Coriolis

Coriolis Leadership

Timothy Morris (Director)

Tim Morris is one of a handful of recognized global experts in the changing structure of supermarket and mass merchandise retailing. Tim has over 20 years experience in retailing, consumer packaged goods (CPG), and strategic consulting. Tim is Managing Director and one of the founding partners of Coriolis Research.

Tim regularly consults to retailers, private equity and government on retailing and the food/CPG industry in New Zealand, Australia, South East Asia, and globally.

Major relevant consulting experiences include:

• Analysis of the global experience with hypermarkets for the NZ Commerce Commission’s Warehouse case
• Portfolio evaluation / strategic plan development for large New Zealand grocery manufacturer
• Australasian acquisition strategy for large United States based food company
• Profiled in-depth top twenty major global competitors for large New Zealand based food exporter
• Submission to New Zealand Commerce Commission on behalf of Progressive Enterprises
• United Kingdom market entry strategy for New Zealand retailer
• New concept profile and development for major Australian retailer
• Developed new growth strategies for category leader through both international and New Zealand consumer and retailer research
• Comprehensive analysis of potential new business platforms for growth for major New Zealand based food exporter
• Global expansion strategy for major New Zealand based group
• Australian acquisition due diligence for major New Zealand based group
• New Zealand market strategy for major multinational food company
• Evaluated and analysed international trends to identify potential new platforms for growth; profiled potential international franchise partners; recommended concept

Tim was the lead researcher on Coriolis reports on retail globalization, Wal-Mart, Costco, Aldi, Safeway, Woolworths Australia, Whole Foods, Trader Joes and many others. Many of these reports are available for free on the company’s website (http://www.coriolisresearch.com).

Prior to helping found Coriolis, Tim worked for Swander Pace, Safeway, Dreyers, Woolworths and Kraft. Tim has a degree in Agricultural Economics and Food Industry Management from Cornell University.

Virginia Wilkinson (Director)

Virginia is Research Director of Coriolis Research and one of the founding partners of the firm. Virginia is Coriolis’ resident expert on consumer research and executive interviews. She has over ten years of experience in primary sector and food and fast moving consumer goods research.

Virginia regularly conducts both primary and secondary research on food, fast moving consumer goods and retailing in New Zealand and Australia.

Major relevant consulting experiences include:

• New format development and testing for a major New Zealand retailer
• Performance improvement project for a major Australian retailer involving quantitative (phone interviews), qualitative (focus groups) and observational (accompanies shopping) methodologies
• Category entry strategy, including brand and packaging testing, for a primary producer involving quantitative (intercept interviews) and qualitative (focus groups)
• Performance improvement project for a major New Zealand foodservice operator
• Performance improvement project for a major New Zealand catalogue retailer involving both quantitative (internet email survey) and qualitative research (in-depth follow-up phone interviews)
• New brand and packaging testing for a major New Zealand wine producer
• Development of investment case for the New Zealand wine industry for Investment New Zealand based on extensive interviews with leading wine makers
• Annually organises, conducts and manages the NZFGC & NZSMI Benchmarking surveys

Virginia is a speaker at industry conferences on topics as diverse as the performance of the New Zealand Pharmacy sector to the potential growth of organics in New Zealand.

Prior to helping found Coriolis, Virginia worked for AC Nielsen, Colmar Brunton and the Canterbury Regional Council.

Virginia has a Masters degree in Geography from Canterbury University.

Dr. Claudia Wyss (Director), BHB, MBChB, MBA (Harvard)

Claudia Wyss is the founder and Managing Director of Coriolis Healthcare. She has over 17 years of practical experience in healthcare: As a medical doctor, hospital manager and management consultant in New Zealand, the United States and United Kingdom.

Claudia received her medical degree at the University of Auckland in 1998 and her MBA from Harvard in 2005, where she was a Dean’s Award, Knox & Sacerdote Fellowship, and honours recipient.

Major relevant consulting experiences include:

• Negotiating private-public partnerships to address New Zealand health system concerns and grow private sector health industries
• Identifying opportunities and developing an action plan to grow the pharmaceutical, biotech, medical device and health IT industries in New Zealand
• Strategy and action plan development to improve Stroke (Cerebrovascular Disease) outcomes in New Zealand
• Strategy, action plan development and implementation support to improve the performance and morale of a major tertiary hospital in New Zealand
• Identifying operational turnaround opportunities and implementation support to improve medical records and administrative services at a major tertiary provider in New Zealand
• Operational improvement, cost savings, and R&D strategy development for a U.K. specialty hospital
• The valuation and assessment of hospital operations and growth opportunities for a large U.K. private hospital group
• Clinical program development within General Surgery, Gastroenterology, and Women’s Health for large U.S.-based hospital network, with emphasis on new technology opportunities and implementation considerations
• Targeted growth strategies for all major product lines for three community and tertiary hospitals, with special emphasis on optimising case mix and operations given payor, demographic, and service line trends
• Quality program evaluation, redesign, and implementation planning for two large academic medical centres
• U.S. hospital sales force design and implementation strategies for a major biotechnology company

Prior to pursuing her MBA, Claudia practiced as a medical doctor and worked as Senior Manager of Special Projects at New Zealand’s largest acute hospital.

Following her MBA, Claudia worked as consultant manager for McKinsey & Company in the U.S. and U.K.