ROBERT COOPER
Senior Advisor
Chairman
Interim CEO

WELCOME TO ROBERTCOOPER.BIZ

I have run businesses all over the world and think of myself as being half British & half Latin. I love working with people from different cultural backgrounds to create teams that can deliver the impossible! I am a keen sports fan and make sure I laugh out loud everyday!

Call me if I could support you or just to think through some particularly difficult business issues

Chairman [2024-present]

Penrhos Spirits
Tom Savano Cocktails

CEO / Managing Director, $500m turnover, 1500 employees [2002-present]

CEO No1 Wine & Spirits Ltd [UK & Sweden]
Managing Director Poland & Baltics Marie Brizard Wine & Spirits [Poland]
Managing Director Dreher Breweries, SABMiller [Hungary]
Managing Director J.Wray & Nephew, Campari [Jamaica]
Managing Director Andean Region, Diageo [Venezuela]
Commercial Director Sainsbury’s Supermarkets, Diageo [UK]

Business Advisor [2017-2018, 2023-present]

Sicilian Wine & Hospitality
Craft Beer Startup
Goiko Grill [€150m]
Cooper Europe Ltd
Alix Partners
Global PMI Partners
Interpath Advisory

Transformation Director [2002, 2008, 2014]

Business Transformation Kompania Piwowarska, SABMiller [Poland]
Global Supply Chain & Customer Service, Diageo [UK]
Global Sales Transformation, Diageo [UK]
Global Market Integration, Guinness UDV [UK]

Strategy Director [1995-2002]

Strategy Director, Diageo [UK]
Consultant, Boston Consulting Group [UK]

EDUCATION

* 1985-1989, Production Engineering, Cambridge University, BA MA MEng

General Engineering (mechanics, fluid dynamics, electrical, civil, design) with specialism in Manufacturing & Production

* 1994-1996, Business Administration, Stanford University Graduate School of Business, MBA

Leadership, Strategy, Sales, Marketing, Finance, Operations, Supply Chain, People Management, Organisation Development, External Relations, Mergers & Acquisitions, Entrepreneurship

PROFESSIONAL

* Institute of Mechanical Engineers: CEng MiMechE

* Institue for Turnaround: Accredited Member

* Institute of Interim Management: Full Member

* Certified Diploma in Accounting & Finance: CDipAF

* Keeper of the Quaich: Scotch Whisky Honour

* Worshipful Company of Distillers