The track record.

Board Director · Operio Group, LLC
2022 to 2026
Board of Advisors · WIT
2026
Operio Group
United States · 2022 to 2026

Operio Group, LLC

Founding CEO, then Chief Business Development Officer & Board Director

Global manufacturer of tablet, capsule, and ingredient machinery for the pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, and food industries. At its peak, $90M+ revenue · 220+ employees · 9 international locations. In 2026 Operio divested its operating businesses. Alastair oversaw the sale process and then the structured wind-down of the holding company.

operiogroup.com →
KBS Cook
United Kingdom · present

KBS Cook Ltd

Advisor & Shareholder

Cookware startup. British engineering applied to the kitchen — designed for endurance, finished for everyday use.

kbscook.co.uk →
Successful exit
Years
Venture
Role · Sector
Status
2009–2022
LFA Machines
Tablet and capsule manufacturing equipment. $3,900 → $10M. Precursor to Operio Group.
Founder & CEO
Industrial machinery
Merged into Operio
2013–2019
The Oxford Health Company
Consumer health. Oxford Contract Manufacture, LTD was a short-lived sister company.
Co-founder · Marketing & ops · Investor
Consumer health
Exit
2012–2015
Bar de Cru
Luxury mobile cocktail bar built from a vintage Citroën H van, based in Monmouth.
Investor
Hospitality · events
Exit
2014–2023
Educake
Online homework and revision for UK secondary schools.
Investor · Advisor
Educational software
Exit
until 2013
London Fashion Arts
Art in London markets. Pivoted to machinery within a year; became LFA.
Founder
Retail / art
Pivoted
2011–2013
Nootropics Ltd
Nootropic supplements.
Founder
Supplements
Closed
2014–2015
Heristair Ltd
Metal recycling.
Founder
Recycling / industrial
Closed

And more than a dozen further ventures across trading, events, supplements, and manufacturing — not every experiment worked, and the lessons from the ones that didn't are part of why the ones that did.

Brands from the ventures above — founded, invested in, exited, or rolled up.