Technical Consulting Team
Zenith has an exceptional team of technical specialists covering the full spectrum of beverage industry technical disciplines.
Our key consultants include:
Duncan Finlayson, Director,
is the former Managing Director of Hydrotechnica, Director of Robertson Environment and Director of Quality, Perrier International in Paris. Qualified engineer and earth scientist and fluent in French. Expert knowledge of water quality standards and legislation for tap and bottled waters and author of the Plain Language Guide to UK Regulations. Leading authority on crisis management in the beverage industry, experience of numerous crises, including responsibility for the technical aspects of the 1990 worldwide recall of Perrier. Developer of CRISIS ALLIANCE™. Expert Witness. Management of multi-disciplinary, multi-company projects. On the ground experience in: UK, Algeria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Canada, Egypt, France, Georgia, Germany, Gibraltar, Guinea, The Netherlands, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Lebanon, Libya, Luxembourg, Mexico, Norway, Oman, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Tunisia, Ukraine, UK, USA, Yemen Arab Republic.
Philip Coverdale, Operations Consulting Manager, with a Masters degree in Manufacturing Engineering and a career before Zenith with Accenture, Philip has a wide range of technical and commercial skills. Philip manages technical projects and provides technical advice to clients..
Gordon Robinson, Senior Operations Consultant, gaining first class honours for a Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering. Manages projects and provides engineering advice on a wide range of technical projects relating to the soft drinks and bottled water industries. Site manager for a bottling plant construction project. Recent experience has included bottling plant design and tendering, pipeline design, financial modelling of plant redevelopment scenarios, onsite liaison, second hand equipment sourcing, bottling line design, production forecasting and client crisis simulations. Good knowledge of bottled water legislation.
David Joyce, Principal, Risk & Safety, David Joyce, Principal, Risk & Safety, is a microbiologist with 35 years' experience. In the last 10 years has specialised in beverages and bottled water. Expert knowledge in food safety, HACCP, quality assurance and health and safety. Significant practical experience of food contamination investigations and product recalls. A key member of the CRISIS ALLIANCE™ response team and lead trainer for simulations. Certified food hygiene trainer and environmental auditor. On the ground experience in: UK, Benin, Bulgaria, Cote d'Ivoire, Egypt, France, Georgia, Ghana, Hungary, Ireland, Kenya, Lithuania, Mauritius, Oman, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Uganda, USA, Zimbabwe.
Harry Glover, Principal, Production, is an experienced consultant, Chartered Chemical Engineer and Master Brewer, with over 35 years' experience and expertise in packaging line design, commissioning, operation and optimisation in the brewing, mineral water, soft-drinks, distilling and food industries.On the ground experience in: UK, Belgium, China, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Georgia, Germany, The Netherlands, Hong Kong, Italy, Romania, Russia, Ukraine, USA, Venezuela, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Mike Carney, Principal, Water Treatment, is a Chartered Chemical Engineer with over 25 years' experience in the design, commissioning and operation of water treatment systems for the food and beverage industries. Experienced in the development of water treatment systems for natural mineral waters and processed bottled waters. On the ground experience in: UK, Bahrain Cyprus, Czech Republic Egypt, Hungary, Ireland, Jordan, Malta, Nigeria, Poland, Spain, Turkey, Yemen.
Gerard Post, Chief Executive, Zenith Beverage Consulting, is an experienced beverage technologist and beverage industry consultant. Holds detailed knowledge and experience in the fields of product development, beverage manufacturing, quality control and quality assurance. Authority on functional ingredients. Formerly Group Technical Director at Coca-Cola North Europe and Director of Research at Eckes AG. On the ground experience in: UK, Austria, Belgium, China, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Russia, Sweden, USA.
Dr Alan Rowley, Principal, Laboratory Analysis, is an expert in laboratory management, with over 27 years' experience and a PhD in Analytical Chemistry. Specialist in laboratory quality systems and certifications who has experience across Europe. CRISIS ALLIANCE™ response team member.
Deborah Maclaren, Environmental Assessment, has over 15 years' international experience of environmental assessments and impact studies.