques
Senior Partner: Head of Aerospace & Defence
About Robin Jaques

He joined S A Partners in 2000 and supports customers globally within a range of sectors including Manufacturing; Retail; Aerospace, Defence and Distribution.  His passion is for developing sustainable Enterprise Excellence programmes and understanding how companies can connect and engage with their employees.  

Roger Solomon
Consultant
About Roger Solomon

Roger is an experienced Consultant specialising in the Tourism & Hospitality Sectors. Having held Senior VP positions at Cendant (now Wyndham Worldwide), he is regularly sought out for his knowledge and expertise.

Simon Grogan
Managing Director
About Simon Grogan

Simon supports a number of our international clients at a strategic level, with the development and deployment of Enterprise Excellence programmes.  He is also a mentor and coach to a range of senior industry leaders, supporting them to develop their leadership skills. 

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Sonja Allen
Consultant
About Sonja Allen

Sonja is a Consultant & part of our Learning & Development Team, she is also a Soundwave Master Practitioner

Steve Baker
Senior Associate
About Steve Baker

Steve is one of our Senior Partners and works with our customers on the development and deployment of Lean transformation programmes. 

Tom Finn
Consultant
About Tom Finn

Tom holds a Masters in Lean Enterprise Excellence (Lean Black Belt), a BSc in Quality Management and Technology from IT Sligo, BEng in Mechatronics from IT Sligo.

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Werner Hintzen
Consultant
About Werner Hintzen

Werner arbeitet seit 2022 bei S A Partners und ist insgesamt seit 4 Jahren als Berater tätig.