Gabriel is an accomplished Procurement and Supply Chain professional with over 15 years of experience in the Automotive sector and more than a decade in regional and global leadership positions. Currently serving as the Commodity Procurement Director at GKN Automotive, Gabriel oversees Transport and Logistics Procurement on a global scale. His extensive background in Supply Chain and Logistics has been instrumental in supporting strategic decisions within this role. Additionally, Gabriel leads the global Commodity for CapEx across GKN Automotive. Gabriel's expertise lies in Procurement and Supply Chain, with a particular emphasis on strategy, process and cost optimizations, external relationship management, and execution to achieve best-in-class operations. In recent years, he has placed a high priority on Sustainable Procurement and transformation activities, focusing on end-to-end process improvements.

Anouck Arnaud has led Mercedes-Benz Group’s global logistics since May 2022, with responsibility across the company’s supply chain for cars and vans, including six departments that cover inbound logistics, vehicle logistics, international supply and carrier management. She is playing an active role in leading the carmaker’s strategies for reducing emissions across logistics, and in digitalising more processes. Anouck Arnaud has been with Mercedes-Benz for many years in various purchasing and logistics role, including responsibility for procurement of contract logistics, as well as demand and capacity management for suppliers.

Since summer 2023, Jean-Christophe (JC) Deville has been vice-president of supply chain for Toyota across Europe, responsible for inbound, vehicle logistics and service parts logistics, along with production control and supply chain planning and engineering processes, as well as digitalisation strategy across TME. JC was previously responsible for production parts and vehicle logistics, and he led vehicle logistics for the carmaker since 2021, taking the reins at a time of strong sales growth for Toyota. JC started his career in the mid 1990s at an automotive Tier-1 supplier, with positions in Europe and China. He joined Toyota in 1999, holding positions in purchasing, product planning and manufacturing. He strives to bring Toyota lean manufacturing methods across supply chain and logistics and to make the supply chain a competitive differentiator for Toyota.

Sabine is an experienced logistics leader, with more than 20 years of service across various logistics roles and departments at Ford Europe. In 2022 she became Manager, Inbound Logistics Operations, and is responsible for inbound material flow for all European plants under costs, sustainability, digitalization, and collaboration objectives. Prior to this, she has overseen strategy development and operational implementation of Ford’s Total Logistics Costs Management & MP&L Sustainability, Overseas Business Logistics, and MP&L operations for Ford’s Engine Plant Cologne. She graduated from the University of Paderborn with a Masters in Business Studies.

Sonia Santos has been at Bosch for the last 25 years, having worked in 2 countries and 5 locations. She has been in leadership roles for the last 22 years as Group leader, Director, Plant manager, Member of Business Unit and Board of management. Her main areas of expertise is in supply chain management taking a holistic approach to logistics, manufacturing and controlling.
She has an entrepreneurial attitude, a positive leadership style that involves and energizes all associates (authentic/genuine, empathy and recognition) even when delivering difficult messages and taking unpopular decisions.
She has a demonstrable experience of supporting controversial debates, respecting different opinions, not afraid to end them / change perspective and move on. She is particularly keen on diversity and international culture, being as she is a Portuguese female leader in Germany.

Robert Gammon is responsible for Aston Martin’s operations planning, playing a key role in helping to build up integrated, data-driven operation across planning, supply and capacity forecasting and vehicle logistics as the sports carmaker prepares to launch new models and ramp up production. He has been with Aston Martin since September 2022, and has worked in supply chain and systems roles for more than 25 years, including 23 years at chemicals producer Johnson Matthey, where he was supply chain director. Gammon has an MsC in integrated management systems from the University of Birmingham in the UK.

As an entrepreneur, Dr. Stefan Kremsner has been responsible for the development of industrial projects around algorithms & software for optimization, data analytics and blockchain applications since 2010 and led research teams around artificial intelligence and stochastic optimization. As a lecturer, speaker and networker, Dr. Kremsner brings modern mathematical research into industrial applications and operational processes. Together with Dr. Stefan Lendl, the two mathematicians from Graz founded the startup "s2 data & algorithms GmbH" out of an exciting transport optimization project of an automotive supplier in 2020. Dr. Kremsner studied at the Graz University of Technology and holds a PhD in mathematics from the Karl-Franzens University of Graz, specializing in stochastic optimization and machine learning for high-dimensional problems. Dr. Kremsner is still an active researcher and lecturer in mathematics in addition to his work as managing director of s2.

Fabio Castello is an accomplished Chief Logistics Officer with over 30 years of experience in the industry. Throughout his career, Fabio has led cross-functional teams across multiple geographies, driving efficiency and cost savings in complex supply chains. At Scania, Fabio developed his expertise in forecasting management, order and material control, logistics development, material planning, material handling, packaging, inbound and outbound. As a visionary leader, Fabio has built and led high-performing logistics teams. He has a keen understanding of the importance of cross-functional collaboration and has a track record of successfully leading international logistics operations across multiple geographies. Fabio holds an MSc degree in Automotive Engineering and an MBA. As a Chief Logistics Officer at Traton, Fabio continues to be a driving force in the automotive industry, dedicated to enhancing logistics efficiency and driving business growth for all brands in the group: Scania, MAN, Navistar and VW Truck & Bus.

