IV’s work helped us bring better alignment between our talent management practices and our company values. They encouraged us to think critically about what we were asking of our teams and how we could better support them. Their guidance has given us tools to address immediate priorities while also planning for the future. The changes are gradual, but we’ve started to see more collaboration and a stronger connection to our organizational mission.
About
Our Guiding Principles
- Honesty Enables Growth: We tell you what you need to hear, not just what's comfortable.
- Culture Shapes Results: Your culture evolves by design or by default - we ensure it aligns with your strategy and mission.
- Measurement Matters: If you can't measure it, you can't improve it. We give you clear, focused metrics.
- Simplicity Gets Things Done: No jargon. No overwhelming slides. Just straightforward, actionable insights.
What Makes Us Different?
Its not just our accessibility and ease of use for small and mid-sized organizations that have limited resources and big ideas!
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Depth of Practical Experience
Our team has led and advised on complex challenges across diverse industries, cultures, and contexts. We bring real insights and practical, hands-on experience to solve problems alongside you.
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Data-Driven Insights
Our solutions are grounded in insights, not assumptions. We analyze what's working and not working in your organization, then help you prioritize a few targeted improvements that create optimum value.
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Global Expertise
With experience spanning 50+ countries and 20 industries, we bring deep expertise in navigating complex talent and culture challenges. We meet you where you are with practical solutions; not generic frameworks or recycled presentations.
IV
People-Focused Approach
We believe in building trust and creating sustainable change through early team engagement. Our collaborative approach brings your people together to understand challenges and develop solutions.
Meet the People of IV Talent
We are operators. Coaches. Advisors. Not Consultants.
Our team has worked at the highest levels across global multinationals, private equity, startups, small- and medium-sized organizations, high-growth and challenged businesses. With backgrounds spanning general management, finance, strategy, HR, operations, sales, marketing, innovation and leadership development, we have led M&A, large-scale transformations, and cultural change in Fortune 500, FTSE 100, and major privately held enterprises.
Our advisors bring experience from industries including FMCG, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, financial services, technology, chemicals, food, retail, agriculture, and B2B services. They have operated in North America, Europe, LATAM, Africa, and Asia. We have coached and developed hundreds of executives and professionals, ensuring businesses navigate complexity with confidence.
Our Advisory Board
Dean McKenna
Founder and Partner
Dean founded IV Talent in 2022 to provide small- and medium-sized companies with access to talent and culture resources that unlock their full potential. With over 30 years of experience helping organizations build strong talent, shape cultures, and navigate disruption, he is a much sought-after expert. Dean’s actionable insights and collaborative approach have brought him opportunities to serve as advisor to US companies operating internationally, as well as UK/European-based companies operating in the US. Dean has lived in the UK, France, Switzerland, Ireland, and the USA.
Derick Whyte
Advisory Board Member
Derick has over 40 years of executive leadership experience in the global chemicals and specialty materials markets. He has led corporate transformations, post-merger integrations, and growth strategies in markets such as Asia, Europe, and the US. He has experience as a Non-Executive Director, Board Chair, and Advisor. A true global citizen, Derick has lived in the Netherlands, Belgium, South Africa, Malaysia, Japan, the UK, and France.
Lauren Kolbe
Advisory Board Member
Lauren is a visionary brand strategist and PR expert who has spent 20+ years crafting compelling narratives that drive market leadership. As founder of Kolbeco, Lauren has established a respected marketing communications firm known for strategic storytelling and reputation management. She brings together leaders and teams to develop powerful, concise narratives that resonate with the desired target audience. Lauren ensures that our work at IV creates meaningful impact through clear, effective communication.
Our Team
Anthony DeLio
Partner, Innovation
Anthony is a consummate professional with over 30 years of experience driving strategy, M&A, product innovation, and genuine transformation in world-class organizations. He is a Private Equity board member and trusted advisor to small- and medium-sized enterprises seeking to unlock value. He has resided in the USA and the UK.
Mauro Cerati
Partner, Sales & Marketing
With 30+ years leading finance, strategy, operations, and general management for global corporations, Mauro brings both breadth and depth of expertise as an advisor in M&A, private equity, and scaling businesses internationally. Mauro’s work has enabled him to live in multiple countries, including Italy, Mexico, the UK, and the USA.
Ron McCrimmond
Partner, Operations, Supply Chain and Engineering
Bringing 40+ years of hands-on experience in global operations and leadership, Ron has nurtured and developed countless leaders and early-career operations professionals. His capabilities include crafting operations and supply chain strategies, managing risks, ensuring safety, and driving operational excellence through strong organizational culture. Ron has resided in the USA, the UK and Thailand.
Marcelo Couto
Partner, South America
With his expertise in leadership development, workforce transformation, and global talent strategy, Marcelo has spent more than 30 years building high-performance cultures at Fortune 500 firms. His visionary approach to leadership values and the moral and ethical choices of leadership has brought him global recognition and clientele. Marcelo has advised and helped organizations operating in South America, where he has also lived (Brazil) along with residing in the USA.
