Mr Habben Jansen began his career at Royal Nedlloyd before joining Danzas, the Swiss logistics firm, which merged with DHL in 1999. He was Head of Global Customer Solutions at DHL from 2006 until joining Damco as Chief Executive Officer in 2009, leaving in 2014 to join Hapag-Lloyd. He is a Dutch citizen and graduated from Rotterdam’s Erasmus University in 1991 with a degree in Economics.

Kenni Skotte has been with Maersk since 2004 and was appointed Head of Ocean Network Product in February 2023.

Prior to this he has held different commercial and operational leadership roles in Africa, USA and in Denmark. Most recently, he was Vice President & Head of Network & Market, North-South (2020-2023)

He holds a degree from Copenhagen Business School, within Business Administration / Management Accounting and Process Management.

He is married and has 3 children.

Patrik Berglund is the CEO and Co-Founder of Oslo-based Xeneta, the leading ocean and air freight rate benchmarking and market analytics platform transforming the shipping and logistics industry with data analytics.

Berglund, a logistics and tech-enthusiast, possesses a true passion for modernizing business processes related to logistics procurement and the supply chain. He has in-depth logistics and transportation experience from several years at Kuehne + Nagel in various roles and also as Co-Founder of Nordilog, a logistics consultancy firm.

Founded in 2012, Berglund has grown Xeneta to be the top worldwide source comparing shipping rates against the market average, market highs and lows, ultimately transforming companies’ logistics procurement with actionable data intelligence. Berglund was the 2016 recipient of the prestigious Lloyd's List Next Generation in Shipping award. 

Jeffrey Robin van Haeften is a distinguished professional with a robust background in the fields of leadership and business development. His educational journey includes notable highlights such as completing the Orchestrating Winning Performance program at IMD Lausanne, engaging in the Global Business Consortium at the London Business School, and participating in the Leadership Development Program at Nyenrode Business University. 

In his current role as the Senior Vice President of Cargo Commercial Worldwide at Emirates SkyCargo, Jeffrey is responsible for driving the commercial vision and strategy for the cargo division and showcases his exceptional leadership skills on a global scale.  Jeffrey has over 5 years of experience leading commercial teams in the air cargo industry. He has in-depth knowledge of global supply chain management, distribution channels, and commercial cargo strategy.   

At Emirates SkyCargo, Jeffrey leads a global team focused on developing customer relationships and partnerships to drive incremental revenue. He provides strategic direction to ensure revenue targets are met across all regions.  Jeffrey also oversees the implementation of processes to identify and evaluate new business opportunities to support Emirates SkyCargo's expansion. He is focused on increasing market share and optimizing Emirates' positioning in the air cargo market globally. 

His previous roles at Emirates SkyCargo, including VP The Americas, VP Europe & Global Sales, and VP Global Sales, demonstrate his extensive experience and expertise in the aviation industry. Prior to his tenure at Emirates, Jeffrey held key positions at CEVA Logistics and DHL Global Forwarding, where he contributed significantly to areas such as product and solution design, tender review, tradelane budgeting, and integrated trade management. His responsibilities also extended to partnership building with carriers and forwarders, actively steering global results, and coordinating freight management on a global level. 

Fluent in English and Dutch, with moderate proficiency in German, Jeffrey's interests include family, skiing, and traveling. His diverse skill set and commitment to excellence have played a pivotal role in his successful career trajectory.  

Peter Sundara Swamickannu is a distinguished professional serving as the Head of Global Ocean Freight Product within the esteemed Global Logistics division at Visy Industries, a renowned global leader in the packaging, paper, and resource recovery sectors. Focused on delivering high-quality, innovative automation services and sustainable packaging solutions, Visy excels in manufacturing corrugated cardboard boxes, creating specialized printed and non-printed packaging, facilitating wastepaper collection, and operating paper recycling mills. Visy, a global leader in packaging, recycling, and logistics, is dedicated to creating a better world by manufacturing a diverse range of products—including cardboard boxes, water bottles, jam jars, and food and beverage cans—utilising recycled content in all of their operations.

