Roberto Canevari of Burberry and Viju Menon of Verizon Join SCM World's Executive Advisory Board

SCM World, the cross-industry learning community for supply chain practitioners, today announced that Roberto Canevari, Chief Supply Chain Officer at Burberry and Viju Menon, Senior Vice President, Global Supply Chain at Verizon have joined SCM World's Executive Advisory Board (EAB).

Together they join a prestigious, invite-only group of C-level supply chain executives from a broad range of the world's leading companies. Chaired by Dr. Hau Lee, SCM World's EAB is working to advance the profession of supply chain management and support the importance of supply chain as a boardroom function. It also helps in defining the focus, scope and research agenda for the members of the SCM World community.

"I am delighted that Roberto and Viju have joined SCM World's Executive Advisory Board" said Oliver Sloane, SCM World CEO. "Together they will be invaluable in helping us to better understand the strategic decisions that have global impact across supply chain. It's an exciting time for our community as supply chain has never been more relevant to business or to society. Only with insight from, and collaboration with, the brightest thinkers and practitioners from across the world can we deliver competitive business strategies and solve some of the world's biggest challenges such as universal access to healthcare, global distribution of food and environmental sustainability."

Canevari states, "I am honoured to be joining the SCM World's Executive Advisory Board at such an exciting time for the supply chain management community. Working together we can learn and continue to push the boundaries of innovation to improve end-to-end performance across all aspects of the supply chain - regardless of industry."

Menon adds, "The Internet of Things and Big Data are helping us sense future demand patterns and respond quickly. I am looking forward to working alongside peers from other industries to better understand, benefit from and influence the trends and innovation that are impacting supply chain globally and its ability to bring an operational edge that will drive business performance."

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