Anne Michelle Avolio

Sustainability & Climate, Business & Supply Chain | Circular Economy | Circular Supply Chain | Change & Transformation | Senior Director | C-Level Advisor

Brussels Metropolitan Area

About

I am a senior leader inexorably honing the craft of creating business, environmental & community “win-win-win” outcomes through sustainability and circularity. I combine the breadth, depth and market/industry knowledge of being a Gartner senior director analyst & C-level advisor, alongside the pragmatic business and operational skills from my experience as a senior commercial leader and program director in business enablement. This means I have seen what works and what fails across MANY companies, I can bridge the gap from strategy to execution, I look at data and extract what it’s trying to tell us, and I typically operate at the executive/senior level. I have enabled leaders and global organizations across industries to accelerate translation of their sustainability & circular ambitions & goals into reality, while unlocking business opportunity and resilience across their business and supply chains. I believe in building authentic relationships, and empowering & engaging team members and stakeholders around a shared vision to drive innovative & transformative outcomes. I am a systems-thinker, and a dynamic, ever-curious professional with experience in: Business & Supply Chain Sustainability, Circular Economy & Circular Supply Chains, GHG Emissions/Climate Strategy, Sustainable Sourcing & Procurement, Sustainability Regulation/Compliance Readiness, Nature strategy, Change Communication, Ecosystem Partnerships, Cultural & Organizational Enablers, C-Level Advisory Programs and Consultative Services, Business enablement/Sales enablement, Commercial Sales & Business Development, Technology/IT and Digital, Manufacturing, Aerospace & Defense, Sales Enablement,, Public Policy, and Non Profit / Not for Profit.

Experience

  • Senior Contributor & Advisor at Circular Supply Chain Network
    Mar 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 4 mos

    https://www.circularsupplychain.network/

  • Senior Director, Analyst - Supply Chain Sustainability at Gartner
    Jul 2022 - Feb 2026 · 3 yrs 8 mos

    Enabled senior leaders and their organizations accelerate and achieve their sustainability, supply chain sustainabilty & circularity goals through: developing and executing their sustainability, circular & responsible sourcing strategies (incl. goal-setting, metrics/KPIs, org & governance), incorporating key enabling factors to accelerate success (e.g. change, culture, technology), align to business drivers/outcomes & stakeholders, and integrate/embed into the business & teams. Areas of expertise and focus included: sustainable business and supply chain, GHG emissions strategy, circular economy and circular supply chains, sustainable sourcing & procurement, change communication, regulation/compliance readiness, transformation, and key enabling factors like culture, organizational design & engagement, goals/metrics. Additional areas of focus included resource resilience, ecosystem partnerships, and biodiversity loss/regenerative agriculture.

  • Sustainable Supply Chain Management - Professional Certification Program (CPD) at University of Cambridge
    Oct 2021 - Nov 2021 · 2 mos

    The University of Cambridge Institute of Sustainability Leadership (CISL) professional certification program equips professionals with the tools, frameworks and strategies needed to build and transform more resilient, adaptive and efficient supply chains, in the context of rapidly changing environmental, societal and regulatory factors. Participants develop an understanding of how resource depletion and rising inequality are making supply chains increasingly vulnerable, prompting immediate action from stakeholders, and the role of a systems & lifecycle approach, supplier engagement, technology & analytics, KPIs, partnerships & collaboration, and innovative business models.

  • Gartner (Full-time · 15 yrs 3 mos)
    • Director, Executive Transition Program
      Jun 2017 - Jun 2021 · 4 yrs 1 mo

      EMEA level responsibility to develop, coordinate, and execute Gartner programs for C-level Technology/Digital leaders and the CxO during times of leadership transition and transformation.

    • Global Client Director and Team Leader
      Jan 2014 - Jul 2017 · 3 yrs 7 mos

      With global responsibility and leading a cross-functional team, supported the decision-making and managed the strategic partnership & advisory service programs, of Fortune 100 organizations and their senior Digital and Technology leaders.

    • Global Client Director
      Jan 2010 - Dec 2014 · 5 yrs

  • Business Sustainability Management - Certificate Program (Mar-Apr 2021 course) at University of Cambridge
    Mar 2021 - Apr 2021 · 2 mos

    Designed to address the growing need and prevalence of sustainability practices in business – this certificate program gives professionals the tools to pioneer meaningful change throughout their organisation, while adapting to an ever-changing landscape and set of environmental, social, and economic circumstances. Program participants learn to develop and motivate an action plan for sustainable business practices and consider corporate sustainability in their organisations. By addressing the challenges of implementation, professionals develop the skills to overcome them while realizing the opportunities associated with creating a sustainable business.