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Guests

At SupplyChainTalk we are working hard to ensure that the voices you see at our events and shows are diverse aiming to showcase the best talent in the industry from male, female as well as from BAME communities. We know that there is a long way to go in this regard but we are committed to playing our part in increasing diversity.

Jay Koganti

Jay Koganti

Vice President Supply Chain COE, The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. 

Jay has more than 24 years of experience in leading and transforming complex Supply Chains. His core focus remains in developing global supply chain strategies, solving complex Supply Chain problems by leveraging the cutting-edge Technology Innovations with Process excellence and a value creation mindset.

Jay is a highly motivated Supply Chain transformation and operational Leader with experience in Consumer Goods Supply Chains. Including 12 years in leading Supply Chain planning, Distribution, Integrated Business Planning, Supply Chain Analytics & Intelligence, and execution transformations for fortune 100 companies, eight years in tier-one consulting firms in building Supply Chain strategy, Process and Business transformation consulting, and six years of operational experience in procurement, Inventory management and shop floor supervision.

Jay worked and transitioned back and forth between consulting and Industry to deepen his practitioner’s mindset during his career.

In his current role, Jay leads End to End planning Transformation for Estee Lauder companies to create a next-generation Enterprise planning capabilities and Operating model to support the growth and value creation. Jay spent the last 13 years with Estee Lauder companies in various Supply Chain Transform and operational roles. In his previous consulting role, Jay worked with Deloitte Consulting for four years as Senior Manager in their NYC consulting practice focusing on Consumer Business enterprises.

Jay has a BS in Metallurgical Engineering and APICS certified, and attended multiple Executive Education programs.

On the Personal front, Living and working in Asia, Europe, and North America enabled Jay to appreciate the complexity of Global Supply Chain Ecosystems deeply and thrive in diverse cultural settings, and appreciation for simplicity behind the ever-complex world, the Interdependency of Global Ecosystems, and the oneness of diverse cultures and traditions.

In Jay’s spare time, Besides being an avid reader about changing technologies and ancient wisdom cultures, He dabbles in writing about spiritual reckoning. Advocates technology to improve the state of affairs in the Supply Chains and global ecological systems and strive to cultivate mindful living by practicing the contemplative traditions of yoga and meditation.

Mike Ford

Mike Ford

Global Lead EHS and Sustainability, Avetta

Mike Ford is the Global Lead for Sustainability and EHS for Avetta, a provider of supply chain risk and due diligence programmes. Responsible for assisting global business to integrate supplier evaluation and safety/sustainability-based risk programmes to address compliance and ethical sourcing solutions in developed and emerging economies. He has extensive experience in the ethical sourcing and safety arena having developed programmes for many of the world’s largest brands.

Mike has a Master’s degree in Occupational Health and Safety Management and a Master’s degree in Procurement and Supply Chain management, he is a Chartered Safety Practitioner, a Fellow of the International Institute of Risk and Safety Management and member of Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply.

Adam Smith

Adam Smith

Director, ADS Procurement & Supply Chain Limited

Over 25 years procurement and supply chain experience across various industries including aerospace, technical ceramics, white goods, and offshore technology.

Founder of www.adsprocurement.co.uk

Patrick Haex

Patrick Haex

Managing Partner and Global Head Supply Chain Solutions , BCI Global

Recognized End to end Supply chain and Operations leader with over 20 years of experience and truly International/ World wide experience.
Worked in Europe, Middle East, Russia/CIS, Africa, US and APAC.
Specialized in Go to market strategy and value chain development, end to end network optimization, Sales & Operations Planning, Insourcing/Outsourcing, Transportation & Logistics Procurement, supply chain analytics, Center of Excellence Development, Control Towers and Supply chain Transformation.
Worked across many different Industry verticals including Healthcare ((bio)Pharma/Medical devices), Fast Moving Consumer Goods, E-commerce, Lifestyle, Industrial & Spare parts and Chemicals.

Key personal attributes: High energy level, passionate to deliver results that stick, strong conceptual and analytical skills; pragmatism, entrepreneur

Worked for more than half of Gartner’s top 25 supply chain companies across the globe including Amazon, P&G, Unilever, J&J, ExxonMobil, Samsung, Pfizer, ABB, Ikea, Abbott to name a few.

Mel Jones

Mel Jones

Supply Chain Development Director, Fennovoima

I am a dynamic and highly experienced senior programme and commercial director, with over 25 years’ experience in nuclear and non-nuclear capital programmes. I have strong leadership skills and have a vast range of experience in the development of client project portfolios, creating detailed business strategies and programme delivery of complex decommissioning projects along with expertise of developing complex commercial models to support decommissioning, new build and, operational nuclear projects.

I am the Supply Chain Director at Fennovoima Nuclear Power Plant, new build and based in Helsinki.
Steering Group Member of the @WalesNuclearForum

Hani Al Saigh

Hani AlSaigh

General Manager, Technology Procurement , Saudi Telecoms Company (STC)

Hani AlSaigh is an award winning executive at stc, the biggest ICT company in the Middle East where he looks after all technology sourcing with a yearly spend of 10-15 BSAR. He started his journey as an Electrical Engineering Graduate from KSU, and is an MCIPS certified Procurement Professional, with 23 years’ experience with global brands including Lucent Technology and stc.

Hani is on the Board of a number of companies and a member of various committees including audit. He is passionate about improving the maturity of Procurement & Supply Chain across the region and support Saudi Vision 2030 with digitalisation and building local content in the Kingdom. Along his journey Hani has led large transformations in procurement, agile, digital culture change and organisation health, leading to 5 major awards and multiple shortlists and commendations.

Hani is a speaker in Procurement, Supply Chain and Technology Innovation and takes part regularly at events, roundtables and panels across the world on thought leadership including Mobile World Congress, TM Forum, Procurement Leaders, CIPS, EIPM and regional events.

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