<p>Christian A. Rast is a partner at KPMG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft AG and is Head of the Global Center of Excellence Strategic Sourcing & Procurement. He co-founded supply chain management consultancy firm BrainNet in 1995 and was CEO there until it was taken over by KPMG in June 2012. </p> <p> Christian A. Rast is the author of a number of publications on the subject of supply chain management as well as of the book “Chefsache Einkauf ” (Procurement as a management-level issue). </p>
