Welcome to AB Ventures

Helping scale high potential brands within the Food & Drink industry

Meet the Team

Alistair and Bruce founded AB Ventures to deliver a unique value proposition to the Food & Drink industry through bespoke, highly tailored business collaboration solutions that create scale and transform enterprise value.

Their vast FMCG industry experience spans all business sizes, from start-ups to global branded power houses across all food and drink categories. The value they create to business owners seeking enhanced returns is predicated on the leveraging of their extensive strategy, manufacturing, operations, commercial and financial experience combined with their unique access to specialised distribution networks.

In short, they help scale high potential brands with bespoke growth solutions.

Founding Partner

Alistair Hall

Alistair is a highly networked and experienced FMCG commercial & operations executive skilled at identifying and creating lasting business partnerships.

With a UK and International career spanning over 25 years across multiple CPG categories in both Branded and Private Label environments, Alistair has worked for some of the world’s most recognised brands (MARS, Nestlé, Fortune Brands…) and led multiple SME / Mid-Cap PE disruptor businesses.

Founding Partner

Bruce Casely

Bruce has extensive experience in the corporate finance consumer sector, spanning banking, industry and private equity including floating a company as CFO.

The creation of enterprise value is core to Bruce’s client focus, helping grow and build their brands whilst maximising underlying owner value. Bruce has significant client experience in manufacturing, marketing, financial negotiation and a natural ability to maximise potential exit positions.

Services

We help scale high potential brands in the Food and Drink industry

Why choose us?

Our aim is to help profitably scale high potential Food and Drink brands via innovative and tailored operational partnership solutions.

These solutions improve working capital, reduce CAPEX needs and allow Brand owners to operationally de-fog their businesses whilst bringing pace and clarity to the achievement of their business goals.

What do we offer?

We connect scalable clients with our hand-picked specialised network of manufacturing and market representation partners in the UK and internationally.

We support our clients with commercial strategy, brand building, product portfolio management and financial guidance to ensure all-party success.

Why are we different?

Our success is based on transforming business performance outcomes and creating long term sustainable client income streams.

We help grow revenue and EBIT, optimise cash flow and enhance enterprise value with the creation of tailored business solutions to meet the individual needs of each of our clients.

Get in Touch

For a no obligation confidential discussion please contact us via the form opposite or directly via the email address below.

info@ab-ventures.co.uk