Trusted sustainability and supply chain advisory grounded in real-world leadership experience

You might contact me if:

  • You are facing complex sustainability or supply chain decisions where you are balancing trade-offs

  • You would value independent perspective grounded in real-world leadership experience

  • You want to strengthen internal capability rather than rely on external consultants

  • You are navigating change, uncertainty, or increasing sustainability expectations

I have nearly four decades of FMCG and supply chain experience, including more than 30 years at Nestlé, where I led responsible sourcing and sustainability strategy.

I have lived experience of translating sustainability ambition into commercially realistic action which strengthens resilience, credibility, and long-term performance.

Trusted by senior leaders

“Robin has been an exceptional advisor and mentor, helping me turn the ambition of ‘business for good’ into a measurable reality. His insight, challenge, and guidance have consistently enabled me to navigate complex commercial and stakeholder demands while staying true to purpose."

Mick Jackson

Founder & CEO, WildHearts Group

How I support leaders and organisations

Leadership support

I support senior leaders navigating complex sustainability and supply chain challenges where expectations are high and trade-offs are unavoidable.

My role is to act as a trusted advisor and thinking partner, helping leaders build clarity, confidence, and judgement in situations where there are rarely simple answers.

This support is grounded in real-world leadership experience, helping leaders make commercially sound decisions that stand up over time.

Strategic advisory

I advise organisations on strengthening sustainability and supply chain strategy, capability, and organisational alignment.

This includes helping leadership teams translate sustainability ambition into clear priorities and practical, commercially viable action.

My advisory is grounded in practical delivery experience across agriculture, sourcing, procurement, and supply chains, helping organisations move forward with confidence and credibility.

Support with Complex decisions

I provide independent perspective on complex decisions, particularly where the implications are long-term and difficult to reverse.

This includes helping leaders navigate difficult trade-offs, avoid costly missteps, and make thoughtful decisions grounded in experience and commercial reality.

My role is to strengthen organisational capability and confidence, ensuring decisions are robust, practical, and sustainable.

Areas of advisory experience

Regenerative agriculture & responsible sourcing
Advising on the design and implementation of regenerative and responsible sourcing programmes -drawing on experience from best-in-class initiatives such as the Nestlé Milk Plan. Support often focuses on ambition setting, farmer engagement, incentives and scalability.

Modern slavery, human rights & ethical supply chains
Advising on modern slavery and human rights approaches that go beyond compliance, integrating risk assessment, supplier engagement and remediation into sourcing and procurement decisions, including collaboration with organisations tackling modern slavery such as Unseen.

Social procurement & social enterprise partnerships
Advising on how to use procurement spend to deliver social impact, including partnerships with diverse suppliers and social enterprises, while remaining commercially viable.

Community, charity & volunteering strategy
Advising on the design and implementation of community impact, charity and employee volunteering strategies - from focus and governance through to practical rollout.

Food waste & surplus redistribution
Advising on partnerships and approaches to food waste reduction and surplus redistribution, including experience working with FareShare, Company Shop, City Harvest and Community Shop.

Commercial and customer-facing insight
Bringing deep commercial experience working with major retail and foodservice customers, including Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Sodexo, to ensure sustainability decisions reflect real customer and margin pressures.

Advisory roles and external contributions

I also contribute through advisory board and ambassador roles, including:

WildHearts Group

Sustainable Soils Alliance

University of Sussex MBA

Glasgow Caledonian University

How my advising works

Advising is typically light touch, confidential and time bound. It is focused on decision making rather than programme delivery, and shaped around specific questions, moments of change or leadership needs.

Advising is about helping leaders make better choices, thoughtfully, credibly and with long-term impact in mind.

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  • "We've chosen to work with Robin to build confidence - both in our teams as well as the decisions we make"

    —Anya Doherty, Founder & CEO, Foodsteps

  • "Robin has been pivotal in building the trust and mutual understanding with First Milk’s farmers which has been the foundation of the enduring success of the partnership"

    - Robert Craig, Dairy farmer

  • “Robin has been a completely invaluable mentor for me over many years.”

    - Louise Burn, Sustainability Manager, Nestlé Nordics

  • "People trust Robin because his judgement is not only considered and thoughtful but also grounded in strong values."

    Ellen Fay, Director - Sustainable Soils Alliance

  • Working with Robin reminds me how impactful and enjoyable this work can be. I highly recommend working with him in any capacity.”

    Bronagh Rigney, Commercial Manager, FareShare