Dieter Braun became Head of Audi Brand Logistics in May 2019, and from October that year took over responsibility for the newly established Supply Chain area. In this function, he manages cross-plant logistics processes, such as program planning, international logistics, pre-series logistics, and transport logistics. He is also responsible for the logistics planning and plant logistics functions of Audi globally.
After studying Industrial Engineering at the University of Karlsruhe (KIT), Dieter Braun began his career at Audi at the Neckarsulm plant in 1991. He has worked in vehicle steering and various tasks both within and outside of logistics, particularly in the area of cost optimisation and reorganisation, and later logistics planning at the Neckarsulm location. He then moved to Puebla, Mexico to work for Volkswagen de México, where he headed logistics planning and operative logistics. He returned to Neckarsulm as head of plant Logistics in 2005, and later took on implementation of the Audi Production System and industrial engineering. He moved in 2016 to Product Line Organisation, where he was responsible for all Audi vehicles with a transverse engine.

Matthias Braun is responsible for developing the end-to-end logistics and supply chain network for Volkswagen Group’s in-house battery cell production, a new role that he begin in January 2022, and part of a new company responsible for batteries that the group established in December 2021. Volkswagen Group aims to establish gigafactories across Europe, with four locations already confirmed including at Salzgitter, Germany. He is responsible for the logistics across battery cell production, including planning and procurement, network design, organisation and operational material flow. Prior to this, Matthias Braun was head of digitalisation and new concept development at Volkswagen Konzernlogistik (Group Logistics), which manages logistics across group brands, where he was responsible for implementing new technologies in supply chain management, including artificial intelligence and autonomous vehicles.

Jean-Christophe recently took the head of the vehicle logistics operations for Toyota Motor Europe, in a context of strong sales growth. He started his career at Tier 1 supplier, with positions in Europe & China. Joining Toyota in 1999, he held positions in Purchasing, Product planning and was more recently vice-president of the Toyota French plant (TMMF), producing the Yaris (car of the year 2021) and Yaris Cross. He strives to bring Toyota lean manufacturing methods to vehicle logistics.

Sergio is a hands-on transformative leader and strategic thinker with 25+ years of experience in the automotive & logistics space. He has led several large organizations and teams with a highly proficient operational-centric trained acumen. Sergio's primary focus is to execute RPM's vision, mission, and core values while guiding RPM's continued organizational development, talent development, and service and product offerings. Sergio's global strategy to expand RPM and its services is based on offering best-in-class services, developing new and existing relationships with the largest OEMs in the world. Gutierrez initially joined RPM as the President of European Operations, leading its foundation in Europe, and then moved back to North America to lead RPM & Carvaygo on its evolution as a full-service provider, anywhere our customers need us.

Alexander Kohnen is CEO and Managing Director Strategy and Sales for time:matters GmbH, the special speed logistics subsidiary of Lufthansa Cargo AG. As an expert in high-performance and global high-speed logistics as well as time-critical international spare parts logistics, time:matters provides customized and fast solutions for particularly urgent and complex logistical requirements. Alexander joined the management team in 2017 and under his leadership, the company expanded with new entities in China and the US and pursues a consistent digitization strategy. He began his career in 2000 with Lufthansa Cargo AG in Frankfurt am Main and gained comprehensive management experience in various executive positions in Germany and abroad, including Sweden and the Netherlands. Before joining time:matters, Alexander was most recently Senior Director in charge of Industry Development & Product Management at Lufthansa Cargo in Frankfurt.

David has over 30 years of automotive supply chain experience. He started his career in 1989 at General Motors with 12 years in various positions including logistics engineering, manufacturing, commodity purchasing, international logistics and Asia Pacific regional leadership roles.
David spent the next 6 years working for various supply chain solution and 3PL companies in business development and as AP regional managing director. David returned to GM as director intercontinental logistics in 2007 and then joined CEVA Logistics in 2009 and appointed EVP - Global Automotive and Tyre Sector lead in 2019.
David is from the USA and has worked in USA, Australia, Singapore, China, the Netherlands and currently in Hong Kong. He holds a BA in supply chain management and an MBA in international business and finance.

Jürgen Krahé is Senior Commercial Director for the EMEA region at ORBIS. He has been in management positions in the automotive and logistics industry for over 25 years, including 9 years as managing director of an automotive supplier for telematics and onboard diagnostics and 8 years as managing director of a supply chain consulting company. Krahé was also responsible for the market launches of innovative, smart braking systems and chassis components at a global automotive supplier and for the start-up of a new business unit for large load carriers at a global pooling company. From 2009 to 2017, Jürgen Krahé was honorary chair of the advisory board for the study of supply chain and logistics management at the University of St. Gallen.

Marko Weisshaar, based Germany, is a senior Supply Chain and leadership expert with more than 25 years of experience. He has gained knowledge within large and small Automotive companies like the OEM’s INEOS Automotive and Volkswagen AG and Tier1 Grammer AG. Besides, he knows the difference between Automotive and non-Automotive companies due to several roles in Siemens AG. Marko is a Supply Chain enthusiast with passion on leadership, digitalization, and innovation.

As a Senior Global Sustainability Advisor, Mads is heading up Maersk's customer sustainability value proposition development and efforts to establish customer sustainability partnerships and collaboration. He has 15+ years of experience with development of sustainability strategies and integrating sustainability practices into business. Mads is Maersk's representative in external sustainable logistics initiatives such as the Clean Cargo & the Global Logistics Emission Counsel (GLEC), with the objective to ensure best practice sharing across the industry, benchmarking for logistics buyers decision-making as well as proper guidance on how to integrate sustainability in logistics. Mads graduated from the Technical University of Denmark in 2004, with a degree in Environmental Engineering.

Dennis Schneider has been responsible for European sales of fully electric heavy-duty trucks at the Designwerk Group in Switzerland since March 2021 in his position as Sales Director. In addition to the development and construction of customised battery electric trucks, mobile charging solutions and inhouse battery production are also part of the portfolio. Since 2022, one of his main focuses has been the joint development of new customer solutions for automotive logistics. Dennis has more than 20 years of experience in European commercial vehicle sales with stations at Volkswagen, IVECO and Volvo Trucks.