Alcott Global and Supplify, in partnership with Treefera, hosted an exclusive executive roundtable in Singapore where senior supply chain leaders engaged in a high-level exchange on leveraging first-mile visibility and innovative data to navigate modern market disruptions.
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Date: 05, March 2026
Location: Singapore
VP - Supply Chain and Business Services
Zone AOA (Africa, Asia, Oceania)
Nestlé
VP Operations
Husqvarna
Executive Vice President, Global Supply Chain
Mativ
Head of E2E Supply Chain
General Motors Europe
Head of Supply Chain at Amazon Private Brands (Hardlines)
Global Director Digital Nerve Center
Corning Incorporated
Sundance Award-Winning Filmmaker
VP Global Supply Chain Transformation Planning at Schneider Electric.
Senior Director APAC and Founder Supplify
Details Our client is a global enterprise with approximately US$6 billion in annual revenue is undertaking a large-scale data transformation initiative to improve data governance,
Details A world-leading food and beverage organization, operating across multiple continents with factories and a vast partner network, set out to reimagine its supply chain.
Details Our client is one of North America’s largest retail cooperatives. Founded in 1956, the member-owned organization operates across grocery, petroleum, and pharmacy sectors. Our
VP - Supply Chain and Business Services
Zone AOA (Africa, Asia, Oceania)
Nestlé
Luca Fichera is the Head of Supply Chain and Business Services for Asia, Oceania and Sub Saharan Africa. Nestlé is the world’s leading Nutrition, Health and Wellness Company with global revenues of CHF 84.3 billion in 2020. Nestlé was founded in 1866 by Henri Nestlé in Vevey, Switzerland, and employs around 280,000 people with factories and operations in almost every country in the world. In his current role, Luca is responsible for Supply Chain, IT and other Business Services for Zone AOA: CHF 20.7 billion turnover, 92 countries, 10 main business categories, 80 distribution centers.
With a background of Supply Chain and Sales, Mr. Fichera moved to the Nestlé HQ in July 2019. He has worked with Nestlé in Europe, Asia Pacific, Oceania and South Asia in very diverse markets, cultures and business environments. He brings extensive operational experience in Procurement, Demand and Supply Planning, Logistics, Customer Service and Project Management (Performance Improvements, IT, HR, M&A). He joined Nestlé in Milan, Italy in 1997 as a management trainee and later moved to Asia taking increasing responsibilities in Operations. Luca has been Supply Chain Director in Vietnam, South Asia and the Philippines. During his assignment in South Asia, he was also the Chairman of a local joint venture operating in fresh milk collection.
A native of Italy, Luca holds a degree in Business Administration from Bocconi University of Milan, Italy and undertook the Program for Executive Development (PED) with IMD, Lausanne to continuously upgrade professional skills.
VP Operations
Husqvarna
Claudio Strobl is currently the VP Operations Husqvarna Group. In his previous role as Senior Vice President Operations at Cargotec, Claudio drove operational excellence, continuous improvement and leads (global) teams to deliver outstanding business results. He also drives and leverages global sourcing and global supply chain end-to-end solutions and creates innovative business solutions and transformation initiatives.
He is an accomplished top executive with extensive experience leading corporate operations across global markets. Claudio has strong analytical, strategic and entrepreneurial skills.
Executive Vice President, Global Supply Chain
Mativ
Andrew Downard is a global executive with strong leadership experience in Supply Chain, Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP), Commercial Excellence, Customer Service, Sourcing, Warehousing and Distribution, Operations, Operational Excellence, and Systems Implementation. He is skilled at driving programs and initiatives across business units and global regions. His passion is catalyzing organizational transformation through the development of people, processes, and systems.
Andrew’s past roles have focused on improving operational execution for a number of consumer, commercial, and service brands. His experience includes time as a supply chain research director with Gartner, as well as leadership positions with consumer products, food manufacturing, healthcare, medical services, chemical manufacturing, and aerospace manufacturing companies.
