Martje Emmy Oudman | Director International Business Development
Ultimate Australia Transportation Equipment

Emmy Oudman, MBA, is responsible for International Business Improvement for Ultimate Australia Transportation Equipment and is a director of Cartmel Pty Ltd, a strategic innovation and business improvement consultancy based in Australia. She is actively working with Ultimate Australia to expand its business across Southeast Asian rail markets. With over 20 years of executive leadership across manufacturing, technology, energy, and infrastructure sectors in Australia, Europe, and Asia-Pacific, Emmy brings a rare combination of commercial depth and operational credibility to the rail supply chain conversation. Her career spans senior roles in railway components manufacturing, defence optics and sensor technologies, major infrastructure projects, and relationship development within Australia's advanced manufacturing and clean energy sectors. She holds an MBA with 11 distinctions from the Australian Institute of Management and is fluent in Dutch, English, French, and German. Emmy has direct, hands-on experience coordinating Ultimate Australia's expansion across Southeast Asia, giving her first-hand insight into the procurement realities, supply chain pressures, and relationship dynamics facing rail operators in the region today. Her session, Navigating Volatility: Why Independent Rail Suppliers Outlast Market Disruption, draws on this experience to make a frank and practical case for supply chain independence in an era of accelerating OEM consolidation.