09:30 a.m.

Welcome
Lutz Blankenfeldt, Business Unit Manager Strategy, Commercial & Marketing, trans-o-flex

09:40 a.m.

Challenges in Pharmaceutical Logistics
Martin Reder, CEO trans-o-flex

09:55 a.m.

“360-Degree” Panel Discussion with External Experts:
Focus on Reliable Patient Care – Overcoming Challenges, Ensuring Safety
External stakeholders: representatives from politics, academia, associations, and the customer environment

10:55 a.m.

Coffee break

11:15 a.m.

Significance of CSR in pharmaceutical logistics
Régis Lesieux, Regional Director Business Excellence & CSR Europe, GEODIS
Michael Löckener, COO, trans-o-flex
Tamara Schulz, Division Manager Quality Management & ESG, trans-o-flex

11:35 a.m.

“360-Degree” Discussion with trans-o-flex:
What is trans-o-flex doing to ensure security of supply and meet the challenges?
trans-o-flex contact persons from the specialist departments

12:35 p.m.

Lunch break

1:30 p.m.

Security of supply in healthcare logistics – how trans-o-flex meets individual customer requirements with a diverse range of services
Eugen Günther, CSO, trans-o-flex & customers

2:30 p.m.

Get together: Networking & expert talks at topic-related round tables

3:30 p.m.

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Martin Reder
CEO
trans-o-flex Express GmbH & Co. KGaA

has been Chief Executive Officer (CEO) since February 2024. He brings with him more than three decades of experience in operations, sales, customer service and product management at the express services companies TNT and Fedex. Most recently, he was Managing Director Special Services at Fedex Express Germany since 2017, responsible for Northern, Central and Eastern Europe in more than 20 countries. The trained logistics specialist previously held numerous management positions in the TNT organisation. Among other things, he was Managing Director of TNT Value Added Logistics (high availability logistics) and had product responsibility for the same-day service “TNT HEUTE”. He also developed special logistics solutions for the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries as well as for media and motor racing. As Chief Operating Officer for TNT Express Germany, he was responsible for 31 branches with around 3,500 employees.

Eugen Günther
CSO
trans-o-flex Express GmbH & Co. KGaA

has been Chief Sales Officer (CSO) at trans-o-flex since November 2021 and speaker of the management board at trans-o-flex ThermoMed Austria GmbH since May 2022, where, as a wholesale and foreign trade specialist, he has gone on to make a solid career for himself. He started in the sales team back in 2010, before moving into key account management in 2014 and then going on to become regional sales manager for southwest Germany in 2015. In 2016, he took over the management of the sales division – initially on a temporary basis. In 2019, he was given this job on a permanent basis. Prior to joining trans-o-flex, Günther worked for several years at TNT Express and also in sales at a company in the healthcare sector.

Michael Löckener
COO
trans-o-flex Express GmbH & Co. KGaA

has been Chief Operating Officer (COO) of trans-o-flex since August 2024. The qualified freight forwarding agent and certified transport specialist first joined trans-o-flex Express in 2015 as Regional Operations Manager North. In July 2018, he took over as Managing Director of trans-o-flex ThermoMed GmbH. Since April 2019, he has also served as Managing Director of trans-o-flex Training & Service GmbH, which specialises in training and development. From January 2022 until his appointment as COO, he was additionally Head of Operations for trans-o-flex Express GmbH & Co. KGaA, which is responsible for its day-to-day operations. Löckener brings decades of logistics experience in the CEP (courier, express and parcel) industry to his role at trans-o-flex, having previously held various positions at the logistics service providers Fiege, TNT and GLS.

Tamara Schulz
Division Manager QM & ESG
trans-o-flex Express GmbH & Co. KGaA

Since July 2023, Tamara Schulz has held the position of Head of Quality Management at trans-o-flex. In this role, she has overall responsibility for the quality management of the trans-o-flex Group. Her areas of responsibility include Technology / Qualification, Temperature Monitoring, Regional Quality Management, Audit and Document Management.

From August 2025, Tamara Schulz will additionally take on responsibility for the ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) area, thus expanding her portfolio to include the management and implementation of sustainability topics within the trans-o-flex Group.

After completing her dual studies in Business Administration with a focus on forwarding, transport, and logistics at the Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University, as well as her practical training at trans-o-flex, she continued her professional career at trans-o-flex. From 2014 to 2018, she worked in operational development. She then took over as Head of Quality Management at trans-o-flex Express from 2018 to 2021. Most recently, Schulz held the position of Head of Quality Management at transmed Transport GmbH from 2021 to 2023.

Régis Lésieux
Director Business Excellence & CSR
GEODIS

has been with GEODIS since 2005 and currently, as Director of Business Excellence & CSR for GEODIS EUROPE, is responsible for the areas of Stakeholder Satisfaction, ISO-QESH, Security, Pharmalogistics, and Sustainability in Europe and South Africa. Previously, he held various international leadership positions at GEODIS, Daher, and DHL. He began his professional career in the fields of training and university teaching before specializing in quality, process, and sustainability management.

