CEO Today United Kingdom Awards

www.ceotodaymagazine.com 48 CEO Today United Kingdom Awards 2018 ENGINEERING ALAN LUSTY Founder and CEO of adi Group FIRM PROFILE adi Group provides totally engineered solutions from concept through to commissioning and beyond to some of the biggest brands in the world across a wide variety of market sectors including the Aerospace & Defence, Automotive, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Petrochemical and Pharmaceutical industries. The Group’s overarching goal is to add a new engineering service or discipline every 12-18 months – a growth strategy that has been sustained for the past 28 years. It is currently home to over 30 specialist engineering service divisions to suit all business requirements, from automation & control, through mechanical & electrical services, digital workplace solutions & underground waste systems to compressed air, refrigeration and intelligent building systems. Through this strategy, adi has built long-standing partnerships with globally recognised brands and UK blue chips, while innovating and evolving to support customers in retaining market position and building a credible sustainable supply chain. But it’s not just engineering services. adi also prides itself on its 600-strong workforce. The Group’s unique working culture is based on the Formula 1 ethos, instilling a one team approach, a can do and right first time attitude, along with fast decision making and the belief that adi and its employees can and are the best. As part of the Group’s ongoing commitment to maximising employment opportunities the Group has pledged to increase its headcount to 1000 staff members by 2020. On top of this, adi has also joined the 5% club – whereby the number of apprentices they employ will equate to % of their total workforce. It is also responsible for the UK’s first engineering pre- apprentice scheme for students aged 14-16 years in partnership with North Bromsgrove High School which has seen some 36 students pass through the programme to date with 50% of the first intake who graduated in 2018 becoming full-time apprentices. adi Group Provide: Automation | Automotive | Building & Refurbishment | Climate Systems | Compliance Solutions | Compressed Air | Digital Workplace Solutions | Electrical | Energy Services | Environmental | Facilities Management | Intelligent Buildings | Machinery Relocation | Mechanical | Plant Maintenance | Pollution Containment | Power Systems | Process Pipework | Project Management | Smart Metering | Speciality Welding | Telecom & Digital Solutions | Waste Systems ABOUT ALAN LUSTY Alan Lusty is the founder of the Birmingham headquarter engineering services company adi Group. Founded in 1990 with the vision to create a ‘one stop shop’ for total engineered solutions, Alan has grown adi from a one-person electrical engineering business operated from his own home, to a multi-disciplinary group comprising 17 companies, more than 30 service divisions and 11 regional locations across the UK and Ireland. A former Instrumentation Apprentice, Alan understands the importance of passing on skills to the next generation. To help combat the industry wide skills shortage, he has created opportunities to enable young people to gain experience in the world of engineering. The Group launched its Apprentice Academy in 2014 and created the UK’s first engineering Pre-Apprentice Programme in partnership with North Bromsgrove High School which launched in September 2016. Alongside his role at adi Group Alan is also a Non- Executive Director of the global sustainable plastics manufacturer Aquapak Polymers - a business in which he has played a pivotal role in developing. He is also a member of the Made In The Midlands Skills Advisory Board championing and sharing best practice with manufacturing companies across the Midlands to help combat the engineering skills shortage. He also serves as part of the Business In The Community West Midlands Leadership team where he provides strategic guidance and support to BITC to augment their social and environmental objectives, nationally and locally. Under Alan’s watchful eye, the adi Group continues to grow from strength to strength offering wide range of services and engineering solutions to large UK and Ireland blue chip manufacturers. Alan attributes his business successes to a passion and love of Formula 1 racing which he has successfully incorporated into the adi brand’s vision and business model to create a winning team. www.adiltd.co.uk