Boasting an impressive 27-year tenure in the container business and logistics realm, Peter Sundara has honed his expertise through roles at prominent global container liners such as P&O Nedlloyd and Maersk Line, as well as leading 3rd Party Logistics companies and Digital Freight Forwarders including Agility Logistics, Flexport, Scan Global Logistics, and LF Logistics. His multifaceted background spans Operations, Commercial, Global Business System Project Management, and Trade Management, with professional engagements in diverse locales such as Australia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, the UK, and Vietnam.

Beyond his profound involvement in the intricacies of the ocean freight supply chain, Peter Sundara also maintains a fervent enthusiasm for technology and digitalization, underscoring his versatile skill set and forward-looking approach to industry trends.

Wolfgang Lehmacher is a global independent senior expert, board member, executive adviser, and supply chain and logistics practitioner. The former head of supply chain and transport industries at the World Economic Forum, Geneva and New York, and President and CEO Emeritus of GeoPost Intercontinental, Paris and Hong Kong, is an advisory board member of The Logistics and Supply Chain Management Society, Singapore, Ambassador of The European Freight and Logistics Leaders’ Forum, Brussels, advisor of RISE, Research Institutes of Sweden, and GlobalSF, San Francisco, and a founding member of the think tanks Logistikweisen, Germany, and NEXST, Singapore.

A 1988-graduate of the A.P. Møller/Maersk Shipping School, Bjorn spent well more than half of his life in international supply chain, living in Denmark, Thailand, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, the US, and the United Arab Emirates.

As a service provider, Bjorn worked in management roles within vessel- and terminal operations, warehouse management, sales, key account management, and logistics network design for Maersk Line, Thyssen Haniel Logistics, Exel (now DHL Global Supply Chain) and TNT Logistics (now Ceva).

 As a shipper and advisor, Bjorn was for 15 years the VP of Global Logistics in the Electrolux Group, followed by a 2-year engagement with Sea-Intelligence, where he helped to establish Sea-Intelligence Advisory Services.

Following an engagement as an advisor to Cummins Inc., Bjorn assumed full time employment with Cummins as Executive Director, International Transport for a year and a half.

He now heads his own company, Nanooq Management Consultancies, focusing on all matters international logistics. He is based in Dubai.

Bjorn is a very experienced supply chain practitioner, whose background spans all aspects of the supply chain, including forecasting, S&OP, supply chain design, modelling and re-engineering, warehouse management, transport management, customs clearance, project logistics, ocean freight, air freight, courier services, and consolidation.

Bjorn is Danish, 59 years old and a father of 3. In his spare time, he is a voracious reader, an avid diver, an average golfer, and a decent amateur chef.

Marco is a supply chain veteran with over 20 years of experience in finance and business roles within the e2e envelope of the value chain. From factories, strategic roles over inventory and cash flow to logistics, he spent his professional life in the high-tech industry leading organisations to financial and operational success with a big focus on strategic development. In his current role at Microsoft, he is responsible to develop a logistic network that balances the 3 C’s (Carbon, Cost, Cycle T). He owns all the commercials, data  & business operations for Cloud Logistics.

Michael Aldwell currently serves as the Executive Vice President for Sea Logistics at Kuehne+Nagel Management AG, a global logistics provider headquartered in Switzerland. He has held this position since October 2023.

Michael Aldwell, a seasoned professional in global logistics, holds over 15 years of experience across various roles.

Stavros Evangelakakis has 35 years’ experience in the air cargo industry working in various departments at Cargolux. Evangelakakis has held previous roles in export, reservations, sales, marketing, and cooperating marketing. Before his current title of Global Product Manager for Healthcare/Perishables, Evangelakakis was sales Manager in Europe, M East, and Central Asia for 9 years, he also held positions in Marketing and Reservations.

Over the past 18 years, Evangelakakis has become very familiar with the transportation of healthcare products and has been the link between commercial and operations within Cargolux.

