Author Profile

Alan Lusty is CEO of the adi Group, a multi-disciplinary engineering firm with 30 years of experience.

Growing the business from a one-man band to a 30-armed service offering, Alan is one of Britain’s brightest business leaders and an influential figure in British manufacturing. Most recently, he signed a letter to the government along with 200 of the UK’s top businesses, including Lloyds Banking and EDF Energy, calling for a green and resilient COVID-19 recovery plan.

He is part of the leadership board for Business in the Community, a Princes of Wales-backed organisation that champions responsible business. As a former apprentice, Alan understands the importance of passing on skills to the next generation, a standpoint that has fuelled his efforts in providing placements for disadvantaged individuals as well as the next generation of engineers through the BITC’s Business Class programme.

Alan launched adi’s apprentice academy in 2014 and created the UK’s first engineering pre-apprentice programme in partnership with North Bromsgrove High School, which launched in September 2016. Since its launch, over 60 places have been generated, with 50% of the first and second year intakes electing to stay on at adi Group as full-time engineering apprentices.

Under Alan’s watchful eye, the adi Group continues to grow from strength to strength offering services and engineering solutions to large UK and Irish blue-chip manufacturers. To this day, Alan continues to bring new engineering disciplines into the fold, at an approximate rate of one every 12 to 18 months, and with a 2020 Group t/o of £110m.