Peter Lamb

Background

About Peter Lamb

My career has focused on delivering revenue and earnings growth in international markets. A values driven leader with extensive international experience I have led teams to achieve record revenue, earnings and operational excellence results. In addition, I bring significant senior management experience in multi site and country manufacturing and operations, successfully leading and growing businesses in CEO, Sales and Commercial/Finance roles. Industry experience includes food, distribution and capital equipment, packaging, building products, and logistics. Summary Achievements: • NZ and Asia: Achieved record sales and earnings for DS Smith Plastics APAC and NZ Fletcher Building Roof Tile business. • Saudi Arabia: Development and Execution of turnaround Strategy: Packaging Products Ltd: Development of stabilise, strengthen and grow strategy that brought record operating cashflows and pointed the business to strong EBITDA growth achievement. • Middle East Latin America and Australia: Grew distribution network to achieve record returns. • Employee engagement: Built high performance culture and lifted engagement metrics to record highs. • Brand launch: Successfully commercialised new brand as niche offer with distinct value proposition • Innovation: Led Commercial success of new product launch to NZ and offshore distributor network • Acquisition: Key role in successful acquisition of large Malaysian roofing manufacturing operation for Fletcher Building • Operational Excellence: Implemented LEAN manufacturing and Opex disciplines leading to double digit reduction in wastage and unit costs • Health and safety leadership: Developed a culture to achieve zero harm and key safety metrics • Turnaround: Transformed culture and team capability leading to 40% lift in year on year EBITA Summary Experience: • Running business with revenue up to $80 million, multi site and country • Leading global sales teams to $150 million • Leading high performing sales, operations and commercial teams across multiple countries. • Leading manufacturing operations in New Zealand, Thailand and Malaysia. • Customer channel management and distributor networks in the Middle East, New Zealand, Latin America, Australia, South East Asia and Africa. I was born in New Zealand and have worked in the UK, the UAE, Malaysia, New Zealand and Saudi Arabia. My work experience has included market development and operations in the following markets: • New Zealand and Pacific Islands; • South East Asia and Japan; • Australia; • Middle East; • West and East Africa; and • Latin America.