key personnel

John Tiernan
After a background in the food and drink industry, John joined PwC in 1989 and spent seven years working in a variety of executive roles in distressed situations, before becoming an independent practitioner some ten years ago. He has worked on the boards of numerous turnarounds. He specialises in businesses that are leveraged by their operation or by their service performance. John has an MBA from Warwick and has also had a series of non-executive directorships and trustee posts.

Steve Swayne
A seasoned MD and CEO of publicly quoted companies, Steve’s track record is in leading particularly difficult turnarounds, covering electronics, computer and software businesses. He has worked throughout Europe and internationally and has director level experience in both private and public companies. With an MBA from Bradford, his functional background is in sales and marketing, project management and Supply Chain.

Dr Albert Van der Wijk
Albert's turnaround experience covers both leadership and functional directorships in large-scale situations covering R&D, Manufacturing, Supply Chain and Marketing and Sales. He has held a variety of senior management/board positions in Germany, the Netherlands, UK and Asia. He received his PhD in Physics from Groningen University, the Netherlands. Multi-lingual, he is a major contributor to our European and business strategy capability.