AlixPartners Grows its Performance Improvement Practice in London - Adds Two New Directors
London (11 September 07) – AlixPartners, the global restructuring, consulting, and financial advisory firm, today announces the expansion of its Performance Improvement Practice with the appointment of two new directors in its London office: Lawrence Copeland and Fredrik Gezelius.
Mr. Copeland is a seasoned procurement practitioner with over twenty years of experience in his field. Over this period of time, he has worked for Mars Inc., Visa International and Cadbury Schweppes. Some of his key achievements have been leading the delivery of post-acquisition procurement benefits, global restructuring and integrating multiple procurement teams and driving significant savings from marketing investments. Prior to joining AlixPartners, he was the Procurement Implementation Director for Cadbury Schweppes. Mr. Copeland holds a degree in hotel and business management, and he is a member of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply.
Mr. Gezelius has seventeen years of experience addressing strategic, managerial and operational issues in large and medium-sized companies, both in a senior executive as well as in a consulting capacity. Most recently, he worked as a fund manager for the Hermes European Focus Fund whose investment philosophy is to actively engage with its portfolio of listed European companies to enhance shareholder value. Between 2001 and 2006, he was the Chief Executive Officer of BDO Nordic in Sweden, a large business advisory organization with 40 offices across the country. During his time as CEO, he managed the restructuring and refocusing of unprofitable business segments, returning them to a healthy state. Mr. Gezelius holds an MBA from the Stockholm School of Economics.
About AlixPartners
AlixPartners is a global restructuring, consulting, and financial advisory firm. The AlixPartners’ “one-stop-shop” suite of services range from operational performance improvement and financial restructuring across all major corporate disciplines (manufacturing, supply chain, IT, and sales and marketing), to financial advisory services (financial reporting, corporate governance and investigations, and litigation consulting), to technology-enabled claims management. Headquartered in Michigan, the firm has 700 employees in Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Düsseldorf, London, Los Angeles, Milan, Munich, New York, Paris, San Francisco, Shanghai, and Tokyo. It is on the Web at www.alixpartners.com. |