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Head of Strategy and Disruptive Innovation

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Pete is Head of Strategy and Disruptive Innovation at Bacardi-Martini, based in Bermuda. Over his 25+ year career, Pete has leveraged his engineering roots to deliver business value and drive transformation. He has built deep business expertise across Technology, Digital, Data, Analytics, Finance, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Commercial, and Shared Services by establishing, and leading to successful completion large mega projects and programs. With a broad base of cultural, leadership and communication capability, Pete can interact at the highest levels of an organization making complex concepts simple. Pete recently jumped into a new stretching responsibility, leading Strategy and Disruptive Innovation (beyond the bottle) for Bacardi, relocating to Bermuda. He has completed an Executive program with Bacardi at Harvard Business School, complimenting his technical experience with cultural and leadership training, and previous external certification as a Professional Engineer and PMP. On the personal side, Pete is passionate about sports (ice hockey, skiing, hiking), technology, cooking, and spending time with his wife, son, and daughter, ideally in the mountains. A Canadian and Swiss citizen, originally from Brampton, Ontario, Canada, Pete earned a degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Waterloo, Canada. Specialties: Advanced project management, strategy, supply chain, finance, business/digital transformation, ERP, business intelligence & analytics, distributor systems; has worked & lived in three regions (NA, WE and CEEMEA).