Board • 2025-2026
The people running the association
PRESIDENT 2025-2028
Prof. Dr. Torbjørn Netland
Full Professor, Chair of Production and Operations Management and Deputy Head of the Department of Management, Technology, and Economics at ETH Zürich, Switzerland.
ELECTED BOARD MEMBERS
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Prof. Albachiara Boffelli
University of Bergamo, Italy
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Prof. Hajar Fatorachian
Leeds Beckett University, Leeds Business School, UK
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Prof. Alejandro G. Frank
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil
CHAIR OF OPERATIONS AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
Prof. Melanie Kreye
University of York, UK
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
Prof. Mohammad Moshtari
Tampere University, Finland
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Prof. Omid Maghazei
University of Bath, School of Management, UK
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Prof. Cristina Sancha Fernandez
ESADE, Spain
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT AND PURCHASING
Prof. Philipp C. Sauer
NEOMA Business School, France
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF OPERATIONS
Prof. Aline Seepma
University of Groningen, Netherlands
PROFESSOR OF OPERATIONS AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
Prof. Kostas Selviaridis
Lancaster University Management School, UK
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF SUPPLY CHAIN SUSTAINABILITY
Prof. Minelle E. Silva
Asper School of Business, University of Manitoba, Canada
PROFESSOR AND CHAIR IN FACTORY PLANNING AND INTRALOGISTICS
Prof. Matthias Thurer
Technische Universität Chemnitz, Germany
PROFESSOR AND CHAIR IN OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
Prof. Yufeng Zhang
Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, UK
Founders
Prof. Christer Karlsson
Department of Operations Management, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
Prof. Chris Voss
London Business School / Warwick Business School, UK
Co-Opted Members
Prof. Cristina Gimenez-Thomsen
ESADE, Spain · Past President
Prof. Christer Karlsson
Founder
Prof. Gerald Reiner
WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business), Austria · EurOMA 2026 Conference Chair
Prof. Byung-Gak Son
Bayes Business School, UK · representative of the International Journal of Operations and Production Management
Prof. Evelyne Vanpoucke
Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, ULB, Belgium
Prof. Chris Voss
Founder