Our CPG People – Avanzare Inc.

	Ian Townsend, Principal Consultant Ian is a senior business leader with a background in top companies in both Canada and the USA. His 30+ years of experience comes primarily from Unilever, one of the worldâ€™s largest consumer products businesses, in the core functions of Sales, Marketing and Operations. His focus is on driving results, both corporately and in the Sales function. Ian is the founder of Avanzare Inc.

	Duncan Reith, Senior Consultant Duncan is a recognized leader in Canadian retail with extensive, senior experience in procurement, category management, national marketing and private label brand development. His executive roles include Chief Merchandising Officer at A&P Canada and Sobeys Ontario, SVP Merchandising at Canadian Tire, President Operations at Sobeys Ontario and CEO at XS Cargo. Duncan has also played an active role within the retail industry including four years as Chair of the Board of Directors of The Grocery Foundation.

	Bill Langlois, Senior Consultant Bill has worked in the packaged goods industry as a senior executive with Unilever. He has demonstrated the ability to drive results across multiple business functions (sales, marketing and supply chain) both within Canada and internationally. Bill has a unique perspective on driving value by ensuring sales and marketing initiatives work in synergy with the entire organization to optimize and accelerate growth.

	Rob Persiko, Senior Consultant Rob is a senior executive, a proven innovator, marketer, and business developer with diverse business leadership experience. Within Unilever, he led the development and deployment of category management; shopper marketing/shopper insights, joint businesses planning, and their in-store optimization approach, both locally and globally.

	Jennifer Langlois, Senior Consultant Jennifer is a senior executive who has successfully grown the sales and bottom-line financial results of multiple national retail businesses. With a primary focus on sales optimization, she builds high performance organizations by identifying the right data to capture and analyze to inform strategic direction, grow sales and drive customer loyalty.

	Alec Guerenstein, Senior Consultant Alec is an experienced professional specialized in building multi-tiered Visual Intelligence solutions for Sales. He draws his experience from different fields such as Systems Design, Lean Six Sigma and Visual Analysis Best Practices, implemented in some of the best known service and manufacturing companies. Alec is also an accomplished trainer, helping analysts and executives improve their analytical skills.

	Willian D’Andrea, Senior Consultant Willian is a senior executive based in NYC with over 25 years of Marketing, Sales and General Management experience working with leading consumer goods organizations across the Americas. This includes leadership roles within Unilever (Brazil, Mexico and U.S.) and consulting to manufacturers, retailers and investors in FMCG segment.

	Peter Hobbes, Senior Consultant Peter is a senior leader within the Foodservice and Retail markets with 30 years experience across multiple categories in the US & Canada coupled with 10 years as the President of Martin-Brower, McDonaldâ€™s exclusive distribution supply chain partner and Chairman for the McDonaldâ€™s Canada Supplier Leadership Team.

	Dave Draper, Senior Consultant Dave’s experience includes leadership roles in Field Sales, Trade Marketing, Sales/Management Training, National Retail Sales Management and Brand Marketing. In addition to his subject matter expertise, Dave helps clients with large-scale integrations, organizational change, skills identification, recruiting and strategy implementation.