Our Team
Partners
Tim Near – Operating Partner - Procurement / Supply Chain / Process
Tim Near has over 20 years of experience in Logistics, Supply Chain, Procurement, Share Service, and Plant Management in packaged goods companies including; Anheuser-Busch Inbev, Quaker Oats, and Nielson’s Dairy. At one point, he was the largest buyer of hops in the World. For five years, he was the President of the Strategic Sourcing Consortium, a group he founded linking Anheuser-Busch InBev and Pepsi. This group successfully purchased billions of goods and services across Raw Materials and Packaging, Transportation and Logistics, Contract Labor, IT, Marketing, and SG+A spends. ABI, the World’s largest and most profitable brewery, is recognized globally as among a shortlist of best FMCG.
Tim earned an Honours Bachelors of Science degree from Guelph University (Canada), a Supply Chain certificate from Sir Sanford College, an Intensive Brewing Science degree from the University of California, Davis, and was a member of the INSEAD-Wharton Global Business Development Program. He remains a senior advisor with Boston Consulting Group (BCG) in the Procurement, Operations, and Consumer Products sectors.
David van Wees – CPG Global Expert – Client Services, Network and Communications
Tim Near has over 20 years of experience in Logistics, Supply Chain, Procurement, Share Service, and Plant Management in packaged goods companies including; Anheuser-Busch Inbev, Quaker Oats, and Nielson’s Dairy. At one point, he was the largest buyer of hops in the World. For five years, he was the President of the Strategic Sourcing Consortium, a group he founded linking Anheuser-Busch InBev and Pepsi. This group successfully purchased billions of goods and services across Raw Materials and Packaging, Transportation and Logistics, Contract Labor, IT, Marketing, and SG+A spends. ABI, the World’s largest and most profitable brewery, is recognized globally as among a shortlist of best FMCG.
Roster of Specialists
Agrowgate leverages a roster of freelance specialists to bring in support when needed. This allows us to customize our services to best serve our individual clients’ needs.