Florian Lücker is a senior academic in supply chain management at Bayes Business School, City St George’s, University of London, and UK academic director of the Industrial Excellence Award. His research focuses on supply chain resilience, working capital management, and supply chain finance, with particular expertise in reverse factoring, inventory financing, and deep-tier financing. Lücker’s research has been published in leading academic journals, including Production and Operations Management and Decision Sciences. He also works closely with industry and public-sector organizations on issues related to supply chain finance and resilience.