Lead Visionary and Senior Group Strategist In PostNord, +35 years in the logistic industry. Former Business CIO, Head of Logistics, Business Development Director and Program Director with a demonstrated history of reengineering and innovating logistics and supply chain industry. Strong media and communication professional, skilled in Business Innovations and Processes, Negotiation, Business Planning, Operations Management, and Analytical Skills. Results through action and not PowerPoint. Winner of Parcel & PostExpo’s Transport Innovation of the Year 2022. Winner of Parcel & PostExpo’s Sorting and Warehouse innovation of the year 2023.

Bernhard manages the Postal Innovation Platform (PIP), an open platform and initiative focusing on innovation and the future for the postal and logistics industry. He previously worked for the Austrian Post and served on the Management Board of the International Post Corporation in Brussels for over five years. He is also a consultant for the postal and logistics sector, focusing on innovation, startups and transformation.

Bernhard is an entrepreneur, who founded a European platform solution for the wine industry providing full logistics, payment, tax, and duty administration support. Bernhard holds an LL.M from George Washington University, USA, and a J.D. from the University of Graz, Austria.

Alan Barrie is a high profile industry influencer and change leader with over 30 years senior executive experience in the eCommerce and postal logistics sectors. Alan’s early career in the Royal Mail Group culminated in key transformational roles as Change & IT Director in Post Office Ltd and Operational Design & Strategy Director in Royal Mail plc. In these roles he built his strong reputation for strategy development and delivery of large scale, demanding change programmes, often with major technology dependencies. Most recently he extended his experience into cross-border eCommerce in his role as Director Operations & Technology for International Post Corporation, based in Brussels. Building an eCommerce platform linking 185+ markets globally into a single, integrated entity was an exercise in technology infrastructure development at scale and complex international stakeholder management. Back in the UK Alan is now focused on accelerating sustainable solutions into the eCommerce sector, from both environmental and commercial perspectives.

Richard previously headed up the ‘Retail Insight and Analytics’ team at the British Retail Consortium. Before that, he worked in mergers and acquisitions for Citi Group. He has a wealth of experience in data analytics, consumer research and macroeconomics, and is skilled in generating actionable insights for clients. Richard is based in London and has a keen interest in Behavioural Game Theory.