Professor David Oglethorpe
Logistics & Supply Chain Management
Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University
David is Professor of Logistics and Supply Chain Management at Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University. His research and professional backgroun spans around 20 years in the agriculture and food sector, where he has worked in a number of senior roles both in an academic and industrial capacity. his particular expertise lies in agricultural and food systems analysis, operational research and supply chain management. This expertise has been employed in a number of practical applications, informing both public policy and industrial performance. David also has expertise as an environmental impact assessment practitioner, has led and successfully delivered over 20 public research contracts and has a valuable network of contacts within the food industry for which he has undertaken considerable consultancy work.