Lésieux studied at the EDHEC Business School in Lille (France) and earned an MBA from the Barney School of Business at the University of Hartford in the USA. As part of GEODIS executive education programs, he completed an Executive Master at ESCP Europe in Paris (France) as well as an online executive program at Harvard Business School. In addition, he completed an online specialization in sustainability management at EcoLearn in Paris (France).

From 2023 to 2025, he taught business management with a focus on ISO-QESH and sustainability at DHBW Mosbach.

Prof. Dr. Francas
Professor of Data and Supply Chain Analytics
Worms University of Applied Sciences

is a Professor of Data and Supply Chain Analytics as well as holder of the Research Professorship for Artificial Intelligence and Analytics in Business and Life Sciences at the Worms University of Applied Sciences. Previously, he held a professorship at Heilbronn University and worked as a management consultant and project manager for an international consulting group. In this role, he led global projects in logistics and supply chain management for companies across various industries.

Additionally, he heads the Healthcare Supply Chain Institute, a think tank and consulting center for supply chain management and logistics in the life sciences. In his practical work, he supports companies in particular with the analysis and design of global supply chains and the improvement of their supply chain processes.

His main areas of focus are analytics and artificial intelligence, logistics and supply chain management, pharmaceutical supply chains, and resilience. His research results have been published in leading academic journals and have been covered by public media such as ARD, ZDF, FAZ, Handelsblatt, and DIE ZEIT, as well as by industry media such as Deutsche Apotheker Zeitung and Logistik Heute.

Prof. Dr. Francas is also active as a reviewer, speaker, and keynote speaker. Among other things, he was invited as an expert witness for the ALBVVG (“Supply Bottleneck Act”) in the German Bundestag and regularly speaks before federal authorities, political decision-makers, and companies.

Dr. med. Kai Joachimsen, MD, MBA
CEO
Bundesverband der Pharmazeutischen Industrie e.V.

is a licensed and PhD-qualified physician as well as a graduate in business administration. He studied human medicine in Marburg, Münster, and Vienna. His experimental doctorate was completed in radiology and cardiology (magnetic resonance imaging in cardiomyopathies). He received his Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Northwestern University Kellogg in Chicago and WHU in Vallendar.

He held senior positions in the pharmaceutical industry at GlaxoWellcome/GSK as Head of Marketing & Business Team Respiratory, was Head of the Respiratory & Cardiovascular Department at Boehringer Ingelheim, as well as Business Unit Director, Head of New Commercial Model, EMEAC Franchise Leader, and Global Franchise Leader at MSD/Merck Inc. in Munich and New Jersey. In 2012, he took over sole management of Chiesi GmbH Germany and additionally served as CEO in the private equity sector.

Since 2018, he has been with BPI e.V. and, since 2019, has served as Chief Executive Officer and member of the board.

Stefan Pflug
Head of Operations (COO)
AEP GmbH

Since June 2026, he has been serving as Head of Operations (COO) at AEP GmbH. In this role, he is responsible for Operations, Customer Service, IT, Real Estate, and Quality Management, and holds overall operational responsibility for the supply chain that serves more than 7,000 pharmacy customers in Germany.

Another key focus of his responsibility is ensuring the resilience and security of the operational infrastructure. This includes developing and further refining emergency and business continuity concepts, securing business-critical processes, and preparing the organization for potential disruptions and crisis scenarios. Given the special importance of pharmaceutical supply, this also involves systematically addressing and securing critical infrastructure and relevant dependencies within the supply chain.

His work centers on the strategic development and transformation of the operations and supply chain organization, sustainably improving operational performance, and consistently aligning processes with operational excellence. Additionally, he initiates and manages continuous improvement programs aimed at sustainably increasing efficiency, quality, productivity, and service performance, and positioning the organization for future growth.

Previously, Stefan Pflug worked for two years as an independent Senior Expert and Business Consultant. In this capacity, he advised and supported company management in identifying and realizing structural cost reduction, productivity, and automation potentials, as well as sustainably optimizing warehouse, transport, and procurement processes.

Before that, Stefan Pflug spent over 35 years in various leadership and management roles within the PHOENIX group and has extensive international management experience in European pharmaceutical wholesale. His career includes leadership responsibilities in supply chain, logistics, operations, procurement, IT, and infrastructure, as well as various executive roles in several European countries.

In his last group role at PHOENIX, he was Director Supply Chain & Infrastructure, responsible across Europe for Infrastructure, Supply Chain Excellence, Transportation, Health Care Logistics, Quality Management & Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), and the Project Management Office (PMO). His scope included ensuring operational excellence and continuous improvement across all B2B and B2C channels with a consistent end-to-end approach throughout the entire supply chain.

During his international career, Stefan Pflug served as COO for Germany and France, was a member of the management board of Tamro Corporation for eight years, responsible for Operations and IT in the Nordic countries, the Baltics, Poland, and Russia, and gained further international executive and management experience as Managing Director of PHOENIX in Poland, Lithuania, and the UK.

