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Edward McFarlane
CEO | McFarlane Ltd

“Driving Peak Performance” 

A keynote on how to nurture a winning mindset through raising awareness. A practical session that leaves you with some key strategies to improve your business and performance immediately.

  • Unlocking the Winning Mindset: Discover how raising awareness and Emotional Intelligence (EI) can transform individual and team performance.
  • Practical Strategies for Immediate Impact: Gain actionable tools to improve your business results and drive peak performance right away.
  • Building Resilience and Focus: Learn how to overcome challenges and maintain clarity under pressure.
  • Aligning Teams for Success: Foster collaboration and alignment to achieve sustainable growth and consistent outcomes.
  • Inspiring Lasting Change: Leave with a renewed sense of purpose and proven techniques to embed a high-performance culture in your organisation.

BIO

With over 30 years of experience in sales leadership, training, and coaching, Eddie is a charismatic business leader passionate about transforming teams and organisations. Specialising in Emotional Intelligence, Eddie helps companies, leaders and teams foster a winning mindset, aligning goals with actionable strategies to drive peak performance. Known for his practical, engaging approach, he blends real-world experience with proven techniques to deliver immediate results. Eddie’s dynamic keynotes inspire audiences to raise self-awareness, build resilience, and unlock their full potential, leaving them equipped with strategies to improve business performance and achieve lasting success.

Alan Stenson
Founder | Neutral Carbon Zone

“Embedding Sustainability: A Strategic Supply Chain Guide”

The presentation will cover why embedding sustainable practices is critical to future success, the business benefits it offers, and practical steps to successfully begin that journey to net zero. Leading to what a credible pathway looks like, with a couple of examples of businesses in the FM sector who are already embracing sustainability and are now seeing the long-term value of positioning themselves as industry leaders.

  • Why sustainability matters in Supply Chain
  • The business benefits
  • Sustainability in practice
  • Your credible journey to net zero
  • Embedding sustainability – case studies

BIO

Alan has been a sustainability entrepreneur for the past 18 years. Having established a carbon management consultancy in 2006, Alan has been lucky enough to work with many early adopters and industry leaders across a wide range of industries. In 2022 he co-founded Neutral Carbon Zone with an exceptional team of talented colleagues to create a tech-enabled solution for managing organisational, operational and supply-chain emissions, to take motivated clients on their journey to net zero.

Ann Donaghey
Associate Director of Operations | Really Clever

“Industry 4.0 and AI in Manufacturing: Transforming Supply Chain Efficiency” 

In this session, Ann will explore how the integration of Industry 4.0 and AI is reshaping supply chain dynamics and driving operational excellence. She will delve into:

  • Transforming Supply Chains: Real-world applications of IoT and AI to predict, optimise, and streamline supply chain processes.
  • Digital Transformation in Practice: Lessons from leading global digital initiatives across manufacturing sites, including key performance improvements.
  • Building Future-Ready Teams: Strategies for fostering a digital-first culture and empowering teams to adapt to emerging technologies.
  • Achieving Tangible Benefits: How AI and Industry 4.0 deliver cost savings, reduce waste, and enhance production capacity in competitive markets.

BIO

Ann Donaghey is a seasoned leader in global operations, supply chain management, and transformational change. With over 20 years of global experience across biotech, FMCG, and industrial manufacturing, she has driven strategic initiatives that embed continuous improvement, digital innovation, and sustainability into operations.

Ann’s leadership in digital transformation includes developing Industry 4.0 roadmaps for Unilever’s global sites and scaling sustainable manufacturing at ESG Start ups. As a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt, she champions operational excellence and mentors teams to deliver peak performance. Her expertise combines practical insights and a visionary approach to future-proofing supply chains through cutting-edge technology.

Holly Piggott
Director | Alinea Customs

“Unlocking Opportunities: Leveraging Rules of Origin in Free Trade Agreements” 

Product-specific rules of origin criteria in free trade agreements determine whether access to preferential tariffs may be applied. This seminar will provide insight into overseas manufacturing and procurement strategy and tariff-relief.

  • Free trade agreements
  • Product-specific rules of origin
  • The use of intermediates within the supply chain and overseas manufacturing
  • Overseas procurement strategy
  • Supporting a claim for preferential tariffs with appropriate documentation

BIO

Alinea is a Latin term for “a new train of thought.” Holly Piggott joined Alinea Customs as director in 2019. Alinea Customs are a UK customs brokerage and international trade consultancy that provides customs clearance and addresses all aspects of UK customs compliance and practice. Holly Piggott provides corporate and commercial advisory addressing areas related to the international sale of goods and indirect taxation. Holly Piggott is an LLM candidate in International Corporate and Commercial Law at King’s College, and has distinction Dip. in Advanced Customs Compliance. She is a regular editorial contributor to Trade Finance Global.