Dr Sarah Shaw

Sarah is Director of The Logistics Institute and Reader in Logistics and Supply Chain Management at Hull University Business School, she is passionate about driving sustainability and innovation across global supply chains. Her work focuses on helping organisations understand, measure, and transform their supply chains to deliver real environmental and social impact.

Sarah serves as a Fellow, Board Director (NED), and Trustee of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport UK (CILT), as well as a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA). Throughout her career, she has led multi-disciplinary research projects, published widely in academic and industry journals, and been recognised through a number of industry accolades for leadership in logistics and higher education.

In 2025, she was selected for the prestigious Innovate UK ICUR Female Entrepreneurship Discover Programme, which supports women driving innovation and growth through sustainability-led enterprises. As Entrepreneurial Lead on this programme, her role is to connect her ground breaking research in sustainability and digital transformation, with real market needs.

At the University of Hull, she is member of the Sustainability Board and Environmental Sustainability Concordat, bringing expertise in supply chain carbon mapping, ESG reporting, and sustainable transformation.

Previously, as Director of MBA Programmes, she led a full transformation of our MBA portfolio with her team —culminating in AMBA re-accreditation in 2025 and the launch of a QS-ranked Global Online MBA.

She also led the development of the BSc Supply Chain Leader Degree Apprenticeship, enabling organisations to harness the UK government’s apprenticeship levy to upskill their workforce. As a key member of the National Working Group that created this apprenticeship standard and End Point Assessment, she is proud that this initiative is now addressing the logistics talent gap across the UK.

Her mission is simple but ambitious: to empower the next generation of leaders and organisations to transform their supply chains for a more sustainable, resilient, and equitable future.