Brian is a Biological Scientist with over 16 years of FMCG experience and qualifications in Microbiology, Quality Assurance, R&D, Product development and Lean Six Sigma.
Brian holds a Master Black Belt (MBB) Certification from Lean Methods (USA) and a Black Belt Qualification from the Institute Of Six Sigma (Austria). His passion is in process, service and product improvement aimed at driving customer satisfaction.
In his current role, Brian has led the deployment of Lean Six Sigma in a multi-category organisation comprising Bakeries, Milling, Groceries and Home & Personal Care.
The deployment has led to the creation of over 200 certified Green Belt, Lean and Black Belt Practitioners in the organisation over a period of 4 years, spanning manufacturing sites in South Africa, Mozambique, Lesotho and Swaziland. The organisation has saved in excess of R500 million (USD 35,5 Million) through process improvement projects during this period. This remains arguably the benchmark Lean Six Sigma deployment in Africa to date.
Prior to this role, Brian was a Senior Scientist for a Global corporate FMCG company in charge of Eastern Europe Middle East and Africa (EEMEA).

Graeme started his Minitab journey in 2002 as an operations excellence consultant and is a passionate student of organisational improvement techniques.  He believes that developing the critical thinking capabilities at the middle and senior management level is the key to sustainable change. Graeme has worked mostly in Southern Africa and the UK, assisting mining, manufacturing, retail, and services organisations to realise productivity improvements in their value chains. Graeme has a master’s degree in Industrial Engineering Technology and is a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt. He is a faculty member of the University of Stellenbosch’s Business School. Graeme is based in South Africa and is currently Certified to deliver Minitab Essentials I & II in the Africa region.

Nick Jones, a trained Statistician, has been with Minitab for over 10 years.
Nick's international support and training expertise has brought him to advise, train and consult companies and Minitab's business partners around the world; he has helped leading businesses from various industry sectors to deliver valuable insights based on their data, driving quality and innovation as well as helping them to set up their continuous improvement initiatives.
Nick has trained personnel through all ranks - from beginners to advanced practitioners, including Master Black Belts - as well as advising Senior Management on their Quality Programs.
Nick is an expert for Minitab Statistical Software, Companion by Minitab and Quality Trainer: “Training offers a fantastic opportunity to share my knowledge and experience around the acute challenges that businesses face in the quality management, process and product improvement arena; to provide companies and business partners with the right approaches, tools and skill sets, using Minitab's wide range of solutions, is very rewarding for me" says Nick.