Top 10: Supply Chain Influencers

Supply chains can be truly daunting, especially during times of instability and volatility. As a result, many professionals around the world turn to a range of influencers to guide them through the turbulence.

Whether they have published books, or blog to LinkedIn, these influencers are using their knowledge and their platforms to help advise leaders around the world make valuable business decisions. 

Here, Supply Chain Digital provides a rundown of the supply chain influencers who are using their positions to help drive meaningful transformation.

10. Jim Tompkins

LinkedIn Following: ~31,000

Jim is a supply chain thought leader and entrepreneur, having started 15 businesses over the course of his 50-year career. He is an expert on designing and implementing end-to-end supply chains having helped organisations around the world reach their goals. 

In 2020, Jim founded Tompkins Ventures, a global hands-on solutions network dedicated to helping executive teams turn problems and opportunities into competitive advantages.

Jim has written 31 books and conducted more than 2,000 presentations around the world.

9. Muddassir Ahmed

LinkedIn Following: ~109,200

Muddassir is a supply chain digitalisation expert, as well as Founder and CEO of SCMDOJO – a supply chain learning and training platform, helping leaders transform their businesses. 

He has more than 19 years experience in international leadership, making him well-tuned to different cultures and business styles. 

He has helped thousands of professionals around the world, assisting in transformation initiatives across a range of industry sectors. His aim is to help make digital transformation accessible and ROI-driven.

8. Lora Cecere

Lora is the founder of Supply Chain Insights, which works with supply chain leaders to transform teams for the better. Through her platform, she is opening up new branches for supply-chain research. 

Lora authors the enterprise software blog 'Supply Chain Shaman' and co-authored the book Bricks Matter. She has more than 35 years of supply chain experience, which she uses to shape her research and guidance. 

She actively blogs on LinkedIn to help spark supply chain conversations with other leaders.

7. Omid Ghamami

Omid is a globally-recognised procurement and negotiations speaker, author, professor and consultant.

He serves as President of the Procurement and Supply Chain Management (PSCM) Institute, a solutions provider helping almost 50% of the Fortune 100. 

Omid is the author of two best-selling procurement books and has, on numerous occasions, trained the 50 chief purchasing officers of the US Government. His thorough understanding of technological applications to the supply chain means he has been a speaker at many events.

6. Maria Villablanca

Maria is a founder, CEO, council member, ambassador and podcast host. She uses her expertise to advise, inform and partner with FTSE 100 brands, CXOs and supply chain professionals. 

Maria helps business professionals undergo business transformation, offering advice, training, and syncing tech with people to add business value. 

She boasts an extensive network of 170,000 world-leading VPs, politicians and academics, with experience chairing international events and leading panels around the world. 

5. Vincent Clerc

Vincent has worked at A.P. Moller - Maersk for more than 20 years, assuming a range of leadership roles around the world before his rise to CEO.

He now leads a team of approximately 110,000 employees. Prior to this, Vincent was CEO of Maersk's Ocean & Logistics division, which saw him lead enterprise-wide transformation.

Vincent regularly shares his views on LinkedIn, exploring leadership and how businesses can create a sustainable future for logistics through integration and collaboration.

4. Daniel Stanton

 Labelled ‘Mr Supply Chain’, Daniel works to inspire and empower teams around the world, helping them learn how to successfully apply supply chain management solutions.

He produces educational content to help project management professionals increase their skills and implement strategy to achieve effective transformation. 

Radu is the Group CEO of Alcott Global and the co-author of “Source To Sold”.

His career has been dedicated to helping businesses achieve better results and build strong teams while doing so. 

Throughout his career, he has worked in several countries around the world, helping him understand a range of business styles in order to become an international leader. He is passionate about and an expert in supply chain transformation and end-to-end value chains.

2. Yossi Sheffi

Yossi is an expert in supply chain, resilience and risk management. With more than 300,000 followers on LinkedIn, many turn to Yossi to gain industry insights.

He is the writer of seven different management books, including A Shot in the Arm: How Science, Engineering, Supply Chains Converged to Vaccinate the World (October 2021) and The Resilient Enterprise: Overcoming Vulnerability for Competitive Advantage (2005). 

Over the years, Yossi has founded or co-founded five successful companies and consults with leading enterprises around the world. 

He currently serves as Director of the Center for Transportation and Logistics at MIT. He is a Top Voice on LinkedIn, using his platform to share reports and guidance on current supply chain issues.

1. Sheri R. Hinish

Known as the ‘Supply Chain Queen’, Sheri is a global executive, strategist and creator. She is an expert in bringing together sustainability, AI, supply chain and innovation across a single strategy point, advising Fortune 500 companies, governments and non-profits on driving long-term value and scaling advanced technologies.

Sheri has led and scaled solutions for decarbonisation, ESG data, AI and sustainable supply chain transformation. She has also served clients in a range of industries, including financial services and manufacturing. 

As the founder of Supply Chain Revolution podcast, Sheri hosts conversations with innovators from a range of leading companies, including Microsoft, Starbucks and SAP.

She has been part of numerous forums, including COP28 and AI for Good, working to shape and spark dialogue surrounding supply chain transformation.