Chief ExecutiveLogistimo
Anup Akkihal is an action researcher with two decades experience engineering complex systems, building diverse teams, and crafting strategy across industries – from defense to healthcare. He has enjoyed the privilege of designing field-tactical logistics systems for the United States Army, elevating automotive manufacturing in Latin America, managing global SAP enterprise software projects, and advising governments & United Nations agencies on supply chain management & technology.
He co-founded Logistimo in 2011 as a collaborative effort to pioneer inclusive value networks across frontier markets of Asia & Africa. This work has strengthened rural access to essential products, improved market linkages for village producers, and in the spirit of sustainability, has enabled local participation and decreased the carbon footprint these activities would have otherwise made.
Anup was born and raised in West Virginia, USA. He studied at the Johns Hopkins University and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Central and Southern Asia, Eastern and Southern Africa, Southeast Asia, West and Central Africa