Michel Leseure is a Senior Lecturer in Supply Chain Management and Doctoral Supervisor at the Faculty of Technology, School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK. He holds a Ph.D. in Manufacturing Management from the The University of Sheffield, an MBA from Eastern Washington University, and a Diplome d'ingénieur from ENSMM. His research interests are the evolution of technical systems, operations and supply chain management, engineering economy, real options, and scenario analysis.