RG Retail Excellence Awards guest list

The seating plan

Find your table, then the people beside it.

Acopia Group

11 Guests

Table 1

Guest	Company	Role
Henry Fogden	Agile Retail	Business Strategy Director
Ali Drury	Clarks	Director of Global GNRF Procurement
Terry Gardner	Acopia Group	Account Director
Jessica Moore	Acopia Group	Retail Account Director
Janice Ashton	Acopia Group	Head of Marketing
Anna Gardiner	Agile Retail	Senior Operations Director
Penny Grivea	Aroma-Zone	Managing Director UK & Ireland
Aprille Collins	Frasers Group	Senior Public Relations Manager
Gwyneth Angel	Frasers Group	PR Coordinator
David Sinclair	Acopia Group	Managing Director
Amanda Scott	2nd Summit Limited	CEO

No guests found.

Individual Guests

12 Guests

Table 2

Guest	Company	Role
Claire Sollis	NEXT	Product Director - Home
Elizabeth Mitchell	NEXT	Buying Manager - Home
Fraser Trivett	Ingrid	CRO
Steve Thomas	Paul Smith	E-Commerce Manager
Luke Scott	Paul Smith	Operations Manager
Nathan Hambridge	Paul Smith	Senior Retail Operations Manager
Helen Denton	DB Shoes	Head of Finance and HR
David Denton	DB Shoes	Director
Jim Thompson	People Puzzles	Portfolio People Director
Susie Gibson	NEXT	Head of Design - Home
Emma Learoyd	NEXT	Furniture Buying Manager - Home
Jenny Dance	NEXT	Head of Hardgoods and Beauty - Home

No guests found.

Timpson

10 Guests

Table 3

Guest	Company	Role
Sid Hubbard	Timpson	Retail Director
Will Lankston	Timpson Direct	Managing Director
Janet Leighton	Timpson Group	Director of Happiness
Lisa Kennedy	Max Spielmann	Regional Manager
Gary O’Malley	Timpson	Dry Cleaning Operations Manager
Sue Burden	Max Spielmann	Retail Director
Asjerdee Ranger	Jeeves of Belgravia	Area Development Manager
Dan Jenkins	Timpson Group	Head of Colleague Development
Sir John Timpson	Timpson Group	Chairman
Bede Timpson	Timpson Group	Technology Director

No guests found.

Scala

12 Guests

Table 4

Guest	Company	Role
Dani Lowery	Pets at Home	Head of Category
Zoe Stephens	Pets at Home	Creative Design Manager
Tony Manthe	Dise	Partner Success Manager
Natalie Woodall	Pixel Inspiration	Managing Director
Nikk Smith	Pixel Inspiration	Sales Director
Dan Holmes-Higgin	Dise	Product Manager
Monika Lindquist	Vertiseit Group	Group CMO
Tom Berry	Dise/Scala	CCO
Maëlle Gasc	Noli	Co-Founder and Deputy CEO
Brad Hughes	Pets at Home	Senior Packaging Lead
Felix Hochgesand	Noli	Chief Operating Officer
Sarah Harrison	Pets at Home	Senior Own Brand manager

No guests found.

Modern Expo

12 Guests

Table 5

Guest	Company	Role
Sultana Kadir	Modern Expo UK	Client Solutions and Partnerships Manager
Svitlana Vinnik	Modern Expo UK	Regional Marketing Lead
Hannah Gallimore	OurCoop	Social Change Manager
Adam Shah	OurCoop	Net-Zero and Sustainability Advisor
Sarah Wilkinson	Morrisons	People Director
Natalia Narloch	Morrisons	Senior Buyer - Soft Drinks & Crisps
Simon Whittle	Morrisons	Commercial Director - Ambient Food
Jessica Long	Holland & Barrett	Sustainability and impact Director
Ellie Wyer	Holland & Barrett	Impact Partnerships Manager
Vasyl Matviiuk	Modern Expo UK	Managing Director
Mykola Samolyuk	Modern Expo UK	Solutions and Partnerships Manager
Olivia Woods	Modern Expo UK	Business Development Manager

No guests found.

Deliveroo

10 Guests

Table 6

Guest	Company	Role
Dave Dawes	Deliveroo	Head of Merchant Integrations
Charlotte Grantham	Deliveroo	Client Partner
Karen Michaels	Deliveroo	Commerical Director - New Buisness
Tom Bradley	Deliveroo	Commercial Director
Olivia Harris	Hotel Chocolat	Senior NPD Project Manager
Sean Dorgan	Pets at Home	Multio-Channel Director
Carrie Martin	Hotel Chocolat	UK General Manager
Sabiha Chohan	Waitrose	On Demand Grocery Lead
James Heseltine	Deliveroo	Head of New Business
Sophia Fairhead	Deliveroo	Client Partner

No guests found.

