Speakers Announced!
James Ellis
James is Head of Grocery Last Mile transformation at Sainsburys where he is responsible for defining the operating model for how Sainsburys will deliver groceries to online customers in the future. His background is in e-commerce fulfilment and operations, and previous to online grocery he has led fulfilment change programmes in Argos and Tesco.
Dominic Regan
Dominic Regan, who has been with Oracle for over 20 years, is Senior Director in EMEA for Oracle’s Logistics Applications. These encompass transport, warehousing and global trade, as well as the Internet of Things Fleet Monitoring and Intelligent Track & Trace applications.
In this role, Dominic works directly with Oracle's Product Development and Strategy teams, as well as with customers, partners and prospects who use, or are interested in using, these products.
Dominic has been involved in supply chain software since the late 1980’s and during that period has worked with customers as diverse as WH Smith, Kuehne + Nagel, Unilever, Tetra Pak, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and the Royal Air Force and British Army.
Dominic holds an Honours Degree in Transport from the University of Plymouth and a Master’s Degree in Transport Management from the University of Westminster.
Prof. Ying Xie
Prof. Ying Xie is Professor in Supply Chain Analytics at Cranfield University, UK. Her research interests cover machine learning, big data analytics, forecasting, decision support system, supply chain modelling and simulation, supply chain digitalisation and circular economy. She specialises in healthcare supply chain, international shipping, port management, and sustainable aviation supply chain.
Ying has successfully won and completed many research and consultancy projects, totalling more than £1million, including projects from EPSRC, Innovate UK, ERDF, EU Horizon, Health Education England and industries. Funded by EPSRC, Ying is working with Felixstowe Port (UK) to improve the utilisation of rail transport of containers and to reduce impacts on environments. In 2022, Ying won a KTP project from Innovate UK, helping Hexcel Composites to make their supply chain more sustainable. Ying also actively works with institutions from the Oxford-Cambridge Arc Universities Group to build the future of sustainable aviation in the UK.
Ying is a board member in the Strategy Advisory Board for Digital Supply Chain Innovation Hub, Digital Catapult. This is a £10m programme funded by UKRI and it draws another £10m investment from the private sector.
Susan Morley
Qualifications: MBA, DMS, FCILT, FIFP(grad), LGSM
Susan began her career in international trade working as a freight forwarder gaining the Killick Martin trophy for the highest marks that year in what were then the Institute of Freight Professionals exams, becoming a Fellow of the Institute. Susan has been a Chartered Fellow (FCILT) of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) for many years and is Chairman of the CILT Customs and International Trade Compliance Forum. Susan also represents the CILT on the HMRC Joint Customs Consultative Committee (JCCC) and various JCCC subgroups.
Susan gained her Post Graduate Diploma in Management Studies (DMS) from Kingston University and her Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Henley Management College. In her spare time Susan has also gained the Licentiate (LGSM) in Music Teaching from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama for both the viola and piano and continues to teach music and to play with a variety of semi-professional orchestras.
Susan has over 40 years practical experience of all aspects of international trade including freight forwarding, operational logistics, warehousing, all modes of transport, export and import licensing, customs planning and tax management across a broad spectrum of industries, having worked for Unilever, RTZ Borax, BT, O2, Xansa and Asprey, the British Luxury Brand. Susan is now Director of Morley Consulting Training Limited offering practical and pragmatic training and consultancy in all aspects of export, import, customs and compliance.
Susan has managed the import and export of a wide range of disparate commodities such as frozen foods, perfume, chemicals, heavy machinery, telephony, satellite and computer equipment and luxury goods including fine jewellery such as diamond necklaces, exotics such as alligator skin handbags, fashion, shotguns and sterling silver trophies.
Her roles have always included strategy, consultancy and training as well as operational worldwide import and export utilising the full range of customs procedures. Inherent in these roles has been the need for commercial control, financial planning, global customs and licensing compliance, management of diverse supply chains and of course providing the ultimate level of customer service.
In keeping with this background Susan has been successfully designing and delivering practical and pragmatic, reality driven training courses and speaking at conferences for over 30 years firmly believing that the dissemination of knowledge facilitates and encourages an expansion of international trade, turning it from a subject to be feared to an interesting and profitable business strategy for any size company.
Morley Consulting has written and delivers the industry leading Career Pathway for Customs & International Trade Compliance Professionals with courses accredited by CILT UK – Certificate of Customs Competency, Advanced Customs Practitioner, AEO Certified Practitioner and Diploma in Practical Trade Compliance.
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