10 Isabelle Conrot

Executive Partner for Chief Supply Chain Officers Gartner

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Executive Partner for Chief Supply Chain Officers at Gartner, Isabelle Conrot has over 30 years’ experience in E2E supply chain and operations management. She spent the majority of her career at Biotechnology Research company, with Roche leaving the post of Head of Global Logistics and Supply Chain Operations in 2022 to start at Gartner.

Joining Roche in 1994 as a PhD student, Conrot stayed at the company until June 2022, during which time she held positions including: Head of Artworks Management; Head of Business Operations; Head of Regional Sales and Operations Planning; Group Head of Product Supply Chain Management; and Head of Global CMO Management.

She steered Roche through the pandemic, with the challenge of changing the company’s 125-year- old mindset and shaping a sustainable logistics & supply chain operations organisation while adapting to the current and future needs of patients. “I want my legacy to be a lean and agile supply chain organisation that adds value and where people can perform at their best,” she says.

Switzerland-based Conrot has a Doctorate in Pharmaceutical Sciences from the University of Basel, a degree in Pharmacy from The University of Luxembourg and University of Strasbourg, as well as qualifications in Leadership/Management and Global Supply Chain from The International Institute for Management Development. She is a polyglot, speaking English, French, German, and Luxembourgish, and is a Co-Active professional Coach.

Gretchen McCarthy

Chief Supply Chain and Logistics Officer

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Experienced retail leader Gretchen McCarthy is Chief Supply Chain and Logistics Officer at American retail giant Target.

The eighth largest retailer in the US welcomed McCarthy in 2004 as a Buyer in the newborn, infant, and toddler division, where “everything was new...I didn’t even have my own lived experience as a parent yet to draw from”.

In the nearly 20 years since, she has continued learning and listening, using experience to drive her career and lead to new opportunities across the business –from working on merchandising initiatives, leading Target’s global teams during difficulty, and holding multiple senior leadership positions to merchandise planning and buying, leading teams in Canada and India, and serving as a sponsor of the Supply Chain Diversity Action Council.

“Curiosity is a trait that has driven my career and led me to new opportunities across the business,” she says, “from working on Target’s merchandising transformation initiative to leading our global teams through supply chain volatility these last few years.”

A few years ago, she was fundamental in the transformation of Target’s merchandising and supply chain functions, refreshing the retailer’s shopping experience through tech enhancement alongside supply chain and inventory management to spur growth. She now oversees all functions of Target’s global supply chain and logistics network, including inventory management, replenishment, fulfilment, global transportation, logistics, and distribution.

“The lessons I’ve learned and relationships I’ve built are assets I’ll carry forward, as I work alongside my team on a larger scale in the years to come.”