Leaders in Supply Chain and Logistics

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You might already be very familiar with Dr. Kjell Anders Nordström, the author of several books, including Momentum. It’s been my pleasure to have him as a guest on the Leaders in Value Chain podcast. We discussed how the Corona events initiated his decision to write the book and the disruptions around the global economy. We also dived into his book, The Monkey and The Money, which follows the history of capitalism through the lens of an ape. 

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In this episode, we talked about Angela’s career – as a professional and as a leader- what drove her to pursue the executive path, and how her environment growing up affected her decisions. She shared some of the inflection points in her career, emphasizing how she didn’t let her degree and diploma define her career path and her experience of being interviewed for a position alongside 31 other candidates.

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In this episode, I interviewed Francisco Javier Martínez Moreno, Chief Supply Chain Officer of Costa Coffee. We dived into the personal inflection points that shaped his journey as a supply chain professional and explored how adaptability and exposure to diverse cultures can lead to transforming operations for sustained value. Francisco shared his insights on how embracing challenges can shift the paradigm of supply chain management and the role of diversity in supporting global expansion, sharing a case study on how they did it in Costa Coffee.

Moreover, we also discussed the power of end-to-end supply chain management and the new methods within the supply chain for a more efficient operation. Francisco also shared that by applying a comprehensive understanding of the value chain, leaders can create a positive environment, thereby increasing overall performance.


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In episode 173 of the Leaders in Value Chain Podcast, my guest is Keith Svendsen, an influential figure in the port operations industry and CEO of APM Terminals- one of the world's largest port operators. We discussed the extensive networks of APM Terminals and how they overcome the logistical challenges in over 40 countries while ensuring constant and efficient global commerce. Furthermore, we also talked about how efficient ports transport goods and significantly contribute to national economies by lowering trade costs and fueling international competitiveness. Lastly, Keith advised young and mid-stage professionals on what helped him most in his career. 

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In this episode, I interviewed Cheryl Capps, Board Member at Integer Holdings (NYSE: ITGR), World 50 Group, Elementum, ketteQ, and o9 Solutions, Inc. We looked back at her career in the corporate world- how she successfully transitioned from one stage of her career to another and how speaking the language of different functions greatly helped her.

Cheryl shared with me an inspiring story about her time with a pharmaceutical company, where they succeeded in procuring and bringing medicine to the Dominican Republic to save a three-year-old girl’s life. She also shared the case study of Corning developing a Digitalized Global Risk Detection and Mitigation System.

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Bart is the Chief Supply Chain Officer of Haleon, which he helped through the spin off journey from GSK. 

He also spent 14 years at Reckitt, where he was Head of Quality, Safety Sustainability and Compliance as well as Head of Global Operations for RB Health and held various other roles in the global health supply chain.

Bart previously worked at Unilever for over a decade in a number of roles across manufacturing, procurement, planning and strategic projects in the UK and the Netherlands.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

• Career progression, leadership, and purpose in supply chain management
• Spinning off a consumer health business from a pharma company
• End-to-End Autonomy in Business 
• Industry trends and supply chain challenges in consumer health
• Attributes of a great Supply Chain Leader and advice for Aspiring Board Member 

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Nir Eyal writes, consults, and teaches about the intersection of psychology, technology, and business. Nir previously taught as a Lecturer in Marketing at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford.

Nir co-founded and sold two tech companies since 2003 and was dubbed by The M.I.T. Technology Review as, “The Prophet of Habit-Forming Technology.” 

He is the author of two bestselling books, Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products and Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life. His books have resonated with readers worldwide, selling over 1 million copies in over 30 languages.

Indistractable received critical acclaim, winning the Outstanding Works of Literature Award as well as being named one of the Best Business and Leadership Books of the Year by Amazon and one of the Best Personal Development Books of the Year by Audible. The Globe and Mail called Indistractable, “the best business book of 2019.”

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

• The psychology of distraction and how to overcome it
• 4 Steps to manage distractions and internal triggers
• Creating a distraction-free workplace culture
• AI and distraction. And will it take over the world?

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Nadine Kiratli-Schneider is the Vice President of Supply Chain Risk and Sustainability at Schaeffler. She previously headed the corporate inbound supply chain, bridging logistics and sourcing for supplier criteria. Prior to Schaeffler, she was an Assistant Professor Of Purchasing and SCM at the university.

