John has 30 years experience in the used industrial equipment sector. During this time he has worked for companies such as GKN Group, MIC, Henry Butcher International, DoveBid, Hilco Industrial Europe and Troostwijk Auctions. He is now the Managing Director of Industrial Asset Solutions.
John’s primary area of expertise is within the food, beverage and packaging sector. He has sourced and negotiated the sale of all types of used equipment from complete breweries to individual packaging machines. He has particular experience in the sale of goods to the Middle East and African markets.
In addition to the numerous corporate entities and privately owned companies John has worked with, he has also taken instructions from several Insolvency Practitioners and Asset Based Lenders including:
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Karl Fitzpatrick has over 20 years’ experience in the surplus asset industry, having worked across a wide range of industrial sectors throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
He joined Indassol in 2015, bringing valuable experience from the insolvency sector, where he specialised in the disposal and management of surplus industrial assets. Since then, he has played a key role in the company’s continued growth, progressing through the business to become Chief Operating Officer.
Karl has successfully managed complex industrial asset projects across the beverage, automotive, pharmaceutical and food manufacturing sectors. His expertise covers every stage of the project lifecycle, from initial client engagement and planning through to heavy engineering removal works, logistics and final completion.
As Chief Operating Officer, Karl is responsible for overseeing Indassol’s day-to-day operations, ensuring projects are delivered safely, efficiently and to the highest professional standards. He remains a primary point of contact for many of the company’s corporate clients and has built a reputation for delivering practical solutions to complex industrial challenges.
Notable projects have included the Guinness Brewery in Dublin, the Budweiser Brewery in London and Bulmers Cider.
In 2020, Karl completed the NFQ Level 7 Certificate in Safety and Health at University College Dublin. This qualification further strengthened his expertise in health and safety management and supports Indassol’s commitment to maintaining the highest standards across every project.
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Duncan brings a wealth of international experience and transaction management to the team. His career, spanning more than 25 years, encompasses a variety of senior roles within business and commerce. Primarily within the food and beverage sector, having worked with enterprises and brands such as Guiness PLC, St. Vincent Brewery, Brasserie BB Lomé, EKU Bavaria, Coca-Cola, Pepsico and Carlsberg.
Buyers benefit from Duncan’s experience of importing equipment and launching new manufacturing concerns. In a previous role, Duncan was responsible for establishing local brewing operations in over 10 markets covering 4 continents. The added value of his first hand knowledge enables Duncan to fully support buyers in the acquisition and import of used equipment, strengthening Indassol’s comprehensive service approach to transaction management and ultimately achieving higher resale values.
Duncan’s language skills are of paramount importance when negotiating with international buyers and sellers. His fluency in French and Italian, as well as working German enables him to build strong relationships with his contact base. Duncan achieves high resale values for equipment by clearly identifying a buyer’s needs and matching those requirements to available assets.
As Sales & Marketing Director of the largest UK independent supplier of food ingredients to the bakery, food service and food manufacturing industries, Macphie Export Ltd., international division of Macphie of Glenbervie Ltd., Duncan was responsible for worldwide development of sales, markets and customer relationships.
Duncan has worked in most developing markets throughout Africa, Caribbean, South East Asia and Asia Pacific regions.
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Nigel has been in the asset management industry since 1999, where he was cofounder and Managing Director of Zone Trader Ltd Inc. Zone Trader identified a gap in the market for whole life asset management and uniquely implemented a programme known as Surplus Asset Management (SAM). Latterly SAM became exclusively adopted by the likes of Ford Motor Company, Pepsi, Delphi, Eaton, Jaguar, Land Rover, Dana, Ocean Spray, Proctor and Gamble and Tyco.
Zone Trader was successfully acquired by DoveBid where Nigel was employed as European General Manager to continue managing existing contracts and develop new client opportunities.
Under this framework the DoveBid client portfolio grew to include Cadbury,
Merck Pharmaceuticals, Pfizer, Nokia, Ericsson.
As part of the whole life asset management program several of these clients successfully managed complete plant closures, plant relocations and extracted value from end of life assets. Nigel worked closely with each of these clients to implement the optimal process to deliver greater corporate control, in terms of visibility, communication, reporting and corporate governance.
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Roger has over 20 years of experience in asset management and the disposition industry. He worked principally in the food and beverage processing and packaging sectors, and also has experience of other industrial areas, including power, cement, and general Industrial manufacturing.
He has spent many years working extensively throughout Europe, during which time he honed his project management skills and gained considerable expertise in the areas of health and safety of factory and site clearance. These represent a major aspect of his portfolio.
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