Adam is an experienced Sales & Marketing Director with a career spanning over 15 years with over 10 years in supply chain globally. With a focus on supply chain reliance and managing accelerated growth within organisations Adam and Unipart are ideally situated to present to us today on how they can help in leading the way in the industry and how they could potentially help with the volatile situations we face and especially in global supply chain.

Gabriel Werner is Global Field CTO at Blue Yonder. He is an expert in supply chain management, automation and artificial intelligence in the supply chain. With his team, he covers the entire value chain in supply chain management, from planning to control. Gabriel Werner helps customers from industrial manufacturing and logistics to digitize their supply chains.  Prior to his currently role, he held the position as Vice President Manufacturing for the DACH Region and Vice President of Solutions Advisory for Blue Yonder in the EMEA region.     He joined Blue Yonder in April 2011 as a senior solutions advisor helping companies improve their supply chain performance through the use of technology. He progressed through various roles and was promoted to vice president in 2018. Prior to joining Blue Yonder, he was a senior business consultant for Infor.       When asked about his business philosophy, Gabriel likes to say: “Do it by the book but be the author.” Gabriel believes the time invested in deeply understanding a customer’s needs yields the highest return. That is why he and his team take the time to really understand the issues facing a customer before recommending solutions to solve those needs. It’s that attitude that earned him an invite to Blue Yonder’s annual reward trip for sales and those making an impact on sales called Club, in 2015 and again in 2020.      Gabriel has a Diplom degree (Dipl. Wirtsch.-Ing. – a five-year degree similar to a master’s level) in industrial engineering from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Karlsruhe, Germany. He is a member of the nonprofit association BVL (Bundesvereinigung Logistik), which aims to promote an awareness for the importance of logistics and supply chain management in industry, science and the public sphere.    Gabriel lives in Munich, Germany, with his wife and their two children). During his free time, he enjoys fly fishing and creating the perfect barbecued meal.  

Thomas joined CNW in 2021, bringing with him four decades of experience in international logistics. He has previously worked at prominent freight forwarding companies, such as Panalpina, UTi, Geodis, and Kerry Logistics. His roles have spanned worldwide, but he has recently re-settled in Frankfurt. At CNW, Thomas is in charge of the EMEA region, using his vast knowledge to lead the operations, sales, and account management teams in the area. He has always had a passion for aviation and air cargo. And, outside of the office, Thomas enjoys vintage cars and motorsports.

Julian Schulcz is Chief Operating Officer at 4flow and is responsible for 4flow management worldwide. He has been with the company since 2004, starting at 4flow consulting, where he gained several years of consulting expertise. In 2010, he began to build up 4flow’s 4PL business and, with his team at 4flow management, has created a global business that sets new standards in the 4PL industry. Under Julian’s leadership, 4flow management has achieved an average growth rate of approximately 25% per year.

Henner Lehne is vice president of Global Vehicle Forecasting for the Automotive team at S&P Global Mobility (formerly IHS Markit). He manages the global vehicle sales and production forecast services and leads an experienced analyst team in each of the world's key automotive regions. Since December 2011, he has also managed the global vehicle production team. He first joined in 2005 in what was then CSM Worldwide, and became global director for the vehicle sales forecast service in 2008, a position he maintained after the merger of CSM and Global Insight, which later became part of IHS Markit. He previously worked in the central marketing department at Porsche in Stuttgart, Germany. Henner Lehne holds a degree in international business and marketing from Fontys University of Professional Education in the Netherlands.

Richard Hankinson has spent over 30 years working for Unipart to optimise supply chains with extensive experience of working with premium brands in the automotive sector across both aftermarket and production logistics. This has included a broad range of senior operational and customer facing leadership roles in the UK, Europe and the US. A highly experienced automotive professional, his current role is leading Unipart Logistics’ global automotive strategy and business development activities. More recently this has been focused on transformative technologies and trends, including electrification, mobility, supply chain resilience, digitisation and sustainability. A particular passion is the rising challenge that electrification brings for the automotive aftermarket across the full lifecycle of EV batteries.

Rodney Salmon is an industry-recognised leading expert in automotive packing. He is a business leader and business development director with extensive expertise gained in strategy, risk, finance and technology as well as an in-depth understanding of multiple business models across diverse cultural markets including Europe, China, US, USA and Turkey. He is subject matter expert in the packaging industry, specialising in the automotive and fresh produce sectors.

Andreea Serbu joined ECG – The Association of European Vehicle Logistics in 2019. Before that, she graduated in International Relations at the Ca’ Foscari University in Venice and moved to Brussels for a traineeship at the Council of the European Union. At ECG, she started as Research and Projects Manager managing joint working groups between ECG Members and car manufacturers on topics such as capacity, health and safety and sustainability and was responsible for the organisation of some ECG events like the Eastern Regional and the ECG Academy Alumni meetings. Since May 2022, Andreea is Senior Manager External Affairs and focusses on fostering the association's relations with members, partners and the industry while staying responsible for the sustainability working group and its main project on standardisation of emissions reporting and calculation in automotive supply chains.