Brian Byrne's Linkedin Analytics

ASSEMBLER GROWTH CAPITAL is a team of entrepreneur investors in Food & Beverage space driven by the opportunity to build remarkable organizations. Our passion is helping founders execute on the potential of their businesses, taking them to the next level of expansion and growth. Professionally, am a futurist, competitive strategy "war-gamer" (over 150 W-G sessions delivered in 60 countries) and talent advocate. Since 2001, my practice has helped Fortune 500 clients in FMCG, Finance and Tech. SPECIALTIES: Mergers & Acquisitions, Thinking Strategically, Business War Gaming and "Future of Work" to help clients improve competitiveness by anticipating what adversaries will do to attack/ defend market positions. Drawing from 40 years of international experience in 80 countries (300+ engagements) spanning different industries, cultures, regions and business challenges. Including a 20 year corporate executive career rising to VP level. Regional and global engagements include Barclay's Capital, HSBC, Citibank, Morningstar, Morgan Stanley, Nokia, Unilever, Estee Lauder Companies, Informa Plc, Kraft, Mondelez and Pascual. Int'l Executive MBA professor at York University. Specialties: Competitive War Gaming, Scenario-Based Planning Strategic Thinking, Innovation Platforms and Trend Activation Marketing and Communications Talent "Future of Work" Strategies and Case Studies Mergers & Acquisitions Strategy and Integration Globally acclaimed event speaker including #FundForum , #MICUK, #HRPAAC, #TMRE, #CX, #FEI and Big Four (Audit/Consulting) Annual Partner Meetings.