Dr Ismail Abushaikha is a Senior Lecturer of Logistics & Supply Chain Management at Cranfield School of Management and Director of the Executive MSc in Logistics & Supply Chain Management. He holds a PhD in Supply Chain Management and an MSc in Logistics and Supply Chain Management from Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh. Dr Abushaikha has extensive academic and executive education experience in the United Kingdom, Germany, Belgium, and the Middle East, covering a wide range of topics in logistics and supply chain management. Alongside his academic career, he gained industry experience through management roles with multinational companies, including the Operations and CRM divisions of Aramex and the commercial division of Goodyear.

Dr Abushaikha works closely with NGOs and UN organisations on supply chain resilience projects and has undertaken consultancy assignments for  British and multinational companies as well as UK government bodies, including the Health and Safety Executive.