John Gattorna started his professional life as an engineer, and some years later made the life-changing decision to undertake doctoral studies at Cranfield University (UK) in 1975. His original work there, investigating ‘the effects of innovation on channels of distribution’ is still very relevant in today’s omni-channel world. John returned to Australia in 1980, and subsequently held a series of academic appointments at the University of New South Wales and Macquarie University, before founding his specialist consultancy, Gattorna Strategy, focusing on solving marketing and logistics problems. Most of his clients were multi-national companies, headquartered outside Australia. In 1995, John sold his business to Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) and started the Andersen Supply Chain Practice in APAC, which he led until 2003. Following his retirement from Accenture, John formed a specialist SC ‘thought leadership’ Firm, Gattorna Alignment, and continued his focus on developing and testing new methodologies to solve complex supply chain problems. He was fortunate to be able to work for sustained periods inside major global organizations such as Ralph Lauren, Schneider Electric, and DHL, effectively using them as his laboratory to test and refine his central methodology, Dynamic Alignment™. John sees his role as one of researching and disseminating new knowledge to the wider global supply chain community. With this in mind, he has conducted numerous webinars and spoken at many conferences over the years, and has been in particular demand since the onset of Covid-19 in early 2020. He has published several highly regarded books, including his latest, co-authored with Deborah Ellis, Transforming Supply Chains (2020), and numerous articles. John currently holds Adjunct Professorships at several universities in Australia and internationally. Since 2012, starting in Singapore, John and his colleagues have conducted an annual series of SC ‘thought leadership’ Retreats in locations such as Hong Kong, Amsterdam, Hamburg, Cape Town, San Francisco, and Sydney, delivering the results of recent research findings to invited audiences. In 2018, John was awarded the CSCMP Distinguished Service Award, and inducted into the CSCMP Hall of Fame for his contribution to the global supply chain field. John also supports several charities, especially where supply chain is a critical component. In this regard, he was the Founding President of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation in Australia, and since 2010 has been an Advisor to the IDF Life for a Child Program, which accumulates and distributes insulin to children in under-developed countries. John has a large global SC ‘thought leadership’ community on LinkedIn which he interacts with on a daily basis. Through his ongoing work, it is John’s aim to inspire the next generation of supply chain business executives, to take this relatively young field of scientific management, to a new, higher level in the years ahead. John’s mantra: creating and applying innovative concepts by observing and analyzing best available practice. For more information, visit his website: www.gattornaalignment.com

Shuli Goodman is the founder and Executive Director of LF Energy, a Linux Foundation project that supports open source innovation in the energy and electricity sectors. Shuli has nearly three decades of experience providing ongoing governance support to multi-national corporations, startups, and multi-stakeholder organizations overseeing high-visibility and/or high-risk initiatives. Having spent the early part of her career enabling some of the world’s largest companies to become Internet-ready, she has brought her digital-first, cross-industry background to the electricity sector. With a doctorate in Organizational Systems focused on innovation and the energy transition, Shuli has a uniquely multi-disciplinary approach to solving complex, interdependent problems. Her goal is to inspire, train and enable 10,000 developers in the next 10 years to digitally transform the world’s power systems.

A Supply Chain and Customer-centric Business Leader with 30 years experience, an appetite for change management and new technologies, Pierre is a visionary and charismatic senior executive with a proven track record of senior management and relatable people leadership, strong commercial acumen and expertise in supply chain operations gained in FMCG, Beverages, Dairy and Fashion/Medical retail, in blue chips, private equity and cooperative organisations.

Experienced international supply chain leader and subject matter expert with a track record of building and scaling Supply Chain functions and processes Globally for over 27 years Has worked across Heavy Engineering, Automotive, Marine and Renewable Energy sectors and has made extensive contribution in sustainable supply chains in new regions and countries His background is in lean manufacturing, quality management and end to end supply chain management. Nanda works to the principles of Six Sigma with additional qualifications in APM, CPM and is a Certified Lead Auditor for ISO 9000 (DNV GL). Speaker and panellist at various Global Manufacturing and supply chain conferences and platform.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nanda-kishore-897909b/

Dirk held global leadership roles in different industries at times of major change which required stepping up Supply Chain capability. As Executive Director Supply Chain for General Motors, he was responsible for Europe and for the global SC Engineering function supporting the company's first global vehicle platforms. After that, as SVP and CSCO of the Philips Consumer Division, he was leading step up of integrated SC planning in the wake of the Financial crisis. For the retailer Marks&Spencer he was instrumental in building omnichannel Supply Chain capability as Group Director SC&Logistics. Dirk is now working as an independent advisor and is also engaged in executive education.

