Tom Abraham
Chief Operating Officer
Flora & Fauna
Tom Abraham is the COO of Flora & Fauna, Australia’s largest vegan beauty and lifestyle store growing at 500% year on year with a passion for the customer and being an ethical retailer. F&F is shortlisted as a finalist for Responsible Retailer of the Year at the World Retail Awards 2017.
Tom is a data whizz and prior to landing at Flora & Fauna worked as an Engineer for Lendlease, MVM and Transfield. New to retail Tom but not to shopping Tom manages the Finance and Operations at Flora & Fauna and keeps the rest of the team in check!
Trent Allan
Head of eCommerce & Marketing
Home Clearance (Winning Group)
Trent Allan is an entrepreneur, growth marketer, public speaker, and active investor. He is currently Head of eCommerce & Marketing for Home Clearance, having also previously worked with Appliances Online, Australia’s largest online appliance retailer, and Young Henrys Brewing Company, one of Sydney's fastest growing micro breweries.
Levi Aron
Country Manager
Deliveroo
Levi Aron has 18 years experience in senior leadership roles including operations, sales, marketing, and customer engagement. Levi has successfully demonstrated a track record of building and scaling businesses to desired goals and objectives.
Currently Levi is the Australian Country Manager for Deliveroo, a London based tech startup that provides premium food delivery from your best loved local restaurants to your home or office. Deliveroo is now available in 12 countries, 120 cities (including Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Perth, Adelaide & Canberra), and has raised A$623 million to date.
Apurva Chiranewala
Growth Leader
Sendle
former Head of Shipping Strategy
eBay
Apurva Chiranewala is currently the strategy and growth leader at Sendle. He is well known in the industry, and comes from a notable and very visible position at eBay where he was head of shipping for the ANZ region. With his background in building eCommerce businesses in India, Apurva has expert insights in both domestic and key international markets.
Apurva is a veteran in eCommerce and logistics, with a focus on the fastest growing eCommerce segment - SMEs - which is growing at 18% YOY in Australia.
Andrew Clark 
Managing Director
LogisticsHelp
Andrew Clark is a consultant in warehousing and logistics and the founder and Managing Director of Logistics Help. Andrew has written numerous blog posts and an eBook outlining his approach in The 12 Principles of High Performance Warehousing. Andrew has worked with large corporate organisations such as Pfizer, Linfox, DHL, Government agencies and small and medium businesses in retail, B2B and online to help them achieve major improvements in the performance of their warehousing and logistics operations.
Andrew founded Logistics Help to bring his expertise gained in large corporate supply chains, to the underserved Small and Medium Enterprise market, and is now on a mission to bring high performance strategies and technologies to SMEs to help them get their logistics into the 21st century and compete effectively with big business.
James Condon
Director
Industrial at Savills Australia
James Condon has lived at least 5yrs in each of Australia’s 4 largest capital cities. He entered the property industry in 2005 where he commenced his career with JLL. In 2007 James became Director of Industrial and Business Services at Savills. James has been involved in the sale and leasing of property all over Australia.
He has been travelling monthly to the East Coast of Australia and regularly into Asia where his work has seen him travel to China, Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore, Jakarta, and Kuala Lumpur.
His recent major achievements include the largest Pre-Lease deal in the Perth market for a decade being the 42,000sq m Kmart Distribution Centre at Jandakot Airport and completing the 20km solo channel swim to Rottnest Island.
Dominic Culbert
Head of Logistics
Shippit
Dominic Culbert is an ecommerce logistics expert with 18+ years’ experience. As the Group Logistics and Delivery Solutions Manager at the Mysale Group he oversaw the implementation and set-up of its international and domestic delivery network comprising of over 65 shipping lanes across 10 countries. Now as the Head of logistics at Shippit he is responsible for driving the companies’ logistics strategy.
Deb Ellis
Partner
Gattorna Alignment
Deborah has been a logistics and supply chain consultant for twenty years, prior to which she worked with Master Foods and the Swire Group. As a consultant, she has led strategy and network modelling projects in Australia, Asia, Europe, and North and South America; and across diverse industries including grain and livestock, cash distribution, consumer goods, industrial, mining and even high-end fashion! Recent clients include Schneider Electric (with projects in Australia, China, Brazil, India and the US), CBH Grain, Meat and Livestock Australia, Unilever, Shell and Ralph Lauren.
Gattorna Alignment’s research team have recently been focusing on the impact of customer buying behaviour on channel strategy decisions, which Deborah will bring to the panel.
