October 11, 2012 at 8:00AM - October 11, 2012 at 8:50AM
MIT Room E62-550
Humanitarian Logistics: Experiences from the Field
Q&A brownbag lunch, drinks and cookies provided
Speaker Bio
Ian Heigh has been involved in delivering international humanitarian assistance for over 15 major disasters since the mid 1990s, working as a logistician and response manager, largely with the International Red Cross (IFRC) and the United Nations. This has been interspersed with a career in commercial logistics.
Ian led a team to re-engineer the IFRC’s global supply chain, leading to the European Supply Chain Award for Excellence. He received the best thesis award while completing his MSc in Logistics and Supply Chain Management at Cranfield University. Ian ‘s work as Logistics Coordinator for the IFRC in Haiti was profiled in the documentary Inside Disaster Haiti (http://insidedisaster.com/haiti/characters#ian).
