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John Nyhan

Vastly experienced CEO with excellent leadership skills, strategic thinking and commercial acumen

About Me

Experienced Senior Executive with excellent leadership skills, strategic thinking and commercial acumen with the ability to deliver results. Broad experience in Ireland, USA, Canada and the UK as Managing Director/ Senior Vice President and previously Finance Director across a range of industries including injection molding plastic, food, agri, retail, resource recovery and energy businesses. Career highlights include significant achievements in developing and implementing business strategy resulting in business turnaround, growth and profitability. Driven by challenging opportunities to deliver sustainable profitability and growth.

Jurisdiction

Region: Europe
Countries: Canada | United States

Notable Employer

  • Lead Advisor Turnaround and Performance Improvement at KPMG
  • Various at IPL Group

Experience

Seniority LevelC-Suite
Years of Experience20+ years
Current StatusActive
Lead Advisor Turnaround and Performance ImprovementNotableKPMG
2023 - 2026

KPMG were establishing a new market offering to companies in underperforming or stressed situations. A go to market offering was established and a model developed. Different routes to market were established and are being continued to be developed. A number of projects have been successfully completed building the brand in this new sector of the market

VariousNotableIPL Group
2019 - 2022

IPL Group have manufacturing operations across the globe, I initially had to implement a clean room operation in one of our plants in Canada, then moving on to running the North American LF&E division and moving to the newly formed ERIS division. The North American Divisions had challenges and in the 2 and a half years those challenges were addressed and profitability substantially improved, ERIS division had turnover of €400m with an EBITDA of €50m. Key challenges addressed were A) Plant Performance, weekly reviews and target KPI improvements B) Sales, changed mindset of Sales leadership and drove double digit growth C) Resin Procurement, changed supplier relationships and substantial cost improvements D) Culture, changed management and drove a new culture of growth and staff welfare E) Management capability and organization structures. F) Completed 4 acquisitions, one in North America and 3 in the UK and lead the integration of these into the IPL Group

Fractional Managing DirectorVexiva Limited
2007 - 2019

I took on several fractional roles in challenged organisations to develop and deliver turnaround and performance improvement results.

Education

Masters of CommerceChartered Accountants Ireland
1984 - 1987
Degree of CommerceUniversity College Dublin
1981 - 1984

Skills

Core skills8
Interests5
Languages1

Skills

o Results oriented
Commercial Acumen
Highly developed decision making
Proven leadership and people management
Excellent analytical skills
Strategic planning
Strong interpersonal skills
Deal maker with strong negotiation skill

Interests

Performance Improvement
Turnarounds
Economics
Automation
AI

Languages

English