Mehdi Fassaie
Founder
Fluent Retail
Mehdi Fassaie has over 18+ years of experience and has held various strategic, product and technical leadership roles across the media, retail and logistics industries. Mehdi is the founder of Fluent Retail and has been instrumental in designing and building the the Fluent Retail Distributed Order Management platform with a focus on consumer convenience. With experience in product strategy he embraces the uniqueness of each organisation, encouraging sophisticated decision making over doing the obvious.
Ben Hare
Director, Chief Operating Officer
Tinyme
As a co-owner and Director of Tinyme, Ben oversees the Finance, HR, Compliance & Risk, IT, Customer Service and Logistics functions of the business.
Since joining Tinyme in 2010, Ben has been instrumental in developing the company’s export strategy and building out the business platform to sustain rapid growth.
Growing rapidly in sales of personalised children’s products, Tinyme featured in the BRW Fast Starter List 2011 and has been a finalist in multiple categories of the Online Retail Industry Awards, featuring as a finalist in 5 consecutive years.
Prior to joining Tinyme, Ben spent over 10 years working for Goldman Sachs JBWere, most recently as Director – Infrastructure where he was responsible for co-managing $200 million of investments in Infrastructure securities. During his tenure at Goldman Sachs JBWere he held a variety of roles with experience in portfolio management, stock research, equities trading, quantitative analysis, sales and marketing, product management and operations.
Ben is also a Non-Executive Director of the National Online Retailers Association (NORA) and featured in Inside Retail’s Top 50 People in E-Commerce list for 2015.
In 2007, Ben was awarded the IFSA/Deloitte Future Leaders Award for the investment industry. Ben holds an MBA from the Melbourne Business School, Bachelor degrees in Commerce and Science from the University of Melbourne and a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment.
Nathan Huppatz
Co-founder
readytoship.com.au and costumes.com.au
Nathan is passionate about the online logistics and retail space. His eCommerce experience started back in 1999, but most recently has co-founded and grown the award winning online costume retail business www.costumes.com.au and readytoship.com.au, a leading cloud based shipping integration product. ReadyToShip integrates web stores and eBay accounts to carriers like eParcel, Fastway, Toll and more and today boasts a growing customer base responsible for a parcel delivery every 4 seconds in business hours within Australia.
Nathan has experience in all aspects of starting, growing and running eCommerce businesses of different models, from importing and exporting through to online marketing with AdWords, comparison shopping, SEO and multichannel platforms like eBay.He is author of the Australian version of 'Making Money on eBay for Dummies', a regular speaker at online retail conferences and seminars, voted in the Inside Retail Top 50 People in eCommerce in 2015 and 2016, and recent winner of the RetailGlobal Internet Conference individual "Excellence Award" for 2016."
Abdul Jaafar
General Manager, Supply Chain
Fantastic Furniture
Abdul’s career spans more than seventeen years’ experience within the supply chain industry where he has successfully worked for some of Australia’s leading transport & retail groups including Allied Express, TNT Express, Steinhoff International & Fantastic Holdings.
During this time he has been promoted on numerous occasions and held a number of senior management roles including Global Supply Chain Manager, General Manager & National Operations Manager. As a result, Abdul has a diverse skill set spanning all facets of the Supply Chain & Logistics industry, including road transport, ocean freight, quality, warehousing, rail, freight forwarding and global cargo.
As a senior manager he has also demonstrated my strong business acumen, negotiation skills and ability to foster a positive team environment that is geared towards the achievement of short, medium and long term business objectives. In particular, he is experienced in formulating strategic plans, preparing and analysing financial forecasts and budgets, managing change within the organisation, negotiating contracts and contract renewals, fostering positive working relationships with both internal and external stakeholders and resolving complex issues in a prompt and effective manner.
David Jaffe
Consulting Director
LimeBridge Australia
David Jaffe is co-author of the ground breaking “The Best Service is no Service” (Wiley 2008) which documents some of Amazon’s key techniques in managing customers. He followed this with “Your Customer Rules!” (Wiley 2015) which looks at the importance of the customer experience now that customers are in control. He is one of the leading thinkers on sales and service in Australia and has helped many of the top businesses here and overseas transform their interactions with their customers. He has advised over 50 ASX 200 companies across many industry sectors as well as not for profits and government.
He is the Consulting Director and founder of the specialist customer experience business, LimeBridge Australia. David graduated from Oxford University where he won a half blue for Modern Pentathlon. He lives in Melbourne, Australia and is an avid Orienteer on the board of Orienteering Victoria. He also performed for many years with the Melbourne Symphony Chorus.
Michael Kilgariff
Managing Director
Australian Logistics Council
Michael Kilgariff is the Managing Director of the Australian Logistics Council.
