Coco Airlie is a specialist consultancy that works in partnership with clients, purpose, and planet. We create more effective, long-term, purposeful profit & sustainable businesses. All with an engaging and energetic approach.

Sustainability is an approach, not an issue. It’s not what we do less of but what we can do more of.

Our PassionWorking with clients to understand both the social importance and commercial value of SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) and the opportunity to use their voice for good.

Why Coco Airlie is uniquely positioned to offer this serviceCoco Airlie combines a passion for making the world a better place and tackling the big issues on sustainability with expertise in transformational change and an understanding of how businesses work.

About RhonaRhona has over 20 years of experience in cross functional business working in change management, marketing, innovation, sustainability and supply chain.

Working with major global brands such as Red Bull, Heineken and The NEC. ‘99% of UK businesses in the UK are SME’s, and that’s a BIG collective opportunity for change.’

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Sustainability Consultancy Business Process & Change Management Unlocking Creativity Interim Consultancy Operational Fixing Investor Start Up & Due Diligence

Sustainability Consultancy

There are 49 million businesses globally, and only 10,000 sustainability consultants, most are taken by the big organisations and can be very costly.

We encourage you to take the leap and engage in this vital area of business inclusion. It’s no longer an add-on business function.

We take you through a simple process and identify realistic targets and an action plan.

Regenerative, Circular, Carbon Neutral. Whatever you know or don’t, we’ll navigate you through, achieving positive change.

“We’re here to give confidence and permission to start your journey to being more sustainable. After all, it’s forgivable not to be perfect, but unforgivable not to start!”

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Business Process & Change Management

Process improvement and effective change are intrinsic in any successful business. But seeing the bigger picture and taking your people on the journey with you isn’t always easy. Coco Airlie works with companies ready to embrace change, helping them to move forward through clear purpose and direction.

We help companies to simplify their processes to improve efficiency or update the way they work to meet the changing needs of their business.

Our service includes:

Change audit – who is affected?
Effective change management & employee engagement
Prioritisation – the right change at the right time
Full end-to-end planning and delivery
Dedicated senior project director

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Unlocking Creativity

Unlocking creativity can have a powerful impact on your business. But combining creative thinking and innovation with doing the day job is a challenge that many organisations face.

Coco Airlie offers energy, a fresh perspective, energy and tried and tested techniques that can help challenge traditional ways of working, facilitate long-term change and create a culture of creative thinkers.

Our service includes:

Creative audits – what is holding you back?
The art of the possible – war room style sessions
Creative thinking techniques and tools
Innovation workshops & turning ideas into action
Training and employee engagement

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Interim Consultancy

If you’re looking for senior, short-term cover or just an injection of objectivity and creativity into your existing team, Coco Airlie can provide interim senior management for between 1-9 months.

Our service includes:

A senior consultant with over 20 years' experience
Track record in senior positions with major UK brands
An approach tailored to your individual requirements
An understanding of company cultures and the need to work within your company ethos
Positions from 1-9 months

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Operational Fixing

Operational issues are often a root course of frustration at every level within a business. But taking a step back from the day-to-day to identify and address the changes needed can be a challenge. Coco Airlie provides an independent review and recommendations on how to ‘fix’ the issue or blocker affecting your businesses’ performance.

Our service includes:

A fresh pair of eyes to review operational issues and blockers
Quick and effective solutions to solve issues and implement change
Help in ensuring your teams value and understand the ‘bigger picture’
Clarity for organisations on the value of the change required
The head space and time to step back from the day-to-day and effect change

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Investor Start Up & Due Diligence

If you’re looking to invest in a business, whether a start-up or established organisation, it is vital to accurately establish the potential opportunity. But cab the heart sometimes rule the head? Are you unsure about how to minimise the risk? Do you fear that you will over analyse and miss a great opportunity? At Coco Airlie we can offer a tried and tested due diligence process and expert independent advice.

Our service includes:

A proven track record in implementing the due diligence process
A tailor-made approach specific to your industry
An effective process that you can manage yourself or leave us to evaluate the investment
Collaborative investments/partnerships
The ability to bring ideas to market and fast

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Rhona has been an integral part of the Naked Collective Journey as a sustainable start-up and a brand that champions people, plants, and purpose. Rhona's ability to be agile has helped the Executive team to focus on what has been required at times of change and she has given us the guidance and pace on how to pivot. Most noticeably Rhona has driven our sustainability agenda and challenged us on how we could do better, driven transparency and reporting in this space. Rhona embraces change as the norm and has a unique ability to drive this at pace and take people with her. Her passion and determination to encourage those to make the start of their sustainability journey on protecting the planet and its inhabitants are both infectious and rewarding to be a part of, I wouldn't hesitate to recommend bringing Rhona to your organization to drive change and sustainability strategy and action.

