WBS Executive MBA Talent Profiles 2023

Ryan Buchanan linkedin.com/in/ryan-buchanan-0677a1bb

Tom Burley linkedin.com/in/tlburley

■ Career history: Account Director, Coca Cola Europacific Partners, UK Associate Director - Strategic Projects, Coca Cola Europacific Partners, UK Field Sales Director, Coca Cola Europacific Partners, UK

■ Career history: Senior Business Development Manager - Global, Eurofins Genomics, UK Business Development Manager - EMEA, Eurofins Genomics, UK Account Manager, Thermo Fisher Scientific, UK ■ Education highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK MRes, Structural Molecular Biology, Imperial College London, UK BSc, Biomedical Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, UK

■ Education highlights: Executive MBA, Warwick Business School, UK

■ Nationality: British

■ Languages:

■ Nationality: British

English (native)

■ Career achievements: Negotiated and won the first ever multi-year retail partnership with the UK’s largest retailer, developing a three-year £1 billion retail sales value proposition and roadmap to success for both organisations. Developed a five-step programme as CCEPs strategic response to government legislation. Combined sustainability initiative ambitions with profit and revenue ambitions. 10 year journey from sales representative to sales director. Now lead a team of 360 people, harnessing the creative culture born out of a diverse workforce, to drive sustainable growth and propel the future talent of CCEP.

■ Languages:

English (native)

■ Career achievements: Initiated and led the Thermo Fisher-Public Health England Covid qPCR validation. This enabled Thermo Fisher to agree the first Covid testing contract (more than £400 million) with the UK Government. Created a consumer-oriented epigenetics array, in partnership with Illumina and leading BioIT providers. Achieved a 52% price reduction to accelerate the commercialisation of the technology, resulting in a more than 82% increase in revenue and tripling the epigenetics pipeline. Expanded global sequencing and logistics infrastructure for Eurofins Consumer and Population Genomics division by establishing intercompany agreements with US labs, generating more than US$5 million ARR.

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