Emer has +20 years of experience in the pharma industry across manufacturing, engineering, operational excellence, and supply chain. Her experience in operational excellence saw her gain extensive experience in value stream improvement of global products, project coaching, training delivery, and support for lean transformation. Furthermore, in product portfolio management she was responsible for strategic supply chain design and identified and executed cross-functional, strategic projects.

She has been with Pfizer for over 20 years in various roles. And in her current role for close to 2.5 years as Vice President Internal Medicine Global Supply Chain.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

• Her own career from a chemical engineer to lean and ops excellence and now to the world of supply chain
• Examples of how Pfizer manages their Internal Medicine division, with 400 products and 9000 unique SKUs
• What keeps Emer up at night
• What skills are most needed
• Best career advice that she received (it does link to stop the overthinking)

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Radu Palamariu was interviewed by Boris Felgendreher on Logistics Tribe. On the topic of how to leverage social media, build your personal brand and advance your career in logistics and SCM

The Logistics Tribe is a weekly podcast about the world of global logistics and supply chain management.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

• How COVID-19 affected hiring and executive search in general
• Bringing more stories to life regarding the supply chain industry and its contribution
• How to tell your story in a way that people can really understand
• Leveraging LinkedIn and other social media networks
• How being active on social media helps in finding the right talent for a role
• Importance of building relationships and talking to clients

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Pilar Madrigal is the Head of Investment Advisory, at the Costa Rican Investment Promotion Agency (CINDE). She joined CINDE in 1998 and during her 20-year career at CINDE, she has been instrumental in leading the organization's international promotion efforts. In her current role, she is responsible for developing strategies, activities and programs to promote foreign direct investment into Costa Rica as well as overseeing the long-term growth of the companies already established in the country.

Prior to joining CINDE, Pilar was appointed as Third Secretary to the United Nations, It was during that period that Costa Rica held both the Presidency of the Group of the 77 (G-77) and of the United Nations Security Council.

Pilar studied marketing at the Universidad Internacional de las Américas.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

• Restoring activities and trends in manufacturing and supply chains
• Talent and how to develop the right skills to cater to the companies needs
• Sustainability and how Costa Rica is 99% operating on renewable energy (key point for companies investing)
• Trade dynamics across USA, Europe. LATAM and Asia

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Across his long career, he worked for many years for Panalpina, where he served as CEO for 8 years. Subsequently, he served across a few executive roles in CEVA Logistics, and then as global COO of DKSH. Currently, he is the COO of Lonhro, as well as sits on the boards of Scan Global Logistics, Bertschi AG, e2log, and Global Airlift Solutions.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

• Will A.P. Moller - Maersk and CMA CGM succeed in the one-stop-shop strategy?
• Why we live on credit after the lengthy COVID19 situation and impact on staff morale
• Key mistake most companies make: forget to ask the customer what they want!
• What makes a great leader? (Bruno answer may surprise you)
• Digital freight forwarders vs traditional - is it either or/and and
• Mergers and Acquisitions - where will this lead in the next years?

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 Andreu Marco, Global Supply Chain Executive and Former Global SVP SCM for Burberry. Andreu was one of the pioneers of implementing omnichannel strategies and helped Burberry become the leading luxury brand in omnichannel sales. He has had a long career having also worked for Inditex, one other of the industry giants 

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

• Why the key to any transformation is change management and how Burberry did it to break siloes more than 100 years old
• Remember, it is always about the CUSTOMER first – the role of supply chain is to minimize friction from the product reaching the customer
• How to use technology to assist the change
• Why Inditex years were key for Andreu Marco journey
• Role of 3PLs and why without a “marriage” approach any relationship will fail
• Education in supply chain and what is currently missing
• Sustainability in packaging and last mile

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Hussein is a Public and Private sector leader with more than 20 years of experience in the service and logistics industry. In his experience includes UPS where he served as the Managing Director for the Middle East. Prior to joining UPS, Hussein served as a full-time Advisor to the Federal Government at the UAE's Prime Minister's Office, and before that he used to Lead Aramex International in the Gulf region, where he spent almost 17 years of his career.