Niall Phelan: CEO The Naked Collective

Rhona first joined Ark2030 as a founding member and soon became a global ambassador for the mission. Rhona has since become an integral part of the operational team in driving our go-to-market strategy. Rhona understands that this is a journey to 2030 and it is not about shaming and bringing down consumers, brands, or organisations but a road map to end climate change that addresses the challenges previous attempts have had and breaks it down into actionable change. Rhona has consistent energy, the ability to talk in real actionable terms (especially for SMEs wanting and trying to bring sustainability into their business). As she says, 'it's ok to start the journey, know where you are now, where you want to go, be transparent, and report, but it's not ok to put off starting' I would highly recommend anyone to reach out to Rhona to help them on their sustainable journey.

Stephen Fern: Chairman Ark2030

iSportConnect have worked with Rhona for over 6 months now and her ability to network and build strong relationships across senior level and board management is second to none. Rhona has a natural ability to connect with people in a fun, engaging way, whilst delivering effective work and total integrity.

Sree: CEO & Founder iSC

Danny Ayton: Drinks Category Director Greene King

Rhona helped develop a cross-functional NPD process for launching key products across multiple stakeholders in our business - including category, marketing, and operational teams which galvanised the needs of each area for driving maximum awareness, buy-in, and sales of major new drinks.

Danny Ayton: Drinks Category Director Greene King

Anthony Clarey: Head of Route to Market – Kopparberg UK

Rhona is an excellent operator who brings an element of calm and confidence to any challenge; she always plans thoroughly and executes with a tenacity which is alarming! Her drive to see projects through is one of her greatest strengths along with her absolute commitment to the task and her ability to work well with others in a stretching environment.

Anthony Clarey: Head of Route to Market – Kopparberg UK

Rhona has been instrumental in turning Voltra Lighting from a project, into a business. She is a highly organised, efficient executor, and has kept the entire team focused on the goal. When everyone had their head down doing their job, it was Rhona who pieced all the pieces together. When tasks seemed too audacious, it was again Rhona who took a step back and broke it down into small enough chunks for the team to tackle. I would recommend Rhona for a project or BU that needs a project manager of high execution ability to get things done.

Lewis Cheng: Co-Founder – Voltra Lighting

Rhona - the best most super thing that you've been able to help us with is this Go-To-Market landscape understanding. The layers and the players, you really know your stuff and you've helped me translate the terminology, alongside working well, fast and have pivoted at short notice, all with sense of humour and challenger mindset - certainly kept me in check.

Julian Sanders: UpFlow Brewing Company

Jeremy Curwin - CEO at Canterbury Cricket Club

I first met Rhona when we worked together at Red Bull covering event management and commercial sales. Since then our paths have crossed in various roles where she has consistently impressed in her ability to manage teams, large and small and be creative in her ability to solve any problems that come her way.

Jeremy Curwin - CEO at Canterbury Cricket Club

Emma Ross GM, Head of International Growth at Incite/Board Member/Keynote Speaker

Rhona has consistently proven herself to hit any challenge head-on, she can cut through the haze and break things down for teams at all levels to keep things moving forward and at pace! She has an ability to bring companies culture and ways of working into the future and whilst respecting the past, challenges the norm at board level to get alignment and create an innovative solution - I know during the current climate this skill would be invaluable to anyone looking for solutions to the 'new world' after all she has been doing this for years, I look forward to working with her again on future projects.

Emma Ross GM, Head of International Growth at Incite/Board Member/Keynote Speaker

I had the pleasure of working with Rhona over an eight month period for the launch of UpFlow Brewing into the UK market. Rhona brought a great wealth of commercial skills, deep industry knowledge and an ability and passion to constantly find and implement solutions in the rapidly changing market of non-alcoholic beverages. On top of her experience and skillset, Rhona is a great human, incredibly trustworthy and has the ability to forge strong, respectful relationships with everyone that she works with. I look forward to working with Rhona again and would recommend her to any start-up or market entrant.

Alan Riva - Speaker/Author/Advisor

I have had the pleasure of working with Rhona on two occasions now, the first when she worked in the Innovation team at Molson Coors, developing new product concepts in the beer category. The second when she joined The Ticket Factory, a national ticketing agent in the events space, as Sales Director working in B2B to secure new ticketing contracts. Rhona is passionate and committed in everything she does from work to home to maintaining strong friendship groups. She is driven and determined to deliver results. Rhona has a great attention to detail and strong and structured project management skills. But, it is her energy levels that truly set her apart.

Nicola Young

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