This is an amazing story of a niche meat business whose business was in export quality beef prior to the outbreak of BSE in 1996. At a stroke Donald Russell's entire export business was wiped out. Their recovery is a story to inspire others, how identifying new growth markets, supplying industry leading quality, learning from others and providing inspirational leadership to people can be the basis of success even in the harshest and most hostile business environment. It was my privilege to work, as an adviser, with Hans Baumann, Donald Russell's Swiss CEO during the formative years building the new business.

Holland & Sherry is a world famous cloth merchant based in Peebles, Scotland. Premium quality cloths are distributed globally and the company has successfully expanded into the interiors fabrics sector in the USA. The international development strategy delivered significant increased sales adn profit through increased focus and improved personal and team performance.

The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews wished to move from the era of the Secretariat to a modernised executive structure, where the senior managers were focused on performance of their functional areas.

Our client was a newly formed business division of a major international food group. The new company was experiencing difficulties with its new product development process in terms of resource bottlenecks, projects being stalled, failed initiatives, and no successfully commercialised products in market. Through a radical review of the processes we enable the company to develop successful new product streams in a relatively short period of time. This in turn transformed their relationship with major retailers

Genesis’ partnerships consultants worked with Odeon to create a unique sponsorship platform for RIAS, a specialist insurer for over 50s, to engage with potential customers. Odeon ‘Senior Screen’, a season of films for mature guests, was launched in October 2006 and RIAS began sponsoring the initiative in May 2007. This first time sponsorship provided a unique opportunity to create a long term and relevant presence in a cinema environment. Our consultants managed the logistics and sponsorship content of the partnership.