Ian Grist

We have been serving the Philippines since 1918. Historically, Getz Bros. Philippines, Inc. operated in 3 sectors – Medical Devices, Pharmaceutical and FMCG. In February 2019, we refocused our business with a mission to bring meaningful healthcare solutions to the people of the Philippines. To support this strategic move, we rebranded to Getz Healthcare (Philippines). With over 100 years of local experience, we are now supported with a wider range of resources and expertise from the global Getz Healthcare team, which operates across 8 other countries in Asia Pacific. In the Philippines we operate two groups: Marketing and promotion of medical devices and equipment: Our team is passionate about introducing new and innovative products to the market whether this be to support new procedures that can save or improve the quality of life for Filipino people or high-quality, more cost-effective alternatives to make life-saving procedures available to the broader community. We have nurtured strong relationships with a broad range of medical practitioners and key opinion leaders supporting us deliver strong and sustained growth with our business partners. Sales and distribution of healthcare and pharmaceutical products: We have an experienced and nationwide sales organization supported by world-class distribution centers in Luzon, the Visayas and Mindanao. Our successful approach combines the efficiencies of scale with bespoke strategies and proprietary market insights that consistently grow market share for our business partners and, at the same time, reduce end to end costs. We are proud of our track record and consistently outperform the market including in categories where we are already #1.

The Getz Group has a long and illustrious history; founded in California in 1852, the company now operates in 28 countries with combined annual revenues in excess of USD 1B. Getz Brothers Philippines is a dynamic and fast growing provider of first rate, full-service marketing and distribution services in the FMCG, Pharmaceuticals and healthcare sectors. Our growth is fueled by the success we bring to our partners and our organization is grounded on the integrity, innovation and operational excellence.

Creating “Outstanding Customer Experiences” from our operations in the Philippines to our customers around the world. Transcom is one of Europe's Largest Outsourced Providers with 30,000 employees globally. Publicly listed in Stockholm, Sweden, Transcom has been in the Philippines since 2004. In the Philippines, we have two sites in Manila (Pasig City and Mandaluyong City), Bacolod City and Iloilo City with 10,000+ Employees.

Business planning and transformation advice coupled with start-up and interim management services. Successfully completed assignments for two customers. - The first, a Philippines based subsidiary of a UK multinational where I advised on how to restructure the business in order to qualify for substantial tax incentives. - The second, a company experiencing high growth having made the transition from a trading company to starting in-house production. Conducted an end to end business process review and created an optimization plan to enable the company to successfully transition from a small business to a medium/larger enterprise.

First Advantage is a global leader in talent acquisition solutions helping 1000s of customers across the globe build better businesses by enabling them to make smarter hiring decisions. First Advantage completes over 9 million background checks per annum for a prestigious client portfolio including 30% of the Fortune 500 companies. During my time at First Advantage I have been instrumental in defining and executing transformational business and operations strategies resulting in rapid growth and regional integration. Successful outcomes were rewarded with rapid promotion. As Vice President – Business Transformation responsible for driving APAC market strategy from vision to operationalization including pricing strategy and EBITDA optimization.

Responsible for First Advantage’s international operational strategies with span of control covering circa 2000 staff across 10 countries. Functional accountabilities included workforce management, project management office, human resources, business intelligence and platform roadmap. Chairman of the Global Operations Council. Invited to speak at conferences in China, Malaysia and Philippines.

Responsible for First Advantage’s business in the ASEAN region including operations centers in the Philippines and Malaysia.

Overall responsibility for the business and Global Operations Center in the Philippines. Full P&L responsibility and functional responsibility for Finance, HR, Business Development and Operations; service delivery to 1000+ clients

Harte-Hanks is a global provider of data driven marketing solutions with circa USD 2 Billion annual revenues. I started my career with Harte-Hanks in Europe and ultimately relocated to Asia to establish Harte-Hanks’ APAC data services business. I gained a broad experience at Harte-Hanks with common themes being innovation and process excellence. As Operations Director – Asia Pacific, responsible for Harte-Hanks’ APAC outsourced data services business with a hub in the Philippines and partner networks in China and ASEAN delivering services to customers in North America and Asia Pacific regions. During 3 year tenure more than doubled revenues and substantially over-achieved efficiency and EBITDA targets. Customer satisfaction improved over the same period.

Responsible for IT operations with staff in 5 European countries supporting 3 lines of business: Data Integration / database hosting, outsourced data operations, data acquisition (Call center).

Responsible for the client services technical group for the data integration and database hosting business lines. Functional responsibility included business development, operations and client management.

Joined Information for Marketing (a privately owned company) transforming the use of technology from using outsourced mainframe services to in-house open systems simultaneously increasing capacity 3-fold and delivering annualized savings in excess of USD 2M. Presented the technology to Harte-Hanks who subsequently acquired the company. At Harte-Hanks responsibilities included the integration of IT systems, infrastructure and teams through two mergers/acquisitions and two relocations.

Various technical and technical leadership roles including software development, systems integration, project management, business development and consulting. Large-scale projects and consulting assignments for mostly military/defence customers including NATO and the British Army.