Industry Advisers

After graduating in Law and obtaining a diploma from the IESE Business School José Barta was a pioneer in environmental consultancy in Spain (he was the majority shareholder and President of Intecnisa from 1980 to 1990). José started his career as a real estate consultant in 1989 when he founded and was President of Intec Consultores, S.A. Important companies such as Endesa, Telefónica Móviles, Bouygues, Hines, Fiat Internacional, IBM, Unión Fenosa, AENA Inmobiliaria Telefónica, Metrovacesa, Realia, GSE and Arpegio were among his clients. At present, José is President of the online publication, Flash Inmobiliario.com. He also leads the strategic analysis team of Benyaque. José has a wide experience lecturing Masters and other courses in Spain. He leads numerous professional conferences and he is lecturer at real estate and financial seminars.

Luis brings to Livingstone his experience in a wide range of sectors such as building, infrastructure, renewable energies, consumer and food. Luis started his professional career in the building sector In 2002 Luis joined Accenture as manager of the strategy Department where he drafted and implemented business and strategic plans for companies in a wide range of sectors. At the end of 2006, Luis founded Monterrey Investment specializing in financial and strategic advice. Parallel to this position, Luis was managing director of an alternative energy company, Proyectos Solares Belluga. In 2008 Luis was back again to the building sector serving as managing director of CLAR and in 2009 Luis was appointed CEO of Asfaltos y Construcciones Ucop (ACU). He is currently president of ACU. In the same year, Luis founded Luelca Capital, specialising in advising on reestructuring processes, as well as company sales and capital raise. Luis Fernández gratduated in civil engineering from Granada Univer

An accountant by profession, Tim ventured first into the video industry before entering the games industry over 15 years ago. Initially broadening Accolade's European operations, Tim joined Microprose in 1994 to engineer its turnaround. When Microprose succumbed to a takeover by Hasbro in 1998, Tim emerged as Managing Director of Hasbro's enlarged international games business. Tasked with integrating the two businesses, Tim went on to acquire Europress to strengthen Hasbro Interactive's educational software activities.

Tim left in 2000 to pursue a broader range of interests. He joined Livingstone as Technology adviser in April 2000.

Jorge’s extensive knowledge and experience of healthcare is a result of over 25 years in the sector. He began working with the Healthcare Administration of the Valencian Government and directed the Center for Sports Medicine, under the jurisdiction of the regional Valencian Government (Generalitat Valenciana). During his professional career, Jorge has created and managed several businesses such as the Centro Médico Laboral, S.L. in1987 –renamed Enken Servicios de Prevención, S.L., which focused on services for labour health; Enken Asistencia Sanitaria, S.L. in 1993; Tecnología en Prevención, S.L., in 1996, and Mancomunidad de Servicios de Prevención in 2003. In 2005 Mapfre Industrial acquired 100% of the shares of Enken Servicios de Prevención, S.L. and Enken Asistencia Sanitaria, S.L. Jorge was appointed Managing Director of both companies in order to integrate them into the new group. Jorge graduated as Doctor of Medicine and Surgery from Universidad de Valencia and he has a diploma

Colin founded KLP Group in 1970, which became a global marketing services organisation. In 1990 KLP Group was acquired by the French advertising group RSCG and Colin was appointed to the board as President - Marketing Services Worldwide and Chairman of its UK operations.

He was appointed Chief Executive of the Direct Marketing Association (UK), becoming President in 1999. Under his leadership the DMA grew to be the largest trade association in its sector in Europe. He jointly founded the International Federation of Direct Marketing Associations, representing DMA's globally and was appointed the organisations first President. At the same time he was appointed Vice President of the Federation of Direct Marketing (FEDMA) the European representative body for direct marketing.

Gene currently serves as Chairman of the Board of the Gibson Restaurant Group, which owns and/or operates Gibson’s Steakhouse, Hugo’s Frog Bar, Quartino, and the Ralph Lauren (RL) restaurants in Chicago. He recently served as Executive Chairman and CEO of Value Vision Media (NASDAQ:VVTV), which owns and operates the US’s fastest growing shopping network, ShopNBC. He also served on the Board of Ralph Lauren Media during the development of POLO.com. Previously, McCaffery spent 14 years at Montgomery Ward, a $7 billion retail chain, ultimately rising to the company’s #2 position, Senior Executive Vice President.