ALC is the peak national body representing the major and national companies participating in the Australian logistics industry, with a focus on national supply chain efficiency and safety.
Since his appointment to the position in 2009, Michael has worked closely with industry and government to elevate the needs of freight efficiency and safety.
Over 2017, ALC will focus on the development of the National Freight and Supply Chain Strategy, which was announced by the Prime Minister in the 2016 Annual Infrastructure Statement.
Michael holds a degree in Economics from the Australian National University, and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors’ diploma and advanced diploma courses.
Simon Molnar
Chief Executive Officer
Ice Jewellery
After finishing school, Simon joined MacromatiX, a POS software development company. After 3 years, at 21, he and his brother launched ice.com, America's largest jewellery eCommerce retailer into Australia and very quickly became the largest online-only jewellery retailer in Australia.
Peter Nemtsas
Managing Director
Myoora Transformations
Peter owns and operates his own consulting and contracting business that provides organisations with a competitive edge through the application of sound supply chain management and process improvements through Lean and 6 Sigma to reduce bottom line costs. The business also performs training design and delivery services for transport and Logistics, Project Management, Competitive Systems and Practices, Management and Leadership.
Peter is an industry recognised Supply Chain Executive and passionate trainer and mentor. Best practice know-how is provided through the application of Lean Manufacturing techniques and international standard of excellence, captured from having worked with iconic industries like Transport and Logistics (Linfox) Energy (Western Power), Retail (Coles Myer & Spotlight), FMCG, Industrial (Komatsu), Health Care (Faulding, Mayne Health, Glaxo Smith Kline), Tyres (Dunlop Goodyear, Michelin), Technology (Telstra, SPAusnet), Auto (BMW, Holden, Mitsubishi), Defence (Royal Australian Air Force) to Consulting (CEVA Logistics and KM&T).
Experience spans public and private, listed and unlisted organisations, from SMEs to MNCs. Acknowledged by peers for sound business acumen, a library of strategy and leadership expertise in Operations, Manufacturing and Supply Chain, a catalyst for conceiving and executing group wide large scale Change Initiatives. LEAN Manufacturing expert, qualified trainer and assessor, management of RTO activities and design and development of training and assessment resources.
Peter was most recently the Asia Pacific Training Manager/CEO RTO 103554 for Linfox where he developed and delivered nationally recognised training in logistics, warehousing, transport, (including the new 2016 units for Chain of Responsibility) and Competitive Systems and Practices. Peter is also the Deputy Chairman of the Transport and Logistics Industry Reference Committee and is a member of two Transport and Logistics Technical Advisory Committees for Fatigue Management and training design and delivery in the Pacific region.
Peter has a Diploma of Administration, Certificate in Vocational Instruction, Certificate IV in Training and Assessment (including LLN), Project Management Certificate, Applying Sustainability to Learning Programs, completed the Defence Industry study Course and has also completed training in Lean/6 Sigma, adult learning, industrial relations, strategic outsourcing and business planning.
Adrian Pidgeon
Retail Logistics Manager
Ikea
19 years in IKEA, started when I left school at 16 in England. Continued to study and finished a university degree in Wales. All this time I was still working for IKEA part time. Once finished university I worked in expansion projects and in my home store and across the UK with the company. I then got the opportunity in 2004 to move to Australia as a warehouse manager. From there I worked across multiple sites and expansion agendas to the current role where I am looking after the total Retail Logistics operation for IKEA Australia.
David Rogers
Chairman
Asia Pacific Logistics Federation
David is currently running his own boutique consulting business called Insync Supply Chain Management Pty Ltd which provides an extensive range of supply chain consulting services across Australia and Asia. Insync Supply Chain Management Pty Ltd has significant expertise in the development and execution of supply chain strategies, transforming the integration, alignment and functional synchronisation across all supply chain stakeholders. Prior to starting his own business, David worked in the corporate environment in various senior supply chain management positions with blue chip companies
David has a Masters Business Degree in Logistics, Graduate Diploma of Transport and Distribution (RMIT), Diploma of Project Management. David also holds Certificates in Business, Finance Management, Change Management, Materials Handling Management, Distribution Management, Training and Assessment and is a Certified Logistics and Supply Professional Asia Pacific (CLSP-AP), Certified Professional Logistician Australia (CPL).
David is the Chairman Asian Pacific Logistics Federation (APLF), Past Chairman of the Supply Chain Logistics Australia Association (SCLAA) and currently an Independent National Director, Australian Roundtable President of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP), National Councillor for GS1 Board in Australia.
