About Wolfgang Lehmacher
Wolfgang Lehmacher (* 1960 in Bonn, Germany) is CEO, chairman and board director (ED and NED), CXO advisor, operating partner, business angel – book author and keynote speaker. The influential leader and industry and technology evangelist is partnering with stakeholders across the global supply chain ecosystem, from start-ups, to asset owners and corporate enterprises to drive growth and business model innovation. He held senior positions, including Director, Head of Supply Chain and Transport Industries at the World Economic Forum, Partner and Managing Director (China and India) at CVA, a global strategy firm, and President and CEO of GeoPost Intercontinental, the global express parcel expansion vehicle of French La Poste. Before joining La Poste, Wolfgang Lehmacher held C-level positions at TNT, like Head of Eastern European and Eastern Mediterranean regions and Country General Manager Switzerland.
Lehmacher is judge of the IATA Air Cargo Innovation Awards and the Automotive Logistics Awards Europe. He is member of the Logistikweisen, a think tank under the patronage of the German Federal Ministry BMVI, and the Expert Network of the World Economic Forum. He is founding member of the Centre of Excellence for Global Emerging Supply Chain Technologies, launched by Reefknot, Kuehne and Nagel and SGInnovate, Singapore. Lehmacher is FT, Forbes, Fortune, BI and Nikkei contributor as well as author and collaborator of numerous white papers and business books, including The Global Supply Chain.