**About the Editors**

#### **Karim Marini Thom´e**

Karim Marini Thome is an Associate Professor at the University of Bras ´ ´ılia, overseeing postgraduate programs in Management and Agribusiness. He is a researcher at the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq). Professor Thome acted ´ as a visiting professor at Stockholm School of Economics and Uppsala University (Sweden), working on projects related to the configuration of new actors and elements in supply chains. In a relatively short period of time, Professor Thome has already generated more than 200 publications in ´ journals, chapters and conferences, and he has been fortunate enough to co-operate with likeminded colleagues, such as Michael and Patricia. He is particularly interested in how new supply chain practices modify the orders of pre-established supply chains and how this change, in turn, generates differentiations in and various versions of supply chains.

#### **Michael Bourlakis**

Professor Michael Bourlakis serves as Chair in Logistics, Procurement and Supply Chain Management. He is Director of Research for Cranfield School of Management and Director of the Centre of Logistics, Procurement and Supply Chain Management. He joined Cranfield School of Management in 2013. Previously, he worked at Brunel University Business School (Leadership Roles: Director of Postgraduate Studies for 7 MSc programmes, "Impact" Champion for REF2014, Director of OASIS Research Centre), Kent University Business School (Leadership Roles: Head of Marketing and Supply Chain Management Group, Director of Enterprise), Newcastle University (Leadership Roles: Director of Undergraduate and Postgraduate Programmes), Oxford University Templeton College (Oxford Institute of Retail Management) and Leicester University Management Centre. Professor Michael Bourlakis is an internationally renowned and established authority in logistics and supply chain management, especially in food, retail and sustainable supply chains. He is the recipient of substantial external funding. Specifically, he has won more than 25 research and consulting projects (as PI or Co-I) totaling more than GBP 27.5 million (total allocated project funding) from various bodies (EPSRC, Food Standards Agency, Technology Strategy Board, EU (FPVI, FPVII), Horizon 2020, Marie Skłodowska-Curie), local Regional Development Agencies and private companies. Professor Michael Bourlakis has generated more than 250 publications including 63 journal papers and 3 edited books. He sits on the Editorial Board of 15 journals including leading logistics, supply chain and operations management journals.

#### **Patricia Guarnieri**

Professor Patricia Guarnieri earned her Doctorate in Production Engineering at Federal University of Pernambuco and her Master's in Production Engineering at Technological Federal University of Parana. She is an expert in Enterprise Management, teaches graduate courses, hosts MBA courses on these topics, and also holds a Bachelor's in Accounting. She is an associate professor at University of Bras´ılia, Brazil, and acts as a professor and supervisor for the Business Management bachelor course; Master's and Doctorate Program in Management; and Master's in Agribusiness course. She is a researcher at Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq). She acted as visiting professor at Universita di Bologna, Italy at the Industrial Engineering ` Department, working on projects related to the circular economy. She serves as leader in the research group GEALOGS on logistics and supply chain management at University of Bras´ılia, Brazil. She is a member of Scorai Brazil (Sustainable Consumption Research and Action Initiative) and ACPN (Advances in Cleaner Production Network). She participates as chair in the Circular Economy, tracking the main events in Brazil related to logistics and operations, such as Enanpad (Brazilian meeting of research and post-graduate in Business Administration) and Simpoi (Symposium of Logistics and International Operations), both promoted by the Brazilian Association of Research and Post-graduate studies in Business Management. Her research interests include reverse logistics, supplier selection, sustainability in SCM, circular economy and decision analysis. She has several papers and chapters published in both Brazilian and international conferences, journals and books and acts as a referee for numerous conferences and journals, generating more than 270 publications including 94 journal papers, 140 conference papers and 34 book chapters. She has authored one book and edited five.