Judges

9 Guests

Table 7

Guest	Company	Role
Asif Aziz	EE	Retail Director
Chris Holyland	Currys	Digital and Omnichannel Director
Alfie Meekings	AllSaints	Chief Transformation and Technology Officer
Sean Brierley	RG	CEO
Sean Ghouse	Fortnum and Mason	Retail Director
Rhea Fox	Absolute Collagen	Chief Marketing Officer
Paul Sinha	-	Host
Kieran Howells	RG	Content Director
Maria Hollins	Ann Summers	CEO

No guests found.

Individual Guests

8 Guests

Table 8

Guest	Company	Role
Scott Roberts	CutLeaf Productions	Videographer
Jorjah Langthorp	Elisium Experiences	Trade & Partnerships Manager
Laura Quick	Wayfair	Freelance Public Relations Consultant / Director LQPR
Adam Seabrook	Wayfair	Commerical Business Analyst
Anthony Ward	Harding+	Global Commercial Director
Katie Floyd	Harding+	Marketing Director
Becki Eley	Elisium Experiences	Director
Lucy Anderson	CutLeaf Productions	Photgrapher

No guests found.

Individual Guests

9 Guests

Table 9

Guest	Company	Role
Billy Buckley	Quest	Principal Consultant-EMEA
Jeannette Copeland	Ann Summers	Technology & Supply Chain Director
Elliott Winskill	PMC Retail	Technology and Solutions Director
Carol Muriithi	JC Decaux	Retail Media Account Executive
Pete Woodvine	JC Decaux	Head of Retail Media
Charlotte Hope	Smartworks	Corporate Partnerships Manager
Jo Sherrit	Diebold Nixdorf	New Buisness Director
Phoebe Campbell	Smartworks	Retail Partnerships Manager
Sam Silva	Quest	Head of Recruitment Solutions

No guests found.

Judges

7 Guests

Table 10

Guest	Company	Role
Laura Keane	Theo Paphitis Retail Group	Group People Director
Mathew Dutton	Space NK	Chief People Officer
Graham Broomfield	Austen Blake	Managing Director
Tom Burrow	Murberry	Chief Customer and Digital Officer
Claire Hennah	Grown Alchemist	Chief Marketing and Digital
Katie Searles	RG	Deputy Head of Content
Tracey Verghese	White Stuff	Managing Director

No guests found.

Currys

10 Guests

Table 11

Guest	Company	Role
Lewis Chapman	Currys	Programme Manager
Phil Shaw	Currys	Senior Business Analyst
Alan Shafto	Currys	Programme Manager
Danny Wood	Currys	Head of Delivery
Becky Lewis-Borman	Currys	Service Excellence Director
Rishi Askoolum	Currys	Senior Project Manager
Grant Halsey	Currys	Operations Manager
Gary McCready	Currys	Commercial Director - iD Mobile
Daisy Payne	Currys	Operations Business Analyst
Martin Snewin	Currys	Project Manager

No guests found.

Daikin / Individual Guests

12 Guests

Table 12

Guest	Company	Role
Christian Jermyn	Seasalt Cornwall	Director of Environmental, Social and Governance
Katy Pople	Seasalt Cornwall	Director of Creative
Chris Childs	Wickes	Subject Matter Expert (SME) - Digital
Ella Reynolds	Wickes	Digital Designer
Paris Zaimi	Marks & Spencers	M&E Technical Specification Manager
Sonya Corrigan	Seasalt Cornwall	Director of PR and Communications
Drew Probets	Seasalt Cornwall	Director of Design & Styling
Ellie McPartland	Trafford Centre	Assistant Marketing Manager
Zoe Thompson	Trafford Centre	Experience Manager - Retail Brands
Harry Whitehead	Daikin	Corporate Clients Division Manager
Nathan Bristow	Turn Power	Air-conditioning Projects Manager
Fraser Lancaster	Daikin	Corporate Development Manager

No guests found.

Lidl

12 Guests

Table 13

Guest	Company	Role
Elizabeth Burgon	Lidl GB	Comms & Event Executive
Casi Jones	Lidl GB	Senior Consultant, CCO Assistant Board Support
Richard Inglis	Lidl GB	Head of Buying - Dairy
Charlotte Stocker	Lidl GB	Project Consultant
Alex Wentworth	Lidl GB	Consultant
Jade Holden	Lidl GB	PR & Awards Consultant
Sarah Catterick	Lidl GB	Head of Brand Engagement
Eve Gillespie	Lidl GB	Graduate
Sophie Ottman	Lidl GB	Content Marketing
Dan Morgan	The Team	Senior Director
Charlotte McGeever	The Team	Associate Director
Daisy Wachman	The Team	Account Director

No guests found.

