Mr. Phipps has been an Independent Management Consultant to Processors, Manufacturers and Retailers in the Consumer Goods sector. He was a Partner at Deloitte Consulting from 1986 to 2004 in San Francisco and Sydney, where he led the Australian Consumer Goods practice. Previously he was with Management Consulting firms Case and Company and Edgar, Dunn and Company. He started his career as an Aerospace Engineer at British Aerospace. Mr. Phipps has conducted a wide range of marketing, supply chain and technology work for leading consumer goods clients around the world. He has played key roles in major industry initiatives including Efficient Consumer Response (ECR). Mr. Phipps has an M.S. Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from the University of Houston and a B.Sc. Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Manchester, UK. He also has a Certification in Production and Inventory Control (CPIM) from the American Production and Inventory Control Society.