Rollie Cameron
Senior Advisor, Life Sciences & Healthcare
A seasoned executive, Rollie has over 30 years of experience in global marketing and customer management. He has successfully led multi-billion-dollar product launches and commercialization strategies at companies such as Johnson & Johnson. His wealth of knowledge and expertise spans from market expansion and customer strategy to brand leadership and product management. Rollie has lived in the UK, USA and Canada.
Paul Dent
Senior Advisor, Leadership
Paul is a leadership development expert with 35 years of global coaching experience. As an advisor to executives around the world, he shares his hard-won insight on influencing, growing personal effectiveness, guiding teams, and increasing leadership effectiveness. Never one to shy away from facing challenges, Paul is a renowned expert in facilitating and enabling teams to tackle tough problems.
Dr. Andrew Morris
Senior Advisor, Safety, Quality and Sustainability
For over 40 years, Andrew has been involved in championing and leading Quality, Health, Safety & Environmental improvement strategies, assessments, and compliance across global companies and spanning large projects. He is an internationally renowned expert in operational resilience, safety, quality, and sustainability. His past residences include Brazil, Mexico, Canada, India, Thailand, China, and the UK.
Laurent Edin
Senior Advisor, Change Leadership
A 25-year business transformation authority, Laurent has extensive CXO experience driving strategy development and deployment, as well as leading change and process improvement across global enterprises. Laurent is the Founder of Tranzforme and is an expert in uncovering truths and enabling straightforward, honest conversations about the problems that need to get solved. A true multifunctional expert, Laurent never makes assumptions and is willing to challenge anything and everything in the pursuit of excellence. He has lived in the UK, France, Sweden, and Thailand.
Stewart Wright
Senior Advisor, Assessments
Stewart has honed his expertise over the past 20+ years helping organizations identify and develop talent through high-quality assessment strategies. Co-founder of Informed Assessment Ltd., a published author, and an expert in leadership competencies, personality assessments, and career coaching, Stewart brings powerful tools and extensive knowledge to create deep insights on people, teams, and performance.
Michael Thornber
Senior Advisor, Operations and Engineering
Michael is a chartered engineer with over 25 years’ worth of leadership experience in FMGC/CPG. Leading and coaching high-performing technical teams through change, lean manufacturing implementation, and problem solving, he has collaborated and advised at all levels. Michael has lived in Australia, the UK, Saudi Arabia, and New Zealand.
Mike Winstone
Senior Advisor, UK & Europe
A 30-year veteran of the commercial HR sector with multi-sector international experience, Mike has shaped people strategies for both B2B and B2C companies. His deep expertise comes from a strong track record in M&A, transformation, and private equity. Mike brings a wealth of experience shaping and leading cultural change, performance improvement, and leadership development at scale.
Gan Boon Tek
Senior Advisor, Asia
Gan brings 25+ years of technical and commercial leadership in specialty chemicals. At Synthomer, he led the NBR Latex Sustainability & Value Creation Plan—integrating eco-innovation across the value chain, cutting Scope 1-3 emissions, and launching premium bio-based formulations. A proven turnaround and startup specialist, he combines value-selling expertise in adhesives, coatings, and printing with strong board-level partnerships. Having worked across Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong, China, Japan, and the USA, Gan excels at navigating Western and Eastern markets to drive sustainable growth.
Dr. Jeff Yang
Senior Advisor, Global Sourcing & Strategy
Jeff is a specialty materials professional with 30+ years of strategic sourcing, R&D management, business development and P&L leadership. He led global sourcing for engineering adhesives at H.B. Fuller, directed M&A, integration and technical operations across Asia Pacific, EIMEA and the Americas, and served as Acting CEO and Managing Director in specialty materials ventures. A pragmatic strategist known for hands-on leadership, Jeff delivers supply-chain resilience, innovation and measurable performance improvements.
Andy Kealy
Client Operations
Andy brings 30 years of experience operating in software testing and major project implementations across start-ups, major healthcare organizations, services, and energy. He shares with IV clients his wealth of experience in establishing strong processes and systems for internal and external operations. He has resided in Ireland and the UK.
Priscila Fabbri Couto de Souza
Advisor, EHS & Sustainability
Priscila is a results-driven engineer with 10+ years spanning Fortune 500 food, environmental health & safety leadership, and small-business entrepreneurship—including founding a craft beer venture. Most recently, she built marine industry EHS programs, driving safety-first cultures, high-performance work systems, and sustainable, profitable operations.
Our Customized Approach
We specialize in sparking high-impact conversations that unlock potential, tackle performance challenges, integrate new acquisitions, and evolve organizational culture to align with your strategy and mission.
Our tools and services are designed to kickstart meaningful change, whether you’re supporting new leaders to make an immediate impact or frustrated by talent and culture investments that aren’t delivering results.
IV Talent Advisors Will Help Embed Your Initiative
As if that’s not different enough, we will partner with you to deploy our team of advisors across your organization. They will seamlessly join your HR team and are available 24 hours a day 7 days a week. They can chat in over 10 languages, never go off message, are always up to date with the latest policies, practices and thinking. They will brainstorm with your leaders, diffuse issues and leave the real experts in your core team to focus on talent and culture. Oh, and they also know exactly when to report back for a little more help from others in your HR team!
Let’s explore what’s holding you back and how we can help you move forward.
Balancing Talent Strategy and Culture
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