We aspire to be the most eco friendly research firm in the world. We are committed to achieving zero waste in our offices and doing all that is possible to reduce our impact on the environment. We use a combination of management tools and common sense to ensure the decisions we make in the office take environmental impacts into account.
Electricity
We generate 100% our own electricity via solar panels and even export back to the national grid
Lights
All of the lights in our head office are LED, reducing waste and power requirements
Water
We collect rain water from the roof of our head office, which is then used in our office’s kitchen and bathrooms
Paper and Cardboard
We compost all suitable paper, cardboard and organic matter
Recycle
We recycle all office waste, including all cans, glass, and plastic
Trees to Offset Carbon
We plant native trees every year to offset all our carbon emissions from all our travel
Electronic
We limit paper by operating electronically, all of our reports, presentations, letters & newsletters are delivered electronically.
Design
We have designed our head office to be energy efficient; it uses passive solar, is double glazed, and insulated to R 2
Tim Morris
Tim 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.
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.
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.
Tim somewhat regularly edits many of the food and retailing related pages on Wikipedia.
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
★ Co-author of New Zealand Food & Beverage Information Project, a whole of government project sponsored by four Government agencies to drive growth of exports.
★ 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
★ International 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
Virginia Wilkinson
Virginia is Research Director and 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, Australia, South East Asia, and globally for manufacturers, retailers, private equity and government .
Virginia is a speaker at industry conferences on topics as diverse as the performance of the New Zealand Pharmacy sector, the potential growth of organics in New Zealand to Opportunities for driving growth in the New Zealand Food and Beverage Industry.
Prior to Coriolis, Virginia worked for AC Nielsen, Colmar Brunton and the Canterbury Regional Council.
Virginia has a Masters degree in Geography from Canterbury University.
Major relevant consulting experiences include:
★ Co-author of New Zealand Food & Beverage Information Project, a whole of government project sponsored by four Government agencies to drive growth of exports.
★ Interviewed over 150 food and beverage industry CEOs and Managing Directors as part of the Food & Beverage Information Project
★ New format development and testing for a major New Zealand retailer
★ Annually organises, conducts and manages benchmarking surveys for clients
★ Performance improvement project for a major Australian retailer involving quantitative (phone interviews), qualitative (focus groups) and observational (accompanies shopping) methodologies
★ 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
Claudia Wyss, 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.
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.
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
We regularly work in coalition with other consultants and firms. We also bring in select specialist consultants with specific skills where needed. Some of the people we work with include:
David Hughes
David is the Emeritus Professor of Food Marketing at Imperial College London and a globally reknown speaker on global Food and Drink Industry issues. Around the world, David speaks to senior agribusiness and food industry managers about global food industry developments that are and will affect their businesses and industry. Energetic, engaging, humorous and insightful, David gains the very highest evaluations at seminars, conferences and Board level discussions in every continent he visits.
We have worked extensively with David on a number of projects.
If you want to join our team, either full time or as a contractor, please have a look at here.