Thomas Porstner
Managing Director and Legal Counsel
PHAGRO | Bundesverband des pharmazeutischen Großhandels

He is the Managing Director and Legal Counsel of PHAGRO | Bundesverband des pharmazeutischen Großhandels e.V.. The association represents the interests of its member companies in all professional, economic, legal, and regulatory matters concerning full-service pharmaceutical wholesale in Germany. In addition, Thomas Porstner is Managing Director of PHAGRO-Service GmbH, which offers services particularly for recall management (APG process) and inventory value loss compensation systems for products distributed through pharmacies by full-service pharmaceutical wholesalers.

In his role, Thomas Porstner represents PHAGRO to political institutions and authorities at both national and European levels. He is in regular contact with the German Bundestag, the Federal Ministries of Health and Economic Affairs, European institutions, other stakeholder associations, and the authorities responsible for monitoring pharmaceutical wholesale.

He is also a member of the Board of Directors, Public Policy Committee, and Legal Committee of the European Healthcare Distribution Association (GIRP). At the Federal Association of Wholesale, Foreign Trade, and Services e.V. (BGA), he serves voluntarily as Chairman of the Legal Committee.

Before joining PHAGRO, Thomas Porstner was Head of Legal and Public Affairs at Pro Generika e.V., the association of generic and biosimilar companies in Germany. Previously, from 2002 to 2008, he served as Legal Counsel leading the Legal Department of the Federal Association of the Pharmaceutical Industry e.V. (BPI). His professional career began as a research associate at the Europa-Institut of Saarland University. In 1999, he was a specialist for social and health law at the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state parliament, followed by working as a parliamentary advisor for the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the German Bundestag from 2000 to 2002.

Thomas Porstner studied law at the universities of Rostock and Göttingen. He completed his legal clerkship in the district of the Higher Regional Court of Celle, where he also passed his second state examination. He specializes in German and European pharmaceutical, health, competition, and antitrust law. His further professional focuses include regulatory and compliance issues, GxP requirements, questions of market access, and pharmaceutical pricing law.

Alongside his association work, Thomas Porstner has been and continues to be active as a lecturer, author, and editor. He is a member of the advisory board of the Research Center for Pharmaceutical Law at the University of Marburg. He regularly publishes articles on pharmaceutical law and health policy topics and serves as an editorial board member of the German journal for pharmaceutical law. He is a member of the German Association for Industrial Property and Copyright (GRUR), the Federal Association of Corporate Lawyers (BUJ), the CDU Economic Council, and the Berlin Bar Association.

Achim Sponheimer
Head of Pharma & Life Sciences
Miebach Consulting GmbH

is Partner, Director, and European Pharma and Life Sciences Industry Lead at Miebach in Germany. He began his career in consumer goods logistics in Ireland and Germany before joining Miebach in 2005. In 2012, he became a Partner, and in 2016 he took over the leadership of the Pharma & Life Sciences division.

Achim possesses extensive expertise in pharmaceutical logistics and specializes in GMP-compliant production logistics, for example, in the area of cleanrooms as well as in optimizing production processes.

Achim Sponheimer holds a degree in industrial engineering from TU Berlin.

Lutz Blankenfeldt
Business Unit Manager Strategy
trans-o-flex Express GmbH & Co. KGaA

Since 2016, he has been with trans-o-flex Express, where he is responsible for the areas of strategy, marketing, and commercial operations. This includes, for example, overseeing all company activities related to customer relationship and product management.

After completing training as a freight forwarding merchant and studying business administration at D.A.V. in Bremen, Blankenfeldt began his professional career in 1995 at TNT Express in Troisdorf. From 2000 to 2004, he led product management and marketing at GO! General Overnight, helping GO! achieve a unified nationwide market presence. From 2005 to 2006, he pursued further business studies at the University of Warwick while simultaneously taking on a central role as Director of Marketing and Sales at TNT in Troisdorf. From 2008, he worked internationally for TNT as Director of Marketing in Brussels, where he was responsible for the company’s presence in Central and Eastern Europe.

Before joining trans-o-flex, Blankenfeldt completed additional studies at the INeKO Institute in Cologne and spent two years as a person-centered and systemic coach for small and medium-sized enterprises, supporting them in developing business plans and business models. He continues to work regularly as a trainer, coach, and moderator.

Barbara Uitz
Head of After Sales Service & Processes
Wort & Bild Verlag Konradshöhe GmbH & Co.

has been working at Wort & Bild Verlag since 2009, one of the leading media companies in the fields of health and medicine. The company is particularly known for the Apotheken Umschau, which has been one of Germany’s most established and widely circulated health magazines for more than 70 years.

For around four years, the trained media specialist has been leading the After Sales & Process Management department. In this role, she is responsible, among other things, for the central coordination and scheduling of the monthly delivery of more than seven million pharmacy customer magazines by trans-o-flex. Additionally, Barbara Uitz manages the implementation and compliance with legal regulations and regulatory requirements. She oversees the relevant processes and coordinates the involved interfaces.