David Evans is co-founder of Autonomation Consulting. He has held senior supply chain roles at a FTSE top five company in a highly regulated environment, where he led major reorganisations of the supply chain function, developed global strategy, implemented systems transformation and ran regional operations.

His background covers sales and operations planning, demand forecasting and supply planning across global networks, supply chain operating model design, segmentation and inventory optimisation. He has a particular interest in how AI and digital twins can support planning and integrated business planning.