Executive Leadership Team
Oliver Ridd
Group Commercial Director
Joined Zotefoams
November 2024
Skills
A decisive commercial leader with strong market acumen, driving customer-centric strategies across global markets. Skilled in aligning revenue growth with strategic innovation and industry-specific solutions.
Experience
With a solid technical background in materials science, Oliver advanced to senior director level in a FTSE 250 PLC, holding commercial and transformational leadership roles that have enabled global market access, boosted sales performance, and increased market share. He has a proven record of turning around underperforming businesses through top-down transformation, introducing sales excellence initiatives, alternative operating models, and organisational restructuring while achieving multimillion-pound EBITDA uplift and record regional profits.
Experienced in managing culturally diverse teams across multiple territories, Oliver places strong emphasis on developing people, fostering integrity and transparency, and driving positive behavioural change. He is a committed advocate of product innovation, working closely with sales and operations to connect market needs with development opportunities. His extensive international network and strategic insight have supported business scaling, transformation, and the attainment of ambitious commercial objectives throughout his career.
Responsibilities
- Leading the global commercial organisation, capturing growth opportunities across our priority industries
- Driving a customer-centric business model to enhance our customer experience
- Developing a best in class commercial function, with a unified global approach