Xavier Brusset holds a PhD in Management Science from the Louvain Catholic University and an Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches from Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense university. He has been teaching Logistics and Supply Chain Management at the Toulouse Business School, ESSCA  and now SKEMA since 2009. His research focuses on the relationship between the supply chain partners and the impact of information on their behaviour.  His findings have been published in academic journals such as The European Journal of Operational Research, the International Journal of Production Economics, Computers and Industrial Engineering, RAIRO Operations Research, la Revue Française de Gestion Industrielle (French Industrial Management Review). He edited and co-authored a textbook about business cases in distribution. Previously, Xavier also worked in financial markets and created in Argentina a web-based platform of information sharing and logistic services between shippers and carriers (WebLogistix). Every two years, he organizes a Colloquium on European Research in Retailing (CERR).