He has been active part developing with Dupont the aircraft thermal cover, and with the cross-divisional team of Cargolux to accomplish GDP certification, developing the Active/Passive container business, and ensuring his input was heard when the GHA Luxaircargo built the Healthcare center.

He is also the Chairman of the Cool Chain Association, personally and on behalf of the CCA he has a “dream” to create a standard for the Perishables using airfreight similar to the Pharma standard.

Also creates awareness about food waste and shows the world that airfreight is doing its bid to reduce waste.

He is fascinated about temperature capabilities along the air cargo supply chain, temperature is an art, and if we all do our job properly along the supply chain we would have already fewer challenges.

Amongst his normal duties, he wants to create awareness about the last-mile delivery of pharmaceutical products.

Eric M. Topp has 32+ years of experience in the Transportation & Logistics space leading Operations, IT, Transformations, and Sales/Business Development. He worked for the U.S. Army, IBM, a startup in Silicon Valley that was acquired by Cubic, APL (CMA/CGM), Bollore Logistics, Crowley, and Longbow Advantage before joining AWS as the Head, Worldwide Solutions and Strategy, Transportation & Logistics. He is currently assigned to support the sales, marketing, and product development of AWS’s newest offering to market, AWS Supply Chain.

Eric travelled extensively for his previous roles working/living in Europe, Africa, Middle East, and Asia Pacific. He attended the University of Tennessee (B.S., Transportation & Logistics) and the Pennsylvania State University (M.B.A., Supply Chain/Digital Transformation).

As the Vice President of International Transportation, Dennis is responsible for procurement and management of all ocean, air and logistics activities for shipments to factories to PVH’s 3 commercial regions.

Dennis has been based in Bridgewater, NJ since joining PVH in May, 2008. Prior to joining PVH, Dennis worked in various operational and management roles over an eight year period with Maersk Logistics.

He has been married to his wife, Johanna, since 2005 and they have a 13 year old daughter, Emma.

Jeff Euler serves as Vice President of Global Airfreight for the Memphis-based FedEx Logistics, a specialty logistics provider. He is responsible for overseeing all airfreight operations in Europe, Asia and the U.S. Jeff oversees the day-to-day operations as well as develops and executes strategic plans for long-term growth.

Jeff has over 30 years of experience in the international freight forwarding market with expertise in global air, ocean and logistics. Prior to joining FedEx Logistics in 2010, he held executive leadership positions with leading international transportation providers. Jeff was based in Hong Kong where he led successful operations for the Asia region for several years earlier in his career.

Glyn has been involved in Air Cargo for over 40 years having started his career with British Caledonian in the UK. 

He joined IATA in 1991 and become IATA's Global Head of Cargo in June 2014.  In February 2021, Glyn joined TIACA as its first Director general where he works with the Board to deliver the organization's vision for a safe, profitable and united air cargo industry that embraces modern technologies and practices, to sustainably serve trade and social development worldwide.  Priority areas include safety, security, sustainability, digitalization and innovation. 

He is dedicated to developing collaborative relationships and is a firm believer in supporting the next generation of industry leaders and innovators.

Alan Holland is the Founder and CEO at Keelvar. He has a PhD in Computer Science and taught Artificial Intelligence in University College Cork, Ireland for seven years before founding Keelvar in late 2012. 

Greg Knowler, senior editor, Europe, is a highly experienced editor and publisher with more than 20 years of experience with mainstream titles and business-to-business magazines.

His journalism career began in 1989 as a reporter for a daily newspaper in Durban, South Africa, covering the news during the turbulent end of apartheid. In 2000, he moved to Hong Kong and spent two years at the South China Morning Post sports desk before joining Cargonews Asia, and then IHS Markit in 2013 to cover Asia within the Maritime & Trade division.

After 17 years in Hong Kong, Knowler relocated to London in mid-2017 to join the JOC, where he covers the European shipping, air, and intermodal markets.