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Oliver Gritz
Oliver served as CFO for DHL Global Forwarding in Asia, North America, and Europe before becoming the global CFO for DHL Express and a member of the Global DHL Management Board. He is a transformational leader with expertise in financial leadership, operational excellence, and digital innovation. Oliver holds a BA in Transport and Logistics from Baden-Wuerttemberg University, a Master of Economics from Freiburg and Passau Universities, and an Executive MBA from IMD (Lausanne, Switzerland). Oliver is a true thought leader with numerous published books and articles. Oliver is a German national and resides in London and Bonn.
Steen Christensen
Steen has lived and worked on four continents and has a track record of orchestrating dramatic organizational turnarounds as a global COO, Product Head, and CEO at companies such as Geodis, DHL, Hellmann, SEKO, and Scan Global Logistics. He has a proven track record of transforming underperforming logistics operations into market-leading enterprises. Steen holds the Danish equivalent of an MBA in International Marketing and an Executive MBA in Shipping and Logistics from the Copenhagen Business School. Steen is a dual citizen of Denmark and the USA, and resides in Houston.
Marischa van Zantvoort
Marischa is an exceptional leader with deep experience in Transformation, Digitalization, and Commercial, primarily in the HealthTech and Medical Device sector. She was the Global Head of Audit and Global Operations at Philips, the CCO for Philips Healthcare Informatics, and she led the carve-out, organisational redesign, and IPO for Philips Lighting (now Signify). Marischa holds a Master of Science in Chemistry from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam) and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from HEC (Paris). Marischa is a Dutch national and resides in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Alasdair Philip
Alasdair has over 30 years of logistics experience in Europe, the Middle East, and North America, with TNT, DHL Global Forwarding, and Hellmann Worldwide Logistics. He is renowned for building high-performance teams, driving business turnarounds, shaping cultural transformations, and delivering sustainable breakthroughs in commercial, financial, and operational performance. Alasdair graduated from HEC (Paris) with a Master of Business Administration (MBA) and an Advanced Certificate in Luxury Management from HEC (Paris) and SDA Bocconi University (Milan). Alasdair is a citizen of the United Kingdom and New Zealand, and resides in Washington, D.C., USA

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