Andy Fearne is Professor of Value Chain Management and Head of Kent Business School (Medway Campus). His main areas of research are consumer behaviour, inter-organisational relationships and value chain analysis.
He is the founding editor of the International Journal of Supply Chain Management (the No.1 ranked journal in the discipline), author of over 150 journal articles, book chapters and conference papers, the 14th Adelaide Thinker in Residence and the son of a Kentish pig farmer, the significance of which is revealed through a tireless work ethic and a positive approach to all opportunities and challenges!