David is also a member of the Transport - Logistics Industry Group – Australian Industry Standards (AIS) and has also lectured on Supply Chain Management at RMIT University and Victorian University.
Dean Salakas
Chief Party Dude
The Party People
Dean Salakas is the Chief Party Dude at The Party People who claimed over $200,000 in government grants. The Party People is the market leader for party supplies in Australia also operating Australia’s largest bricks and mortar party store.
Martin Shaw
Head of Research
InternetRetailing
Martin is responsible for InternetRetailing’s stable of research reports – notably the UK Top500, Europe Top500 and, most recently, the Australia Top250 – which gauge the performance and size of ecommerce and multichannel retailers across the areas of customer experience, operations and logistics, merchandising, brand engagement, mobile and cross-channel, and strategy and innovation. IR Research both does its own primary research and draws on the expertise of other companies to gain a holistic view of retail performance, answering the questions “What is best practice?” “Who is doing it?” “How are they doing it?” Martin started IR Research focussed on the UK in 2013 and today the team analyses retail markets in Australia, Southeast Asia, and Europe
Charles-Adrien Sirot 
Head of Logistics
HelloFresh
Charles started as a Civil Engineer on site in South Africa and then was sucked in the start-up world in Groupon where he learned analytics and automation. His job at HelloFresh is now an opportunity to mix both worlds. He is crazily data driven and tries to automate everything he does to focus on building relationships and processes with his partners.
Mark Skipper
National Director
Supply Chain & Logistics Association of Australia
Mark Skipper is the former Chairman of the Supply Chain & Logistics Association of Australia.
He is an experienced Managing Director with proven Asia Pacific track record. He has over 38 years continuous Board experience within Australia and internationally, including
- Over 25 years experience as Non Executive Company Director of a Top 150 Australian Private Company
- Over 6 year experience as Executive Company Director
- Over 10 years experience on Not For Profit / Charities / Association
- International Executive Director Experience in Asia Pacific
Mark is a Fellow of Australian Institute of Company Directors and CPL and has experience in Retail, FMCG / Wholesale, Pharmaceuticals, Chemicals, Logistics, Supply Chain, Audit, Risk Management and Direct to Consumer.
Vince Spiteri
Operations and Supply Chain Leader
Green’s General Food
Vince has over 30 years’ experience in the supply chain, operations, safety, engineering and lean structures & processes space working for blue-chip organisations in the FMCG, Fashion, Engineering, pharmaceutical and high tech industries, both in-house and as a consultant.
Leading large multi streamed projects and resolving operational challenges including manufacturing execution, system development, maintenance review, safety system, management team coaching and capital development. Vince led a team of more than 40 Safety and Operational Excellence staff, across nine Asia Pacific locations for Campbell Arnotts.
Richard Whetton
Head of Fulfillment
Catch Group
Richard Whetton studied Biochemical Engineering at Swansea University and started his career in the food industry at Dairy Crest Limited. Whilst at Dairy Crest his role took on much more of a production management flavor and he later moved to Deluxe Media Services (then Rank Video Services) who provided manufacturing and logistics services to the main Hollywood studios across Europe and the US.
Whilst working for Deluxe Richard worked in many different roles in different countries, finishing up running a 20,000 sq metre DC based to the South of Paris.
Richard then came to Australia working for Harper Collins book publishers who operated a subsidiary 4PL company providing services to both the publishing and home entertainment industries. Richard finished his time with Harper Collins running this subsidiary company, before moving to the next challenge as GM for Global distribution with the Just Group.
Whilst Richard was with the Just Group they took all seven brands live online with a significant and successful e-commerce offering for which he oversaw the fulfillment implementation and operation.
Richard now works for Catch.com.au Australia’s largest pure-play online retailer and manages the logistics and fulfillment operations for them.
Leo Zaitsev
Director of Commercial Operations
Klika Group
A veteran of the e-commerce industry, Leo founded his first e-tail business at the age of 21 whilst attending university.
Following his career as a corporate lawyer, he founded two further online retail businesses which functioned autonomously whilst he spent the next 7 years with two Australian financial institutions in various managerial roles in their institutional banking divisions.
In early 2015, one of Leo’s businesses was acquired by Klika Group, which he then joined as one of its shareholders, and as a director of its commercial operations. At Klika, Leo oversees Group’s business growth strategies, development and management of its supplier relationships and building of the Group’s brand and market share.
In 2015 Klika Group was voted Top 20 Online Retailer in Australia by Smart Company and was a runner up in Oria’s Peoples’ Choice Awards.
Leo holds a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Commerce from Monash University.
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