Mark Brown is the Global Managing Director of Cybersecurity & Information Resilience at BSI leading the focus on delivering digital trust to organisations. Mark has worked in various sectors, ranging from IT, Technology, Oil & Gas, Consumer Products to Real Estate. With his broad perspective and rich industry experience, he looks to help businesses grow by leveraging innovative use of technology. He has ~20+ publications to his name, is regularly invited to present at International Cybersecurity conferences, and was awarded the European Information Security Person of the Year in Apr 2011 by SC Magazine Europe.

Jorge Simoes has dedicated his career to Digital Technology in Fortune-500 companies in Europe and the United States. At EDP since 2012, Jorge was an Advisor to the Board of Directors for EDP Inovação and now leads the Digital Factory, EDP’s unit focusing on delivering value through digital transformation. Jorge holds a Computer Science degree from the University of Hertfordshire in the UK and a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from Universities Católica and Nova in Lisbon in collaboration with the MIT Sloan School of Management.
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Com uma carreira dedicada às tecnologias digitais em grandes empresas na Europa e EUA, Jorge Simões foi Assessor do Conselho de Administração da EDP Inovação e é hoje Diretor da Digital Factory EDP, uma unidade com foco na criação de valor através da transformação digital. Formado em Informática pela University of Hertfordshire no Reino Unido, tem também um MBA pelas Universidades Católica e Nova de Lisboa em colaboração com a MIT Sloan School of Management.
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jorgesimoes
Twitter: @jorgefsimoes

Marika Reis is the Chief Innovation Officer at Maersk Drilling, where she is responsible for building up and maximizing Maersk Drillings innovation efforts globally. Before joining Maersk Drilling, she was the Vice President and head of Innovation B2C globally at E.ON. Prior to joining E.ON, she worked for Lloyds Pharmacy in Sweden, responsible for the launch and growth of new pharmacies in southern Sweden, successfully growing the company from less than 25 employees to over 700 in 2 years. Marika has double master’s degrees in analytical chemistry and pharmaceutical science from the University of Uppsala. She is also a master’s in design Thinking and Google Sprint methodologies.

Tim has more than 20 years’ experience in defining and implementing technology strategies that drive sustained performance improvement, in Supply Chain-focused businesses. Tim is based in Madrid, and in his current role at Coca-Cola Europacific Partners, he leads the Business Process & Technology team supporting the Customer Service and Supply Chain function. Together with his colleagues, he’s leading the work to create new business capabilities which are transforming the function through greater adoption of the latest digital technologies. Previously, he has had worked with companies such as ABB, Mondelez and Kraft Foods.

Håvard Jörgensen is in his role as VP Group Supply chain in Electrolux, leading the work on the strategic direction and plans for the Electrolux supply chain. Specific focus on digital development, E2E SC integration, processes and capabilities. He has +20 years of experience within Supply Chain and Operations from various leadership roles in Procter & Gamble, Arla Foods and Coca-Cola European Partners.

Dr.-Ing.Dipl.Wirt.-Ing. Gunter Beitinger studied industrial engineering and business administration. After 5 years as a research collaborator at the University of Erlangen, he started his career 1999 with Siemens and held since than various responsibilities in countries like Mexico and USA and in different divisions like Siemens VDO Automotive, Healthcare, Process and Drives (PD) and now Digital Industries (DI)). He worked as a management consultant, as Director of Industrial Engineering and Plant Manager for an Electric Motor Plant in Mexico. In his current role as Senior VicePresident Manufacturing he leads various Digital Lighthouse plants. He also is responsible for manufacturing excellence and the Factory Digitalization of all plants of the SIEMENS AG.