Supply Chain & Logistics Conference 2024 Speakers

Gry Hallås

Maritime Legal Council, Fugro

Gry Hallås is the Maritime Legal Counsel in Fugro’s fleet services department, she is based at Fugro’s head office in the Netherlands. Gry is an England and Wales qualified solicitor with experience advising companies in the shipping, energy, and insurance industries. As maritime legal counsel, Gry provides legal support in respect of Fugro’s owned and chartered fleet.
Douglas Pickles

Director, Supply Chain & Procurement Lead Scotland, PwC

Douglas Pickles is a Senior Director and the Supply Chain lead in Scotland for PwC. His clients work across the energy ecosystem and include owners, operators, supply chain partners and infrastructure providers - including ports. Douglas has supported clients across a range of geographies and markets with capital project procurement, supply chain performance improvement, procurement transformation, local content development and investment attraction.
Will Rowley

Chief Executive Officer, Offshore Solutions Group

Will is a 30yr offshore energy specialist, and a recognised authority on industrial scale offshore service development & delivery. He is the founder and CEO of Offshore Solutions Group, providers of enabling solutions for large-scale floating wind projects and the Developer of TS-FLOW™ wet storage sites. He has held leadership positions in international offshore companies, consultancies, and industry trade organisations and been an advisor to Governments and NGOs across UK, Norway, Australia, Singapore, and USA.
Bob Sanguinetti

Chief Executive Officer, Port of Aberdeen

Bob Sanguinetti joined Port of Aberdeen as Chief Executive in 2021, bringing an extensive background in the maritime industry. Prior to joining the port, Bob led the UK Chamber of Shipping, where he influenced Government, Parliament and global organisations to champion and protect the UK’s shipping industry. Bob was Chief Executive of the Port of Gibraltar between 2014 – 2018 and has more than 20 years’ experience in the Royal Navy, in sea and land-based roles.
Iain Sinclair

Executive Director, Global Energy Group

Iain is Executive Director, Renewables & Energy Transition at Global Energy Group, leading the development and implementation of GEG's renewables business growth strategy. This includes large scale capital investment projects, port infrastructure development and floating offshore wind manufacturing opportunities. With over 20 years renewable energy supply chain experience, he is a Board Director at both Scottish Renewables and Renewable UK, sits on the Scottish Government’s Renewables Strategic Leadership Group, is a Deepwind Cluster board member and sits on SOWEC’s Supply Chain Steering Group. He is also Non Exec Director leading wave technology provider, Mocean Energy.
Gavin Smart

UK & Ireland Head of New Business & Supply Chain Strategy, ScottishPower Renewables

Gavin is UK & Ireland Head of New Business & Supply Chain Strategy at ScottishPower Renewables, where he is responsible for the roll-out of supply chain strategy planning, development and supply chain engagement to all Iberdrola’s UK and Irish offshore projects. He has worked in the offshore renewables industry for over 10 years, with both SPR and ORE Catapult, where he was Head of Analysis & Insights, responsible for industry-leading analysis and helping to pave the way for policy support for emerging technologies such as floating offshore wind and tidal stream energy. He also has a background in corporate finance and business valuation, having worked for a number of years in financial management and financial consultancy.