EPCglobal Board of Governors

The Board of Governors of EPCglobal will guide the organisation towards achieving worldwide adoption and standardisation of EPC technology in an ethical and responsible way. The Board is primarily comprised of End-Users of the technology who are early adopters. The composition of the board will reflect the diversity of industries and geographies that EPC technology will span in the coming decades. Members of the board will be selected not only for their organisation affiliations, but also for individual expertise, their personal commitment and their leadership in global commerce.

Current members of the EPCglobal Board of Governors include:


Mr. Richard Cantwell
Chairman EPCglobal Board of Governors
Vice President - Internet Business Solutions Group
Cisco Systems

Mr. Chris Adcock
President GS1 Industry Engagement and EPCglobal Inc
GS1 Global Office

Mr. Bob Carpenter
President & CEO
GS1 US

Mr. Didier Chenneveau
EVP & Chief Supply Chain Officer
LG Electronics

Mr. Alan Estevez
Principal Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense
Logistics and Materiel Readiness
Office of the Secretary of Defense

Mr. Claus Garbisch
Senior Vice President
Global Business Development
DHL Supply Chain
DHL Solutions GmbH

Kimberly-Clark Corporation

Mr. Louis Kratz
Vice President, Corporate Logistics & Sustainment
Lockheed Martin Corporation

Mr. Zhou Limin
Vice President
Haier Group

Mr. Zygmunt Mierdorf
Member of the Management Board
METRO AG

Mr. Kiyoshi Nishitani
SVP, Corporate Executive
Sony Corporation

Mr. Jörg Pretzel
CEO
GS1 Germany

Mr. Kurt W. Reber
Head Third Party Operations - Global PharmOps
Novartis Pharma AG

Mr. Sergio Ribinik
CEO
GS1 Brasil

Mr. Michael P. Rose
Vice President, Supply Chain Visibility
Worldwide Supply Chain
Johnson & Johnson

Dr. Sanjay E. Sarma
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mr. Peter Schneider
Director ITM Enterprise Architecture
Governance & Chief Technology Officer
Daimler AG

Mr. Milan Turk, Jr.
Managing Director
Global Customer eCollaboration and Program Leader
Global EPC initiative
Procter & Gamble

Mr. Hiromu Ueno
CEO and Senior Executive Director
GS1 Japan

Mrs. Carolyn G. Walton
Vice President of Information Systems Division
Walmart Stores, Inc.