Graham Sharman is currently a professor at the Technical University of Eindhoven, focusing on international value-added logistics and supply chain management. In addition, he is a supervisory board member of Draka NV, an international wire and cable maker, and of Richter Systems, a privately-held provider of packaged software for retailers.

During the majority of his career, he was a Partner of McKinsey & Company. Throughout his time with McKinsey, Graham concentrated on investigations in the areas of business strategy and operations effectiveness, including the area of supply chain management. In 1982, he was appointed to head the Firm's practice development center for supply chain management. During his 26 years with McKinsey & Company he served clients from the Firm’s offices in Toronto, New York, Amsterdam, and Dallas.

From 1995 to 1998, he was a member of the supervisory board of the Baan Company, a provider of ERP packaged software to manufacturing and distributing companies. Also in 1995, Graham Sharman was awarded the National logistics prize for personal contributions by the Dutch Association for Logistics Management. He currently serves on the jury of the Dutch corporate prize for excellence in logistics management. He is a board member of the American Chamber of Commerce in the Netherlands.

Graham studied Mechanical Engineering at Oxford University and Chemical Engineering at Imperial College, London University. He has a Masters Degree in Business Administration from Harvard University. Before joining McKinsey & Company, Inc., he was a Project Engineer with Air Products Ltd. in London, and a Project Manager with the Bechtel Corporation in New York.