Speakers & Panelists

Phil Roe, President, Logistics UK

Phil joined Logistics UK as President in April 2022 after 5 years as a non-executive Director. Prior to joining he was a board Director at DHL Supply Chain which was the culmination of his 35 year career with DHL and XPO. He is also a non-executive Director and trustee at the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

Phil has substantial experience of supply chain leadership across multiple customers, sectors and geographies, with 35 years’ experience in a variety of senior leadership roles within operations and functional areas. These include Managing Director, Chief Operations Officer and  Chief Customer Officer and Strategy Director.

Nusrat Ghani, Minister of State, Department for Business and Trade

Nusrat Ghani MP, Minister of State at the Department for Business and Trade, Minister of State for the Investment Security Unit, and Minister for Industry and Economic Security
 
Nusrat Ghani was appointed Minister of State at the Department for Business and Trade and Minister of State responsible for the Investment Security Unit at the Cabinet Office in February 2023. She is responsible for global supply chains, economic security, maritime and advanced manufacturing, amongst other policy areas. With these roles, Nusrat Ghani led the development of the world’s first Critical Imports and Supply Chains Strategy, which sets out priority actions for building resilient supply chains.   
 
Prior to the formation of the Department for Business and Trade she was Minister of State at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (October 2022 – February 2023). Previously she was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Transport, covering maritime amongst other areas (January 2018 – February 2020). Before that, Nusrat Ghani was a Government Whip.   
 
Nusrat Ghani was elected as MP for Wealden at the 2015 general election. Before beginning her career in politics, she worked for the charities Age UK and Breakthrough Breast Cancer, and later for the BBC World Service.

James Hookham, Director, Global Shippers Forum

James Hookham is the Secretary General and a Director of the Global Shippers Forum, the voice of cargo owners in international supply chains. He is a graduate in Environmental Science from the University of Bradford and completed a Masters degree in the safe transport of dangerous goods at the University of Manchester. Until 2020 James was Deputy Chief Executive of the Freight Transport Association (now Logistics UK) and has held numerous positions on UK, EU and global transport and logistics advisory bodies. 

Darren Briggs, Director - Consulting, ARUP 

Darren is the ARUP global logistics and freight leader.  A director with 30 years’ experience across all modes of transport, he has developed the freight strategies for central government, such as Dubai and Ireland, local government, such as London and Paris, and worked with a wide range of private sector organisations to help them improve and decarbonise their logistics operations, including construction activities, retailers, manufacturers and logistics operators.  He has led and delivered projects across the world and brings an international understanding of the freight sector and best practice.      

Tim Lawrence, Director of Digital Supply Chain, Digital Catapult

Tim is Director of Digital Supply Chain at Digital Catapult leading a £30m programme to build a Digital Supply Chain Hub to accelerating digital innovation in Supply Chains.  

Tim has extensive experience in improving global supply chains working within the Automotive, Consumer Goods, Aerospace, Defence, Construction, Life Science and Industrial Sectors. His experience includes 25 years in consultancy, leading companies to deliver transformation in supply chains from strategy to performance improvement and digital. 

An inspirational thought leader, Tim develops leading insights into global supply chain management and digital and speaks on these topics at conference platforms across Europe.

Stewart Room, Partner, DWF LLP

Stewart Room is a partner at DWF LLP, where he is the global leader of the multidisciplinary data protection and cyber security practice, as well as the technology, media and communications sector leader. With over 30 years of experience as a barrister, solicitor and management consultant he focuses on data, technology and communications.  

Room is rated as one of the UK’s leading data protection lawyers. The legal directory, Chambers UK, says he ‘is the kind of lawyer who inspires confidence’ and ‘he is an excellent, first-rate, tactical lawyer’.  

He is a member of the Cyber Resilience Centre for London's Advisory Board, a member of the European Data Protection Board's support pool of experts, a founding director of The Cyber Security Challenge UK, the president of the National Association of Data Protection Officers and a past winner of the Financial Times ‘Legal Innovative Lawyer of the Year’ award.  Room has authored and co-authored a number of leading textbooks in his field. 

Ines Sordo, Sustainability Manager, Wickes 

Ines Sordo is Sustainability Manager at Wickes where she leads on whole footprint decarbonisation, including their logistics operation. She combines an eye to the future with a real-world practical approach informed by her experience working with companies of varied sizes. 

Previously she worked in sustainability at the John Lewis Partnership and Business in the Community, the prince’s charity supporting and inspiring responsible businesses across the UK.

She is passionate about sustainability education and developing flexible approaches that support every business in the UK to drive toward a Net Zero future.

Scott Merrick, Product Director - Automation & Robotics, Wincanton

Scott became Product Director, Automation & Robotics, at Wincanton in January 2023 and is focused on ensuring our products are deployed rapidly and at scale for our customers. He was previously Chief Information Officer at Cygnia Logistics for 17 years, where he led an agile and rapid capability for customers. Wincanton acquired Cygnia in 2021. Scott was the driving force behind the recent successful implementation of Wincanton’s Automated Mobile Robotics shared user solution at Cygnia’s high-volume eFulfilment facility. 

Dr Alok Choudhray, Professor of Supply Chain Management at WMG, Warwick University

Dr Alok Choudhary is a Professor of Supply Chain Management and the Head of Supply Chain Group at WMG, University of Warwick. His research has engaged industries from various sectors and tackled challenges related to sustainability (ESG, net-zero and circular economy), resilience and digital transformation in supply chain and logistics. Alok's research has delivered significant impacts on businesses, policymakers and society. He has influenced policy for the region in key growth areas, including supply chain, advanced logistics and low carbon. He has led several national and multi-national large-scale projects funded by the EU (EuropeAid, FP7, H2020), UKRI, HVM Catapult, Digital Catapult and British Council. He has authored/co-authored over 110 research publications. Recently, Alok served as a panel member of REF2021 Subpanel as a supply chain management expert. Before this role, Alok was a Professor of supply chain management at Loughborough University and a Director of the Logistics and Supply Chain Programme at The University of Sheffield.

James Doyle, Managing Partner, Boston Warwick

With roots in aviation and over two decades of experience leading, scaling, and optimizing global supply chains, James is both passionate and proficient in globalization, international trade, supply chains and their impact on businesses and inter-country relationships. 

We are privileged and proud to have worked alongside some of the world’s leading brands and nations, including:Emirates, Marks & Spencer, FedEx, Nespresso, Virgin Media, PWC, Bain, BCG, McKinsey and Private Equity organizations across the UK, EMEA and USA.

Paul Brooks FCILT, FIOD, Founder, Go Further Consulting

Paul is a sales leader with more than 25 years board level experience. His career has spanned over 35 years in retail, automotive, technology and logistics sectors. In founding Go Further, the sales performance specialist, Paul now supports the development of leading propositions in logistics, software and services markets.

Paul is an acknowledged expert in deal qualification and deal shaping with over £1Bn of deals completed. Paul has a track record in building and developing sales capability across organisations and in many different countries and cultures. He is a sought-after consulting partner and international conference speaker on topics such as supply chain innovation, relationship development, customer solution building and the presentation of winning propositions.

Paul was Chairman of CILT UK (2007-2011) and President of CILT International (2015-2016). He has been a passionate advocate of learning and development in global supply chain roles for the 30+ years he has been involved directly with The Chartered Institute.  Paul holds a degree in Mathematics and Management from The University of Hull and an MBA from Kingston Business School, he is a Fellow of the Institute of Directors.

Richard Tucker, Director of New Business Development - Supply Chain, Endava

Billy Dawson, Business Manager, CNS

Matthew White, Product Manager, CNS

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