John Gattorna

CEO, Gattorna Alignment

Dr. Gattorna is Executive Chairman of Gattorna Alignment, a Sydney based specialist supply chain advisory firm. He has held a number of professorships, with the most recent being Adjunct Professor at the University of Technology, Sydney, the SP Jain School of Global Management, and Foundation Professor to CIPS Australia. For the last four decades, Dr Gattorna has been a relentless contributor to shaping the thinking, understanding and practice of logistics and supply chain management, globally. In particular, his writing, teaching, mentoring, presentations and consulting have helped to increase the profile of the supply chain as a key strategic lever within the organization. In recognition of his contribution to the global supply chain movement, the CSCMP awarded him their Distinguished Service Award in 2018, and inducted him into the supply chain Hall of Fame. A key focus has been on bringing the human element into the design of supply chains. He has long advocated the ‘outside-in’ view – that supply chains need to be proactively designed from the perspective of customers and the market. Dr. Gattorna’s belief that the supply chain ‘is all about people’ is reflected in his proprietary Dynamic Alignment™ framework, and the tailored supply chain approach that this implies. In his view, contemporary supply chains are genuine socio-technical systems. Today, Dr. Gattorna continues to inspire future supply chain leaders on the ‘fast clock-speed’ capabilities that organizations need to develop for the volatile and rapidly changing business environments they face post-Covid. His contribution also extends to supporting Diabetes charities for most of his career, in recent years as a business and supply chain advisor to the Life for a Child charity which supplies diabetes medication to children in developing countries.

Omera Khan

Global Head of Strategy and Planning at AP Møller Maersk

Omera Khan PhD is an experienced practitioner and educator in logistics and supply chain management and has gained international recognition for her research and thought leadership in supply chain risk and resilience. Inspiring and visionary, Omera is skilled at presenting complex subjects in a simple and thought-provoking manner and is regularly invited as a keynote speaker and panellist at global conferences and corporate events. She brings over 20 years’ experience working on supply chain trends, insights and foresights to clients that span multiple industry sectors.

Following an academic career spanning over two decades, she joined Maersk as Head of Supply Chain Insights and Trends Lab, and then to her current position as Global Head of Strategy and Planning at AP Møller Maersk. Prior, to joining Maersk, Omera was Professor of Supply Chain Management and Director of the MSc in Logistics and Supply Chain Management at Royal Holloway University of London (UK). She has led numerous research projects, commissioned by government agencies, research councils and companies. Her research is published in several peer reviewed journals, book chapters, whitepapers and she is author of the “Handbook for Supply Chain Risk Management: Case Studies, Effective Practices and Emerging Trend,” “Product Design and the Supply Chain – Competing through Design,” “Re-conceptualizing Supply Chain Risk Management in a Post-Pandemic World – Creating Global Resilience.”

Omera was awarded her PhD from Alliance Manchester Business School, UK. An MPhil from the University of Manchester and a BSc in Textile Design from the University of Huddersfield where she was awarded first prize for the Cloth Workers Foundation Award. Omera began her academic career at the Centre for Logistics and Supply Chain Management at Cranfield University. Following her post-doc years at Cranfield University, she joined the University of Manchester as a Lecturer in Logistics and Supply Chain Management. She then joined Hull University Business School where she held the positions of Senior Lecturer, Director of the Logistics Institute and Deputy Head of the Management Systems Group. Omera’s career continued in Denmark, as a Professor of Operations Management at Denmark Technical University (DTU) and she has held several adjunct Professor positions in the Nordics.

Omera is a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply. She has served as a steering committee member of the Institute of Logistics Research Network, a global network of academics and practitioners involved in state-of-the-art logistics and supply chain research, and she was appointed a board member of the executive committee of the CILT “Leaders in Supply Chain” Forum, a group limited to the top 120 Logistics and Supply Chain Directors from Europe.

Bart De Muynck

Vice President Research, Gartner

Bart De Muynck conducts research in the supply chain area focused on the delivery processes: transportation management, transportation visibility, freight payment, analytics, yard management, vehicle routing and scheduling, and fleet telematics. Mr. De Muynck also researches emerging technologies such as AI/ML, Advanced Analytics, Intelligent Things and Blockchain as they relate to Transportation. He is the author of both the Magic Quadrant for TMS as well as the recently added Magic Quadrant for Real-Time Transportation Visibility Platforms. Background / Professional Experience: Mr. De Muynck joined Gartner in June 2014. He previously worked as an enterprise architect at a major food and beverage company, where he was globally responsible for the delivery area. Previously, he held positions in the chemical industry, the logistics industry and the consulting industry. Mr. De Muynck has more than 25 years of experience in Logistics Technology and 30 years of supply chain experience.