Professor John Manners-Bell has more than 40 years’ experience in the logistics and supply chain industry with a career spanning research, operations, strategy and marketing. He is Founder and CEO of consultancy Ti Insight, a market leader in the provision of market research to a range of blue chip customers and governmental organisations. In 2021, he founded the Foundation for Future Supply Chain dedicated to improving the understanding of sustainability, risk, innovation, ethics and public policy in the industry.

John has been Chair of the Logistics and Supply Chain Global Agenda Council of the World Economic Forum (WEF). He also acts as an advisor to the United Nations and other transnational organizations and is an Honorary Visiting Professor at London Metropolitan University’s Guildhall Business School. He has authored seven books, most recently ‘The Good Supply Chain’, ‘The Death of Globalization’ and the award winning ‘Supply Chain Risk Management’ now in its fourth edition.