Contributors Acknowledgements Murad Abdullayev Chief Technology Officer, SOCAR (State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic) Darez Ahamed Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Guidance Tamil Nadu, India Basmah AlBuharian Managing Director, Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution Saudi Arabia Saleh Al-Khulaifi Assistant Undersecretary for Industry and Business Development, Ministry of Commerce and Industry of Qatar Gunter Beitinger Senior Vice-President, Manufacturing; Head, Factory Digitalization, Siemens Jason Berns Senior Vice-President, Product and Manufacturing Innovation, Ralph Lauren Corporation Berk Birand Chief Executive Officer, Fero Labs Oussama El Jerbi Area Managing Director Qatar, Consolidated Contractors Company (CCC) Michelangelo Canzoneri Global Head, Group Smart Manufacturing, MerckEugenio Cassiano Senior Vice-President, Strategy and Innovation, Celonis Tung Ciny Secretary of the State, Ministry of Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation of Cambodia Aleksander Ciszek Chief Executive Officer, 3YOURMIND Gaurav Daga Vice-President, Special Initiatives, Guidance Tamil Nadu, India Youssef Dakir Chief Business Excellence Officer, OCP Group Corieh Dichosa Executive Director, Philippine Board of Investments (BOI) David Dittert Program Director, Operations Development, DHL Group, Germany Allison Dring Chief Executive Officer, Made of Air Lauren Dunford Co-Founder; Chief Executive Officer, Guidewheel Efe Erdem General Manager, Mext, Turkish Employers Association of Metal Industries (MESS) World Economic Forum Ramandeep Babrah Project Fellow, Centre for Advanced Manufacturing and Supply Chains Memia Fendri Lead, Content Curation and Operational Excellence, Centre for Advanced Manufacturing and Supply Chains Kevin Thomson Specialist, Initiatives and Community, Centre for Advanced Manufacturing and Supply ChainsKearney Horacio Leal Principal Nigel Pekenc Partner The World Economic Forum and Kearney thank the following individuals for their input and participation in the consultations and community discussions, which contributed to the development of this white paper. Global Value Chains Outlook 2026: Orchestrating Corporate and National Agility 32