Professor for Supply Chain Management at the SRH University Berlin since 2021. Supply Chain implementation and strategy consulting work at PRTM (director) and BESTgroup (managing director) for over 25 years in automotive, high-tech, chemical, pharmaceutical and capital equipment industries. Head of the Kiel plant of AEG for low voltage switch gear, project manager at AEG Frankfurt for operations projects, managing director of BOGEN Electronic GmbH. Work in operations management at WZL RWTH Aachen and study of mechanical engineering at RWTH Aachen.

Aristides is a Professor of Supply Chain Design at Cranfield University and also Visiting Professor at the University of Lille (France) and at the Vietnam Maritime University. Previously, he was Associate Professor and Head of the Engineering Systems & Supply Chain Management at Aston University. His research focuses on topic of Design for Supply Chain/Logistics looking at to how to design the supply chain based on strategic and logistical assessments. He has been involved in several research (FP6, FP7, Horizon 2020, ERDF) and consulting projects as a freelance consultant particularly in manufacturing, automotive, food, and healthcare. In 2019 he was appointed a Royal Society Short Industry Fellow to collaborate with Williams Advanced Engineering a world-class technical innovation, engineering and specialist low volume manufacturing services provider to develop a tool for the automotive industry to assess suppliers’ ability to upscale production in order to raise the competitiveness of suppliers in the UK. Aristides’ industrial research collaborators include also Rolls-Royce, Jaguar Land Rover, Saietta Group, MCT Reman, Microcab, Goodfloo, Marks & Spencer, AB Vassilopoulos, and many SMEs.

Volker Schmitz has been working for HP for more than 28 years. During that time he has held several leadership positions within HP such as Director Supply Chain Development and Director Supply Chain Operation within the EMEA region. He served for more than 5 years as the Vice-President of EMEA Supply Chain before taking on the role of Global Head of Logistics. In 2020 Volker was promoted to become the Senior Vice-President - Global Head of Supply Chain Operations at HP. In this role he has global responsibility for Supply Chain Operations for HP’s computing, printer and supplies business with more than 60B$ revenues. He oversees a team of more than 1800 employees spread across all continents. In addition he is the lead of the supply chain sustainability impact team driving sustainability within the SC forward at HP.

A PhD in Sustainable and Green Supply Chain Management, Dr Nandu had pursued a bachelor’s in mechanical engineering (BE) and master’s in international business (MBA) from Coventry University. His research interests are aligned with Circular Economy, Sustainability in Supply chains, SC improvements and application of CSR at the bottom of the pyramid especially in emerging economies. A member of the British Association of Management (BAM), Nandu also holds an associate fellowship with the Higher Education Academy, UK (HEA) and is graded as an Expert in Supply Chain Management (EIoSCM) by the Institute of Supply Chain Management.

Study: Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen (Industrial Engineering) at TU Darmstadt
Professional Career:
1995: Start as management Trainee at BOSCH Group
From 1997 – 2016 in various leading positions in Purchasing in Germany and Mexico
From 2016 till today VP Corporate Supply Chain Management - Inbound