Currently, Hussein is the CEO of Fetchr. Fetchr is an international express, mail delivery, and logistics services company. It helps local merchants and global brands build, launch, and grow profitable eCommerce businesses with an easy-to-use proprietary shipping and logistics solution.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

• Changing roles across private, government, and startups
• The future of e-commerce, returns, and how to balance sustainability
• Why he is active on social media and the impact it has on his company and his personal connections
• How to get unintended celebrity status using LinkedIn

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In this episode, we have Sune Stilling and Peter Hove Hildebrandt as our guests.

Sune Stilling is the Co-founder of Project Aviato, an independent investment fund to support companies with ideas in transport and logistics. Prior to joining Project Aviato, Sune led Maersk's investment arm Maersk Growth since 2017 and reporting directly to the Group CEO Søren Skou. Maersk is one of the world’s leading transport and logistics companies. Also, the largest container ship and supply vessel operator in the world, controlling ~ 20% of seaborne consumer goods — from apparel through autos. 

Peter Hove Hildebrandt is the Co-founder of Project Aviato, an independent investment fund to support companies with ideas in transport and logistics. Prior to Project Aviato, he joined Maersk in 2005, and in 2020 he became the Head of Transportation. Peter is responsible for leading and driving the digital transformation of the Maersk Ocean & Logistics business. Maersk is an integrated container logistics company working to connect and simplify its customers’ supply chains. As the global leader in shipping services, the company operates in 130 countries.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

• How to spot a million-dollar startup
• The key skills that most start-up founders miss (SALES, FINANCIALS, SALES!)
• How not to screw up investments
• Where the supply chain and logistics industry is heading in next years
• Why Rune Sørensen is the best asset any company could hope for
• How they filter good startups to invest in

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Benjamin Gordon is the founder and Managing Partner of Cambridge Capital, a West Palm Beach-based investor in leading transportation, logistics, and supply chain technology companies.

At Cambridge Capital, Benjamin seeks to invest in high-growth companies in supply chain. Examples include Grand Junction (sold to Target), XPO, Bringg, and others. Cambridge adds value through operating expertise, M&A, and CEO relationships in supply chain.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

• Benjamin journey in logistics, how he pitched his grandfather, and why he was rejected
• His first start-up and most expensive mistakes
• The 4 things he looks at to evaluate startups
• How to spot a good deal in investment banking
• How will the 3PL industry look like in 10 years

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Colin co-authored the book, "Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon," which is a first-person account of how Amazon created and implemented the principles and processes that have made it successful. He takes you in the room and shows how these principles and practices were used to create four key Amazon business: Kindle, Amazon Prime, Prime Video, and Amazon Web Services. We provide practical steps for applying them in your own organization, large or small. He also is the co-founder of Working Backwards where he helps companies learn how to work backward.

Prior roles include 12 years at Amazon, with roles from Vice President at Amazon, two years as Technical Advisor to Jeff Bezos, COO at IMDb, and COO at Singapore-based RedMart.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

• How did the 14 leadership principles of Amazon come about
• Amazon’s hiring process - bar raiser process
• The organization that moves faster will innovate more - Single-threaded leadership principle 
• The best way to fail at inventing something is to make it someone's part-time job
• Handling customer experience and fulfillment - Amazon’s backward process

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Alcott Global hosted a webinar entitled, "Preparing for COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution in APAC." Von Vanmolkot, Daniel Chee Chung Wong, Michael Culme-Seymour, and Lim Ching Kiat joined us as panelists.

Some of the main topics discussed in the webinar:

• How are the key supply chain players preparing for the vaccine distribution
• Biggest challenges ahead
• What are the biggest unknowns so far and how can we mitigate them
• How will the APAC region solve the distribution challenges

Panelist: 

• Von Vanmolkot - EVP Distribution and Client Services, Zuellig Pharma​
• Daniel Chee Chung Wong - Vice President, Strategy, Planning & Engineering, SATS
• Michael Culme-Seymour - Advisor, World Health Organization
•  Lim Ching Kiat - Managing Director, Air Hub Development Changi Airport Group

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