With a strong background in academia and a passion for effective solutions, Nadine combines science and business to tackle complex transport challenges. She’s a strong believer in the power of diverse teams to make the supply chain resilient and sustainable.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

• Journey from academia to supply chain 
• A holistic view of supply chain management
• Three biggest risks and challenges for global supply chain
• Supply chain as a key contributor to sustainability
• What can supply chain learn from academia

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Houssam is the Group VP supply chain of FORVIA, a $30 billion automotive company. He manages a supply chain of 12,000 people located in 250 plants globally.

Houssam has an international background and a deep passion for the automotive industry. He takes great pride in supply chain and operations.

Prior to joining FORVIA, he worked in various Supply Chain roles at large companies across industrial and telco, such as Stellantis, Bombardier, Michelin, and ALCATEL. He has led huge transformations and implementations around the globe. He began his career as a software engineer at CAPGEMINI.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

• Career Journey: a software engineer's shift to supply chain leadership.
• Success Formula: vision, listening, and team care for a thriving career.
• Team Culture: Forvia’'s culture emphasizes action over talk.
• Automotive supply chain: facing challenges and opportunities

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Deepak Garg was the Founder of Rivigo, where he built the most recent logistics unicorn in India.

Rivigo transformed how transport was done in India by creating a relay truck model, where no driver would drive for more than four to five hours at a stretch and would return home the same day.

Deepak has now started AnywhereJobs, with the intent of skilling 10 million Indian Talents for global job opportunities.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

• The recipe of building a unicorn
• Entrepreneurship, mistakes, and lessons learned
• How Anywhere Jobs expands a lot of opportunities
• India’s Talent Export Opportunities
• Solving driver shortage in Europe with Indian drivers

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Frederic Brut is the head of the supply chain EEMEA and the Asia Pacific, China & Japan Region for MSD. He describes himself as an inclusive leader, adapting with speed and agility to a continuously changing world.

Prior to MSD, he held a number of Head of SC and Operations positions in various sectors, including Retail, Building Material products, and Pharmaceutical wholesaling in Europe and Latin America. Fred is passionate about rugby, CrossFit, traveling & cooking. He values loyalty, trust, and commitment.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

• Diverse Career Journey: Fred's versatile supply chain career
• Diversity and Inclusion Advocate: commitment to DEI and its significance
• Purpose-Driven Culture: fostering passion within and beyond the company
• Future Talent Qualities: essential qualities for future supply chain 

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Christoph Häusler joined Refresco in 2021 as Chief Manufacturing Officer. Christoph is an experienced Supply Chain & Manufacturing executive with an international track record. He has held several senior executive supply chain roles at Reckitt Benckiser since 2007, most recently as Member of the Executive Committee for the Hygiene Business leading the End-to-End Supply. He started his career at Procter & Gamble, of which 7 years in the beverages business, and is a graduate from the Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

• Career inflection points that got Christoph into supply chain
• How to integrate M&As from the supply chain lens
• A magic wand for supply chain improvement
• Culture Assessment in Refresco
• Hiring traits - soft skills and hard skills
• Advice for success in the supply chain

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Melanie Haas is the EVP of Supply Management at Rosenberger Group. Prior to Rosenberger, she brought an impressive 16-year experience at Continental AG, working in different countries and roles within supply chain and operations. Melanie is passionate about technologies serving supply chain, by integrating technology she not only enhances customer satisfaction but also massively drives up productivity. 

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

• Melanie’s unconventional Supply Chain journey
• Juggling career and family in a man’s industrial world
• Leading from the front: Melanie’s role in company growth
• The ERP Adventure: Melanie’s Roller Coaster ride in tech transformation
• Tomorrow’s Tools: Tech trends shaping the future of Supply Chain
• Beyond the Resume: What are the sought-after qualities in Supply Chain Talent

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Alexandre "Ale" Eboli is the Executive Vice President and Chief Supply Chain Officer for Conagra Brands. He has end-to-end supply chain responsibilities for the company, overseeing the manufacturing, procurement, environment, health and safety, plant quality, logistics, and transportation and warehousing teams.

Ale earned a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Michigan and a Bachelor of Science degree in Naval Engineering from São Paulo University. Ale serves on the board for Ardent Mills.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

• Passion in execution that led Ale to go back to supply chain
• Five core principles for a successful supply chain
• Key KPIs in Conagra 
• Stabilization of CPGs- identifying challenges and solving them
• Finding the right balance between sustainability initiatives and P&L
• Inspiring insights and thoughts to develop a career

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Michael Hansen was appointed Group President & Chief Executive Officer of Hempel in October 2022. 

