Saurish Nandi

Vice President, Procurement Innovation & Sustainability Marcura

Saurish Nandi is Vice President, Procurement Innovation & Sustainability at Marcura, where he leads AI enabled procurement transformation and sustainability initiatives for the maritime industry. He is currently pursuing a Doctorate in Business Administration, researching how AI can advance sustainability and compliance within maritime procurement.

With more than 22 years of global experience in procurement, supply chain, and commercial strategy, Saurish specialises in strategic sourcing, supplier ecosystems, spend management, procurement orchestration, and value chain optimisation. His work focuses on applying AI to make maritime procurement more efficient, resilient, transparent, and sustainable, incorporating supplier intelligence, ESG integration, and Scope 3 emissions management.

A mechanical engineer by profession, with a master’s in business and an AI certificate from MIT Sloan, Saurish brings together practical maritime experience, technology leadership, and academic research to help shape the next era of AI driven sustainable procurement.

Event Agenda Sessions

AI-ready supply chains: Data maturity, cybersecurity and scenario planning in project logistics

AI can only support project logistics when the underlying information is reliable, shared and usable. This session asks what cargo owners, EPCs, carriers and forwarders need to put in place before AI can add value in live project execution, including trusted data, clear ownership, cybersecurity and human accountability.

The discussion will the test these requirements against realistic project logistics disruptions, examining how AI-supported planning could help teams respond when a vessel is delayed, a port becomes unavailable, documentation breaks down or systems are compromised.

Through a moderated scenario planning exercise, panellists and delegates will be asked to consider what information is needed to make better decisions, where AI can improve visibility and planning, and where expert judgement, safety oversight and accountability remain essential.

Wednesday 18 November 15:00 - 15:50 Breakbulk Live Stage