Past job titles include: Vice President of S&OP, Supply Chain Research Director, Senior Director of Commercial Excellence, Global Director of Indirect Procurement, Global Director of Sourcing, Global Director of Supply Chain and Operations, Corporate Supply Chain Director, S&OP Director, S&OP Deployment Leader, Continuous Improvement Director, Six Sigma Director, Business Process Improvement Manager, and Research Chemist.
Andrew is a certified Six Sigma Black Belt and Master Black Belt. He holds a B.Sc. and Ph.D. in chemistry and has been a guest lecturer on Organizational Maturity, Operational Excellence, and Customer Service at Emory University’s Goizueta Business School since 2009.
Head of E2E Supply Chain at General Motors Europe
Contributing to the mission of addressing climate change by putting everyone in an electric vehicle through effective & efficient supply chains at General Motors.
Supply Chain Executive with 11 years of increasing management responsibility in supply chain management. Diverse industry experience within manufacturing area including Automotive, Food, Mining, FMCG & Machinery and equipment within North America, Europe & Asia. I hold an MBA from Edinburgh Business School, Masters in Supply Chain Management from MIT & CSCP certificate from APICS.
Head of Supply Chain at Amazon Private Brands (Hardlines)
Abhishek Irani is driven by challenge to solve complex problems. Having lived and worked in 11 countries has helped him build an open mind and my collaborative leadership skills. He is thrive in and enjoys the complexity of working in global teams.
Currently, he is the Head of Supply Chain at Amazon Private Brands (Hardlines). In his role, he is leading the supply chain function for Amazon in Europe to deliver ‘everyday essentials’ to and delight customers with their Fast track promise.
Global Director Emerging Technologies Nerve Center at Corning INC
Transform end to end Source to Pay operations driving to standardized global processes, center led global transaction execution team and an integrated tool set. Establish a best in class Supplier Quality organization, Design and Execute a global compliance strategy including sustainability and Innovation, Digitalize and Transform business supply chains.
Key Leadership Initiatives: Driving to single standard global processes & touchless transactions.
Sundance Award-Winning Filmmaker. Product + Edu + Story Design / Innovation Leader. Entrepreneur. Mechanical Engineer.
Storytelling for Change. Documentary film, digital media, and global engagement campaigns to tell stories, sell products, raise funds, grow membership, enhance brands and change the world.
– Documentary Films: Transformative long-form experiences for television, online, education & events.
– Online Shorts: Rapid response to open minds and change the conversation on social media.
– Products, Brands & Innovation: Strengthen brands, evolve organizational culture and grow communities.
Vice President- Global Supply Chain Transformation Planning
I am a Global Digital Supply Chain Transformation Leader with an amalgamation of deep business process expertise and technology know-how focusing on value creation leading to value realization.
I believe in constructively disrupting myself to grow personally and professionally with a lifelong learning mindset through partnerships with internal and external peers across diverse fields and industries. A true proponent of Diversity of Mindset!
People were/are and will always be the most critical and important aspect of our journey of life!
My passion is to bring creative ideas to life with speed and agility to solve unmet needs of the customers through a personalized experience.
I find Happiness in ‘little things’ and strive towards Simplicity.
Worked across all functions in Supply Chain: Planning, Manufacturing, Sourcing, Logistics, Quality, Finance, and Data & Analytics with focus on Digitalized Customer Experience.
Geographical responsibility: 14 countries in Asia Pacific, Europe, North America, South America
Senior Director APAC and Founder
Supplify
Andrei is the founder of Supplify where he and his team works on building a platform to connect the supply chain tech ecosystem. They match corporations with the top tech companies to solve their supply chain and logistics challenges. Anything tech in supply chain, reach out to Andrei.
His most interesting discussions with the clients are focused on implementing the best technology, digital transformation, company growth and expansion, turnarounds, product and business development.
We cover the most important markets globally with an interest in APAC. One of Andrei’s favorite project is our Leaders in Tech and Ecommerce Podcast – where he has the chance to talk with some of the most interesting experts in the supply chain technology arena.
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