About ASCALi

A Chartered Member of the Institute of Logistics & Transport (CMILT) with over 30 years of logistics design and implementation history, Craig has delivered solutions across the world, and has held director-level responsibility for managing multi-site logistics operations. A top of the class graduate with a BSC (Hons) in Transport & Logistics, winning the British Airways Prize for ‘Best Overall Performance, all Logistics Courses’ at the University of Plymouth. He later won the Annual Award for Innovation from the Logistics Leaders Network, having implemented an innovative new transport solution that saved 20% of transport costs. He started his Supply Chain career with Sainsburys before joining Wincanton Logistics, and subsequently moving into Consulting, where he has excelled identifying cost and service solutions, helping one client alone save >£20m from its annual costs.

Kate is our data specialist with an absolute passion and eye for detail. With a degree in Applied Mathematics from the University of Southampton, she is able to extract data that leads to direct cost savings for our clients by spotting gaps and trends within their data.  She can take the most complex of data sets and transform them into insightful referenceable information to support our clients’ businesses. She is highly expert in data analysis techniques.  Since starting her career as a Management Trainee with the retailer Allders, she has fulfilled a number of specialist data-focused roles across Supply Chain businesses before joining with ASCALi.

Arthur has a CV in Production and logistics operations that goes back over 45 years. He started his career in the automotive OEM manufacturing sector working for companies such as BTR Fatati Ltd, Robert Farnworth Ltd and Imperial Home Decor where he learned the ropes about how to execute lean, efficient production processes. Qualified in 5S / 6S techniques, lean six-sigma & statistical process control, and IOSH accredited, Arthur was Head of Operations For Snows Timber Group where he helped reduce operating costs by over 15%. He brings outstanding operational experience to his project work, having managed multi-site operations and implementations across a range of industries.

Pam is the gel that keeps the ASCALi Consulting team together, coordinating our activity, ensuring our projects are moving in the right direction. With a first-class Degree in Mental Health Practice from the University of Birmingham, and post-graduate level 7 qualification in Organisational Psychology from the University of Essex, Pam brings all her specialist training to help us build People Strategies that enable us to get the most out of our Team. Responsible for solution and client research, Team recruitment as well as team administration, her presence is invaluable to the ASCALi business.

Nigel is a Warehouse Solutions Expert with over 40 years in the Warehouse design and optimisation field. He has a wealth of qualifications and accreditations amassed over those years including a Certificate of Apprenticeship in Project Engineering, Registered as Incorporated Engineer (I. Eng) with the Engineering Council, Member of the Institution of Engineering Technicians (Mechanical), Chartered Member of the Chartered Institution of Logistics and Transport (CMILT).He has worked for some of the UK’s best known retail and e-commerce brands as well as spending many years in third party logistics, most recently GXO Logistics, designing complex warehouse solutions across a range of sectors and geographies.

Kenneth has over 20 years of transport solution evaluation experience. With a BSc(Hons) in Strategic Systems Management from Bournemouth University, he was a graduate recruit into the Supply Chain field with Exel Logistics (Now DHL). He started in Supply Chain Solution design and gradually started to specialise in transport analysis. He has since focused in this very specialist and technical area. Using state-of-the-art transport modelling tools, combined with his highly evolved data analysis skills, he is highly adept at identifying inventive ways to drive operational cost and sustainability benefits for our clients, saving £m’s in costs (>£4m for one client recently) and driving significant service and sustainability achievements. Raised in Argentina, Kenneth is fluent in Spanish and English and has helped our team deliver engagements across the world.