New International President for CILT
Professor Alan Waller OBE FCILT is the new International President of The Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport (CILT). Though International President-elect since only last May,
Alan has taken over the role earlier than planned due to the sad death of former International President Len Harper FCILT of CILT Australia.
Alan is no stranger to holding office within CILT, as he has been both Chairman and President of CILT(UK), and an International Vice President for five years.
Alan said: “During his short spell as International President, Len Harper did a tremendous job in turning the strategy and principles we had developed into a practical business plan. Len’s premature death has prevented him from following this through, but I will ensure this programme is completed. This will be Len’s legacy.”
An extremely well known figure in the logistics and transport profession, Alan started his career at British Steel and went on to spend over 25 years working in a wide range of industries in Europe, North America and the Far East. He was Senior Logistics partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers where he set up and directed the Global Manufacturing Industry Programme, and he also founded and directed the Centre for Logistics and Supply Chain Management at Cranfield School of Management. He is now Vice-President for Supply Chain Innovation at the international consultancy Solving Efeso and visiting professor for International Supply Chain Management at Cranfield
“The Institute has more than 30,000 members working in over 100 countries; ranging from Beijing to Barbados and countries as large as Australia, and small as Malta. The world is becoming a smaller place. Just as trade between countries intrinsically links the success of our economies, logistics and transport professionals in all those countries are connected by the Institute,” added Alan.
Alan intends to concentrate his presidency on growing membership in all territories, encouraging excellence and consistency and promoting the CILT name in all parts of the world.
Bernard Auton FCILT, Secretary General of CILT, said: “These are sad circumstances for Alan to become President. But he and Len worked very closely on a shared view of the future for the Institute. I’m looking forward to working with Alan and our colleagues across the world implementing the strategy for growth that we developed.”
For further information, visit: http://www.ciltinternational.org/
Published: 21/01/2011