Michael joined Hempel in May 2017 as Group Executive Vice President & Chief Commercial Officer, before becoming Executive Vice President of Energy & Infrastructure. He previously worked for 19 years at Maersk, one of the world’s largest shipping companies, where he most recently held the position of Vice President &  Global Head of Sales at Maersk Line.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

• What shaped Michael’s personal and professional growth
• How to make successful industry career transitions: leaving Maersk and joining Hempel
• Complexity as a strength in business relationships
• Seeking moral integrity and selfless leadership in hires
• Using reference checks and testing for self-awareness in hiring
• Advice for aspiring leaders: Balancing ambition with patience

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Patrick McGee is the FT’s San Francisco correspondent covering Apple and US technology. He was previously in Frankfurt, writing about the Volkswagen scandal and the challenge to German carmakers from electric vehicles and self-driving tech. He joined the Financial Times in 2013 to cover Asian markets from Hong Kong.

He was previously a bond reporter at the Wall Street Journal in New York. He has a Master's in Global Diplomacy from Soas, University of London, and a degree in religious studies from the University of Toronto.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

• How Patrick started writing about tech, specifically Apple
• Will AI be a driving force in what happens in the tech world?
• Biggest geopolitical challenges for Apple’s supply chain and manufacturing
• What will happen to Apple if the conflict between China and Taiwan continues
• The future of Apple’s supply chain

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On was born in the Swiss Alps with one goal: to transform the sensation of running. In 12 years, On has become a global sportswear brand, which continues to challenge "status quo", through innovation, commitment to performance and sustainability, and passion to inspire people to explore, move, and dream. During Jiahui’s 8 years at On, the company grew its global team from 40 to 2,000, went public in 2021, and achieved revenue growth of 60 times to 1.2B swiss francs in 2022.

Before On, Jiahui had NO experience in supply chain, except for one month of night shift in a chocolate factory, and one course during MBA at Harvard Business School. She was once an assistant brand manager for M&M’s in Beijing, a stock trader at Merrill Lynch in Singapore, and a strategy and private equity consultant at Bain based in New York. As a mother of 2 (soon to be 3) small kids, Jiahui lives in Switzerland with her Chinese-speaking Swiss husband, who is the CEO of a local retail and real estate company.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

• How did Jiahui make a fast track to be a COO of a listed company
• How does Jiahui manage family life with 2 kids and 3rd on the way, and a COO job in a competitive retail environment
• Maintaining a young and innovative culture that is "not corporate but still corporate"
• Promoting diversity to the team 
• Advice to young talents - three qualities

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Loay Mashabi has been the Deputy Minister for Logistics Services at the Ministry of Transport and Logistics Services since April 2021. He has also been a board member of Saudia Cargo since August 2021 and a board member of Saudi Exports from June 2021.

Prior to his current position, Mashabi was the deputy governor for planning and development at Saudi Customs from September 2019 to March 2021. He served as the Chief Operating Officer of the Al-Soudah Development project, later known as Al-Soudah Development Co., at the Public Investment Fund, the sovereign wealth fund of Saudi Arabia, from February 2019 to August 2019.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

• Navigating a career both in the public and private sectors
• Regulatory, economic policies, and infrastructure point of view
• Saudi Arabia Vision for 2030 – working closely with neighboring countries
• Why should companies invest in Saudi Arabia
• Initiatives in developing talents in the logistics sector

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Marika Lindstrom is currently the Head of Indirect Materials and Services Procurement at Philip Morris. She has 25 years of procurement and supply chain experience in consumer electronics and FMCGs with companies such as Unilever and Nokia. She's very passionate about sustainability and driving procurement integration with businesses to deliver growth, value, and innovation.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

• Marika’s international career journey in supply chain
• A balance between managing people and achieving KPIs
• Some challenging and rewarding moments 
• The future of procurement and trends- sustainability and digitization

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John Manners-Bell is the Chief Executive of Transport Intelligence, one of the leading market research companies specializing in the transport and logistics industry. He is also the Founder of the Foundation for Future Supply Chain, where he and his team deal with a couple of topics related to different manufacturing companies, how they operate, and how they send their footprints around the world, and global supply chains in general.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

• Early years in logistics and transportation up to running Transport Intelligence
• Deglobalization and the challenges it brings to global supply chains
• How regionalization will affect raw materials and shipping lines
• Addressing fundamental issues in the sector to attract more female talents
• Automation in the logistics and transportation space

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