Adrian Lloyd
Currently running an emotional health & metaphysical research workshop centre in West Sussex, England. Previously worked at Marakon Associates, strategy consultant. Education: Stanford MBA, Oxford MA (Oxon) in East Asian Studies, Eton College
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Work status: | Employed Full-Time |
| Industries: | Health |
| Skills: | Chinese, English, French, German, Languages |
| Location: | England |
| Groups: | BASES, Stanford GSB Entrepreneur Club |
| Interested in: | Finding business partners, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Receiving feedback |
| Schools: | Stanford Business School, University of Oxford |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Marakon Associates |
| Position: | Consultant |
| Time period: | December 2005 - November 2008 |
| Description: | Multi-industry, global, strategy consulting.
• Suggested, researched and won support to establish Marakon in China • Broke even in first year of operations with sales of $300,000 • Responsible for business development strategy and execution, including founding and leading a global, 12 person China Strategy Team with representatives in every Marakon office • Selected as lead consultant in pitches for and consequent management of 4 multi-national projects in Tokyo, Shanghai and Singapore. Led teams of 4 – 6 Associates from 4 countries. • Successfully lobbied for and organized a series of panel discussions in Shanghai led by top Marakon leadership from the US and Singapore for senior contacts in China • Persuaded leadership to neutralize firm’s carbon foot-print, off-setting 300 tons of carbon/year |
| Employer: | Marakon Associates |
| Position: | Associate |
| Time period: | December 2003 - November 2006 |
| Description: | • Led analysis into emerging technologies and personalized healthcare for Roche ($128B mkt cap). Team’s analysis became a key component of Roche’s “View of the Future” and led to $3B of acquisitions over the following 12 months
• Developed materials for and facilitated a strategy development workshop in Beijing for global top 30 managers at Prudential ($35B mkt cap life insurer) • Analyzed product and plant economic profitability of newly acquired European operations for Alcan ($37B mkt cap global aluminum manufacturer). Work led to a change in strategic direction based on team’s recommended asset configuration • Social chair of Associate group – managed budget of $3000; introduced weekly yoga lessons |
EDUCATION
| University: | Stanford Business School |
| Time period: | 2007 - 2010 |
| Degree: | MBA |
| University: | University of Oxford |
| Time period: | 1998 - 2003 |
| Degree: | East Asian Studies - Chinese |
INFORMATION
| Sports: | • Sport. Competition-level Alpine skiing, Alpine Cresta luge racing and tennis |
| Hobbies: | • Travel. Won over $7,000 in grants to fund trips in return for their documentation through articles and photographic exhibitions. Have spent time in 50 countries over 6 continents, including N. Korea, Mt Everest Camp III, Myanmar, Bhutan, Iran, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan
• Art. Exhibit and sell lino-cut prints; collect contemporary art |
| Memberships: | • Sustainable development. Informal advisor to Climate Bridge, a carbon-credit sourcing company. Member of the Environmentally Sustainable Business Club & Energy Club at Stanford
• Founder and Chairman of North America British MBA Association |
