Dr. Gerald Lang has been a professor at KEDGE Business School since 2008 and is Academic Director of two executive education programs: Executive ISLI Global Supply Chain Management and Blended ISLI. He is also Academic Director of the online certificate "Supply Chain Digitale". He obtained his Doctorate Ph.D. from the École Polytechnique in Paris. He previously held operational responsibilities as Strategy and Development Director and Project Director in various French and German groups (Bertelsmann, Kering...). In particular, he was in charge of operational Supply Chain improvements at international level, as well as the definition and successful implementation of growth strategies. He is a regular teacher at national and international level on corporate training courses and in MBA and specialized Master programs. His research and teaching activities focus on Supply Chain Management, strategic developments in the omni-channel retail sector, and international and intercultural management.