Prof. Dr. Li Zhou is an expert on operations and supply chain management in the Department of Systems Management & Strategy, Business School, University of Greenwich. She has been a member of the faculty since July 2005. She received a BSc and an MSc in Engineering, and a PhD in Management Science and Engineering. Before joining the University of Greenwich, she was a post-doctoral researcher at Logistics Systems Dynamics Group (LSDG), Business School, Cardiff University, UK; a visiting scholar at the Department of Production Economics, Linköping Institute of Technology, Sweden; an associate professor; and an associate dean at the Institute of Industrial Automation, Nanchang University, China. Besides a strong academic record, Li is also a frequent contributor to professional institutes and educational organisations. For many years, she has been serving as an assessor for the International Federation of Purchasing and Supply Management (IFPSCM), the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS), and the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in the UK (CILT).