Michael Bernon

Biography

Mike works collaboratively with companies to design, develop and deliver innovative customised executive develop programmes for global clients. In addition, he is deeply involved with the Executive and Full Time MBA programme and the Executive and Full time Masters in Logistics and Supply Chain Management. Mike continues to be a visiting lecturer to a number of universities and academic institutions across Europe and the Far East. His current research interests are in the areas of supply chain sustainability, carbon footprint measurement, reverse logistics. However, he also has research interests in supply chain network design, supply chain re-design, supply chain improvement and supply chain costing. He has been the principal investigator for a number of major research programmes including, for the EPSRC, World Bank, Department for Transport (DfT) and Knowledge Transfer Partnerships. He is currently the Chairperson for the Cranfield Sustainable Supply Chain Forum and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport and is Chair of their Reverse Logistics Forum. Prior to joining Cranfield, Mike worked in retail management for several years and spent four years based in Singapore developing regional distributors concerned with the supply of UK manufactured control and instrumentation equipment.

Research Interest

Mike is involved in a number of research and teaching activities which include: Integrated business management, Manufacturing planning within global supply chains, Food supply chain vulnerability (DEFRA) and Sustainability.