Paul D. Larson, Ph.D. is CN Professor of Supply Chain Management (SCM) at the University of Manitoba, where he was Head of the SCM Department and Director of the Transport Institute, 2005-2011. He is also a HUMLOG International Research Fellow at Hanken School of Economics in Helsinki. Larson has published in several leading logistics journals, such as the International Journal of Logistics Management. Currently, Professor Larson studies logistics and supply chain sustainability, with active projects on food waste, human migration and supplier diversity. He has delivered lectures and executive programs in Australia, China, Colombia, Finland, Sweden, Trinidad and Tobago, and several other countries. On February 18, 2017, Larson ascended to Uhuru peak, Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania.