Alessandro is the CIO (Chief Information Officer) for Merck Healthcare, the group’s pharmaceutical division that accounts for more than 40% of the total Merck revenues. The role consists in leading the overall Information Technology operations and projects across R&D, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Marketing and Sales functions. His mission encompasses the need for efficiently partnering with the business in order to deliver a reliable, state of the art, and highly adaptable Technology Solutions and Service providing Merck with a sustainable competitive advantage. In 2017 and 2018, he has been interviewed by several newspapers (WSJ, Huffington Post, Pharma Executive, CIO Journal, Diginomica) for his work on “Self Driving Supply Chains”. In 2016, he has been elected “The Inspirational Leader of the Year” within the Merck BioPharma division. In 2015, he has been awarded the Nr 1 Pharma “Most Influential Supply Chain Executive in Europe” (among the top 5 across all industries) by the SCM magazine. Previously, he has been responsible for the Merck Healthcare Supply Chain operations including E2E planning, physical distribution & warehousing. Prior to Merck, Alessandro worked in Procter & Gamble (FMCG’s industry) for 20 years holding positions across Innovation, Manufacturing, Engineering and Supply Chain Management. He has operated in countries such as China, Russia, South Africa and several Eastern European countries and has been based in Italy, Belgium, Switzerland and Spain.

Alexander Koesling, Director of Supply Chain Management, has been responsible for the worldwide logistics of Mercedes-Benz Cars since the beginning of April 2014. In his more than 30-year career at Daimler AG, he was responsible for management positions in a wide variety of areas. After graduating from the University of Stuttgart with a degree in technically oriented business administration, Alexander Koesling began his career as assistant manager for corporate planning and controlling in 1988. After his first position, he took over the management of organizational development and, from 1993 on he was responsible for the controlling department of Mercedes-Benz passenger cars. In 1998, he became center manager for the strategy of Mercedes-Benz Cars and smart and 2 years later, he started leading the center smart's B-Segment Program Management and smart forfour. Before taking over the responsibility in logistics, he was head of the center Product Cost Engineering. In 2014, he finally united the global logistics of Mercedes-Benz Cars as director.