Atul is EY Asean Consumer Products and Supply Chain Leader and a consulting partner at Ernst & Young Advisory Pte. Ltd. in Singapore. He possesses deep knowledge of sales and supply chain functions in the consumer goods, retail and chemicals sectors across the Asia-Pacific region.

He has supported numerous local and multinational clients, from conceptualization to final delivery of large-scale turnaround programs, including business strategy, process reengineering and technology architecting.

Atul has led innovation engagements on adoption of digital supply chain ideas and brought them to life with prototypes that incorporate robotic process automation, analytics, mobility and artificial intelligence.

He has also led many advanced supply chain analytics and process consulting initiatives, as well as designed and implemented supply chain control towers in Europe and the Asia-Pacific region.

Atul holds a B.E (Chemical) from Panjab University, India.

Schalk de Klerk is a principal in the Anaplan Business Value & Strategy practice, focusing on driving connected planning supply chain transformations in the APAC region, and is based out of Singapore. He has been with Anaplan since 2019 and his strategic clients in the region include leading automotive, CPG, retail, chemical manufacturing, quick service restaurant and mining & metals multinationals.

Prior to joining Anaplan, he worked as a senior supply chain management consultant in South Africa; supporting clients in industries as diverse as Construction, Pharmaceutical, FMCG, Aerospace, Apparel, Electronic Component, and Chemical Manufacturing. He has implemented demand driven replenishment and IBP planning synchronization models in more than 50 discrete manufacturing and distribution sites. In addition, he worked for BHP in Singapore for 7 years - managing a global IT project portfolio valued at more than USD200M annually, in the capacity of a senior portfolio and planning manager – with special emphasis on SAP deployments.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and a master’s degree in Technology Management from the University of Pretoria, South Africa. He is a certified Theory of Constraints practitioner in both project and supply chain management.

William Thomas is the Director of the Economist Corporate Network in South-east Asia. An experienced advisor to senior business and government leaders, he helps organisations understand the strategic, operational, and talent implications of geopolitical changes.

William holds a PhD in public policy from George Mason University in the US, as well as a degree in economics from the University of Virginia and an MBA. His academic research has centered on managing change in large, multinational organisations, with an emphasis on organisational culture.

William is a retired United States Air Force lieutenant colonel, having spent much of his 21-year career as a strategic planner for complex operations such as humanitarian assistance and counterterrorism. He was Associate Professor of Political Science at the US Air Force Academy, and later taught at Georgetown University in Washington DC and as a Fulbright Scholar at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.

Having worked in Asia since 2012, William has focused on leadership development and organisational change as a consultant, leadership coach, and training facilitator.