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Adrian (Ade) Whetton

Hatton, Derbyshire, UK · 07918 617760 · ade.whetton@phwltd.com · Remote / UK-wide
Target: business development · partnerships · bid & tender work · fractional commercial leadership

Profile

Commercial operator with 30 years of winning, pricing and keeping B2B business — from blue-chip logistics contracts to government-funded training provision. Headed the Marks & Spencer peak-trading logistics account: coordinated budgets in excess of £16M, secured the 2003–05 contracts worth £6M+ in revenue, and delivered £6M year-on-year client savings that earned my company £1M+ in revenue. Set tariffs and procurement budgets group-wide for a five-depot haulage operation. Founded PHW Services Ltd and grew it bootstrapped from £600k to £3M+ turnover on government-funded and B2B contracts — 16 years inside public-sector commissioning, college partnerships and awarding-body relationships. Today I build my own outbound engines (cold email systems, CRM, landing pages, proposal automation) using agentic AI daily.

Commercial evidence

Career history

Independent Consultant — Transport, Logistics & AI2023 – present

AI adoption consultancy to haulage; feasibility and commodity analysis for a waste-to-energy consortium (supplier audits across Europe, Asia and North America; Environment Agency liaison).

DoctoriumGP Ltd — Managing Director2023 – present

Commercial strategy, supplier negotiation, procurement for a CQC-registered private clinic.

PHW Services Ltd — Founder & Managing Director2007 – 2023
Professional Handling Withcare Ltd — driver to Group Operations Director1993 – 2010

Qualifications

Transport Manager CPC National & International · A1 Assessor · V1 Internal Verifier · WSET Level 2 · APLH & Designated Premises Supervisor · Heavy Haulage Association member