SPEAKER
Volker Staab
NorthvoltVolker Staab has been Chief Quality Officer of Northvolt, the Swedish company with battery cells for electric cars, since 2023. The Six Sigma Black Belt shows over 30 years of leadership experience in ramp-up management and industrialization. Among others at Schaeffler Aftermarket Division, ABB Robotics, Johnson Controls, Lear and Keiper Recaro.
Birol Şen
ŞişecamBirol Şen is Senior Director Supply Chain / Head of Procurement at Şişecam, one of the largest glass manufacturer in Europe. The professional Buyer and industrial engineer has an extensive experience in inbound supplier material procurement and a strong automotive footprint coming from the world leader in car sales, Toyota.
Fuat Pamukçu
DFDSFuat Pamukçu is Vice President of Sales, Marketing, Business Development and Strategy at the DFDS Mediterranean Business Unit, which is Türkiye's largest freight ferry operator and a market leader in connecting Türkiye in the Mediterranean corridor. He has been a Board Member at Samer Seaports Terminals in Italy since 2013. The manager with an innovative mindset worked as an analyst in the investment banking department of Citigroup in London and has been a member of several associations in executive functions.
Prof. Dr. Stefan Iskan
supplychainmachineThe former youth football player of 1. FC Nürnberg has been Professor of Logistics and Business Informatics at the University of Applied Sciences Ludwigshafen since 2013. The former DB Mobility Logistics AG Group strategist and Direct Report to the Board of Management Land Transport Europe of DB Schenker is a trusted advisor to leading automotive and logistics service providers in the Eurasian region and founder of the platform supplychainmachine.com.
Dr. Döne Yalçın
CMSDr. Döne Yalçın is Managing Partner of CMS Türkiye and the Head of CMS Sustainability for Austria and CEE. She advises high profile market leaders, both domestic and international as well as groups of shareholders involved in strategic investments. In recent years, Dr. Yalçın focused particularly on ESG matters in corporate transactions up to liability issues in international contracts.
Rüçhan Pehlivan
MAHLE InternationalRüçhan Pehlivan is the market analyst in the commercial vehicle segment of MAHLE International's headquarter in Germany. His focus is on global market forecast modeling for the future powertrain mix. Previously, the passioniate soccer player worked as an engineer in MAHLE's Global Quality team. As project leader, he and his team rolled-out the "Quality Sprint" Program.
Jürgen Mast
Ex-Mercedes-BenzJürgen Mast is a former Senior Manager from the Mercedes-Benz Cars & Vans Procurement & Supplier Quality headquarters in Germany. With over 30 years of OEM shopfloor experience, the industrial engineer was previously responsible for exterior supplier quality across all passenger car series worldwide at Mercedes-Benz Group AG. Jürgen Mast is an international Task Force leader in the automotive industry and advises OEMs and Tier-1 suppliers.
Erich Bermgann
LKW WALTERErich Bergmann joined LKW WALTER, the leading transport organization in Europe's full truck load (FTL) business, 27 years ago. As Sales Director, the passionate transport solution designer and his team, creates industrializied corridor solutions for his international customers across Europe up to Türkiye and the Near Middle East. With intermodal solutions, LKW WALTER adresses the conflicting areas of availability, capacity, and decarbonization.
Andreas Thuy
Schaeffler AGAndreas Thuy is Vice President Supply Chain Technology & Digitalization of the international automotive supplier Schaeffler AG and will share the supplier's new software solution Transportation Data Cube with our community in the Tüpraş Beşiktaş Stadium Istanbul. Being located in the headoffice in Germany, the former senior consultant of Porsche Consulting comes with a professional background in Supply Chain Management, Procurement and Network Planning to Türkiye.
Patrick Gueth
DP WorldWith more than 25 years of professional global sales and pricing experience across vertical markets and continents, Patrick Gueth is DP World's Head of Tender Management and Pricing. Based in Dubai (United Arab Emirates) and Basel (Switzerland), the senior manager was previously also responsible for Global Sales & Key Account Management or Global Tender Management at various international logistics leaders as Panalpina or BLG Logistics Group.
Enrico Schlick
Schaeffler AGEnrico Schlick serves as the Product Owner for the new Transportation Data Cube of the international automotive supplier Schaeffler AG. Having a professional background in freight tendering and transportation data management, Enrico Schlick is responsible for the international holding's key transportation platforms.
Ralf-Charley Schultze
UIRRLocated close to the institutions of the European Union (EU) in Brussels, Ralf-Charley Schultze represents the interests of combined transport operators and combined transport terminals. Gefco's former Multimodal Logistics Director is the President of the International Union for Road-Rail Combined Transport (UIRR).
Turhan Özen
C-Executive Turhan Özen is an experienced C-Executive in Supply Chain & Aviation. From 2016-2023, Turhan Özen was Chief Cargo Officer of Turkish Cargo (Turkish Airlines). The former Managing Director of CEVA Logistics in the Middle East and North African region was a Member of the Board of Directors of Galatasaray Istanbul and is member board of directors in several institutions.
Sencer Solakoglu
President TÜSEDADSencer Solakoglu is a pioneer in zero-carbon farming methodology in Türkiye. He is the president of TÜSEDAD and his highly automated farm is considered as one of the benchmarks in progressive and zero-carbon farming in Europe. The general manager and owner of Feyz Farm is the son of Cengiz Solakoglu, the former President of Durable Goods at Koç Holding.
Dr. Cagla Gül Şenkardeş
Istanbul Bilgi UniversityDr Cagla Gül Şenkardeş is an assistant professor and head of the Entrepreneurship in Technology and Innovation department at Istanbul Bilgi University. She is the founding board member to Istanbul Blockchain Woman association, board member to YenidenBiz and advisory board member to Blockchain Turkey Platform.
Mehmet Yiğit Altıparmak
Sarp IntermodalMehmet Yigit Altiparmak is Board Member and Managing Director of Sarp Intermodal, the fast growing dedicated intermodal transport and logistics service provider in Türkiye. The intermodal driven businessman is also Board member of the trailer and swap body manufacturer TAL Trailer as well as Associate of Pace Motor.
Joachim Hermanns
MaerskAs Team Manager Integrated Sales at Maersk Germany, Joachim Hermanns is responsible for the Automotive and Industrial Manufacturing North Europe Continent vertical markets. The "integrator" has a demonstrated history of 20 years in international freight forwarding at the interface between sales and operations - including Geodis, Geopost and DB Schenker.
Manuel Friedlein
BroseManuel Friedlein is the Head of logistics procurement at Brose, the fourth largest family-owned automotive supplier worldwide, since 2015. He brings more than 12 years of experience in purchasing global logistics services. The qualified football referee has helped to simplify procurement and invoicing in Brose's transport network.
Murat Kavrar
DHL FreightMurat Kavrar is Managing Director DHL Freight Greece & Türkiye. In dual role, the experienced manager in the international freight forwarding industry is also Vice President of Sales Central Eastern Europe of DHL Freight. He previously held management positions at e.g. Ekol, DSV and Mars Logistics.
Fabian Bodenbender
TransporeonThe Senior Business Development Manager has a demonstrated history in freight procurement at the international Transport Management Plattform Transporeon. As former Global Customer Manager at 4PL Central Station, Fabian Bodenbender is experienced in transport network planning including Tender Management.
