Alessandro is the CIO (Chief Information Officer) for Merck Healthcare, the group’s pharmaceutical division that accounts for more than 40% of the total Merck revenues. The role consists in leading the overall Information Technology operations and projects across R&D, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Marketing and Sales functions. His mission encompasses the need for efficiently partnering with the business in order to deliver a reliable, state of the art, and highly adaptable Technology Solutions and Service providing Merck with a sustainable competitive advantage. In 2017 and 2018, he has been interviewed by several newspapers (WSJ, Huffington Post, Pharma Executive, CIO Journal, Diginomica) for his work on “Self Driving Supply Chains”. In 2016, he has been elected “The Inspirational Leader of the Year” within the Merck BioPharma division. In 2015, he has been awarded the Nr 1 Pharma “Most Influential Supply Chain Executive in Europe” (among the top 5 across all industries) by the SCM magazine. Previously, he has been responsible for the Merck Healthcare Supply Chain operations including E2E planning, physical distribution & warehousing. Prior to Merck, Alessandro worked in Procter & Gamble (FMCG’s industry) for 20 years holding positions across Innovation, Manufacturing, Engineering and Supply Chain Management. He has operated in countries such as China, Russia, South Africa and several Eastern European countries and has been based in Italy, Belgium, Switzerland and Spain.

Christian Seith joined Daimler in 2007. From 2013 on, he took over several supply-chain focused management roles within the business units Trucks and Passenger Cars. From 2017 to 2019, he joined the Mercedes-Benz Manufacturing Hungary Kft. as Head of Logistics, were he was responsible for the Inbound, Inplant and Outbound logistics of the Mercedes-Benz Production Plant in Kecskemét. Since June 2019 he is in his current position as Senior Manager for Transportation Planning and Network Management. In this role, he is responsible for planning and cost calculation of European and intercontinental transport of parts and cars as well as for transport control and optimization, including several digitalization projects.