Brian Weatherley

Brian Weatherley has worked in the road transport industry as a writer/editor for more than 31 years.  He is the former Editor-in-Chief of Commercial Motor and Truck & Driver magazines and creator of the highly successful ‘Biglorryblog’.   He is also the UK Jury member for the International Truck of the Year award.  Brian has an HGV C+E licence and regularly drives artics both in the UK and abroad.  He is a former British Society of Magazine Editors ‘Business Magazine Editor of the Year’.  During his time as CM editor the magazine won several awards including UK Press Gazette business magazine of the year.   

Peter Acton

Peter is a fully qualified transport planner and traffic engineer and has over 35 years experience working in and reporting on the logistics industry. Prior to setting up a specialist public relations and marketing company for the transport, freighting, materials handling, industrial and construction sectors he had edited Transport and Surveyor Magazines before spending five years at Motor Transport, where he launched the Motor Transport Awards, Top 100 Transport Company Survey and several ‘new’ conferences. Three years ago Peter launched the Logistics Leaders Network which provides a platform to attract the best people to become supply chain professionals. The Logistics Leaders Network now has 1200 members and a new publication Logistics Leaders, showcasing the best operators is being launched in September 2011.