Thorsten Neumann DiplIng

The Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA) has appointed Thorsten Neumann as its first full-time president and CO with a remit to grow its reputation as the world’s leading end-to-end supply chain resilience association and to deliver more risk management solutions for TAPA’s rapidly growing membership of manufacturers, logistics service providers, and other supply chain security stakeholders.

Neumann has served in a voluntary capacity as chairman of TAPA’s Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region since 2006, alongside his responsibilities as, most recently, director of APS channel security and business resilience at Microsoft Corporation. Over the last 13 years, he has been part of a TAPA EMEA leadership team that has delivered unprecedented growth and benefits for the Associations of more than 410 member companies and partners in EMEA.

A civil expert in the NATO Transport Group, Neumann began his global supply chain security career with Motorola Mobility in 1998, before joining Nokia in 2008 and ultimately holding the post of director of devices and retail supply chain security/business resilience. In 2015, he joined Microsoft, holding senior director posts in Europe and the United States.