Gene joins Livingstone as its Consumer Adviser focused principally on the restaurant and retail sectors.

Throughout his career Peter has worked for a series of food manufacturers and has a wealth of knowledge and experience within this sector. In 1989 he was appointed by Hillsdown Holdings to set up a new division for value-added poultry. After the business was acquired by Unigate (now UNIQ plc), he became Managing Director of UNIQ's £400m turnover UK prepared foods division. Peter joined Livingstone as an Industry Adviser in 2005 to support our Consumer sector team's focus on Food & Beverage.

Barry Morris' knowledge and experience of retailing is based on over 35 years in the industry.

After graduating from The London School of Economics in 1968, Barry joined Marks and Spencer where, with the exception of two years (1981 1983) when he became Sales Director of Babygro Ltd, he remained until 2001.

In his role as Executive Director, he also gained valuable experience in strategic policy-making at the helm of one of the largest retailing organisations in the world. Responsible for sales of £1.8 billion and with a team of 350 people, he was a highly successful leader.

On his retirement from Marks and Spencer in 2001, Barry has became the Non-Executive Director of two companies - Morgan (UK) Ltd and Stylo Plc

Prior to joining Livingstone, Ray was Managing Director and Head of Multinational Corporates within the Corporate, Investment Banking and Markets Division of HSBC. His career there spanned almost 40 years during which time he was also a member of their pan-European management committee and European Head for the Pharma & Chem and Industrial businesses.

As well as many contacts and a vast knowledge of the UK and European corporate markets Ray also brings a wealth of experience of debt arranging and transactional banking.

Shane is an independent consultant with over 20 years international B2B and consumer direct marketing experience providing strategic advice and practical training to both end users and DM suppliers. Clients include Dennis Publishing, HBOS, the Institute of Directors and Royal Mail. Specialising in data, databases and analysis, Shane enjoys helping large and small businesses use direct marketing to significantly improve the bottom line.

In addition to her consultancy business - Think Direct - Shane also holds a number of board advisory roles.

She was recently awarded an honorary fellowship of the Institute of Direct Marketing and is the current chair of the IDM's B2B council. Shane undertook her first management buy-out, of Ibis Information Services, at the age of 28.

Simon has been closely associated with the development of the Call Centre sector since
the 1970's. In 1980, he was involved in the formation of the UK's very first telemarketing agency. After a period as Marketing Director of BT's Telephone Marketing Services business, he founded the L&R Group in 1989, known for its ground-breaking work with major corporations wishing to establish Call Centres.

In 1997, Simon sold L&R (with Livingstone's assistance) to SITEL, the world's largest Contact Centre outsourcing company, heading up their European consulting operations. In 2000, he left SITEL to set up SRC, where he continues to operate at the most senior levels of the Contact Centre sector. Simon advises Livingstone on a broad spectrum of direct marketing and telemarketing issues.

A former chairman of Gala Groups, Crown Leisure, Lyric Hotels and Pleasurama, as well as the Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, Nat's most recent appointment in the sector was as chairman of RAL Holdings. Nat supports Livingstone's Consumer sector team with a specific focus on the Leisure sector, in which he has amassed a wealth of experience.

Michael brings unparalleled industry experience to Livingstone as Industry Adviser for Human Capital, part of the firm's Business Services sector team. With over 20 years at the top end of the executive search arena, Michael has held a series of CEO in highly competitive, multinational, professional services environments. He has advised numerous clients on a myriad of critical corporate issues including succession planning, senior appointments and M&A. Since retiring as CEO of TMP Worldwide, he has built up a portfolio of non-executive directorships and consultancies. Michael is chairman of the European Study Group, the leading organisation interfacing between Brussels and Whitehall and major UK employers in the area of employment legislation and work place practise.

Chris, Livingstone's engineering, electronics and support services industry adviser is a highly experienced CEO and board director of support services and engineering businesses. Chris is currently executive chairman of Pressac and is also a non-executive chairman of Triplex Components, and non-executive director of Staveley Industries and Johnstone Group.

BSc (Econ), DipM., FCIM