EE

10 Guests

Table 14

Guest	Company	Role
Dean King	EE	Director of Stores - South
Chris Boyle	EE	Channel Performance Director
Janesh Patel	EE	Senior Business Partnering & Commercial Finance Manager
Faizaan Iqbal	EE	Regional Commercial Leader
Ellen Kearney	EE	Regional Commercial Leader
Richie Iwanoff	EE	Corporate Investigations Manager
Nina Zamanzad	EE	Assistant Store Leader
Joe Plevin	EE	Stock Operations Manager
Joshua Pheby	EE	Senior Manager
Katie Iredale	EE	Regional Leader

No guests found.

Boots

10 Guests

Table 15

Guest	Company	Role
Charlotte Horne	Boots	Marketing Manager
Claire Cessford	Boots	Assistant PR Manager
Chloe Dalton	Boots	Category Manager - Skincare
Lucy Woollam	Boots	Client Manager
Sarah Poidevin-Hill	Boots	Assistant Marketing Manager
Steph Firth	Boots	Premium
Aleskandra Piotrowska	Boots	Premium
Tamara Samuels	Boots	Assistant PR Manager
Charles Palmer	Boots	Head of Fragrance
Lydia Hall	Boots	Category Manager - Fragrance

No guests found.

Space NK

12 Guests

Table 16

Guest	Company	Role
Sophie Wayman	Space NK	Category Director
Brittany Mills	Space NK	Marketing Manager
Micha-Charlton Jones	Space NK	Marketing Manager
Abbey Parkinson	Space NK	Brand Manager
Laura Ryan	Space NK	Senior Brand Marketing Manager
Georgie Michals	Space NK	Senior Brand Partnerships Manager
Danielle Haim	Space NK	Senior Advertising Manager
Megan Wolff	Space NK	Senior Store Design & Visual Merchandising Manager
Emma Simpson-Scott	Space NK	CEO
Leanne Rouse	Space NK	CMO
Maddy Mclean	Space NK	Brand Marketing Manager
Shannon Monteith	Space NK	Category Director

No guests found.

Delta Group

10 Guests

Table 17

Guest	Company	Role
Lauren Peters	Delta Group	Account Director
Luke Christoffi	Delta Group	Client Service Director
Sophia Allen	Feref	Client Service Director
Eve Hickling	Beiersdorf	National Account Manager
Billie Cop	Beiersdorf	Senior National Account Manager
Crystal Straker	A.S. Watson Group	Junior Buyer Skincare
Jess Casson	A.S. Watson Group	Assistant Marketing Manager
Ella Westwood	Beiersdorf	Shopper Marketing Manager
Dean Smith	Delta Group	Chief Sales & Marketing Officer
Jennie Betts	Delta Group	Chief Client Officer

No guests found.

AllSaints

12 Guests

Table 18

Guest	Company	Role
Jenny Thomas	AllSaints	Senior Training Brand Leader
Sophie Howells	AllSaints	Service Desk Manager
Katie Pinkney	AllSaints	Infrastructure Project Manager
Andrew Hall	AllSaints	Retail Operations Manager UK & EU
Paige Douhglas	AllSaints	Change Lead
Kezia Down	AllSaints	Technology Project Manager
Frankie Mallinson	AllSaints	Retail Director UK, Europe and North America
Martin Castillo	AllSaints	IT Manager for North America
Andy Dean	AllSaints	Head of Technology Operations
Sophie Berry	AllSaints	Junior Project Manager
Connor Jackson	AllSaints	Service Desk Engineer
Sarah Langmead	AllSaints	Retail Product Owner

No guests found.

Ping Identity / Individual Guests

10 Guests

Table 19

Guest	Company	Role
Daisy Penny	T and P Group	Senior Account Director
Laura Boothy	Argos	Head of brand comms
Natalia Rojas	Decathlon UK	Croydon Ikea
Maria Teresa Mora	Decathlon UK	Project Manager
Monica Cedres	Decathlon UK	London City Leader
Abbey Garrood	Argos	Brand comms Manager
Lisa Occleshaw	Ping Identity	UKI Sales Director
David Lay	Ping Identity	Account Executive
Victoria Jenkins	Unhidden	CEO/Founder
Tabetha Baldwin	Unhidden	Social Media Manager

No guests found.

Specsavers

7 Guests

Table 20

Guest	Company	Role
Carina Hummel	Specsavers	Managing Director - UK/ROI Optics
Charlotte Hall	Specsavers	Global Commercial Director
Alexa Moore	Specsavers	Brand Reputation Lead
Lucas Perkins	Specsavers	Contact Lens Trading Manager
Charlotte Fisher	Specsavers	Global Commercial Director
Dame Mary Perkins	Specsavers	Founder
Jo Delbridge	Specsavers	Brand Reputation Director

No guests found.

Individual Guests

9 Guests

Table 21

Guest	Company	Role
Kye Dos Santos Moraes	Hamleys	Marketing Manager
Hannah Thomson	Hamleys	Assistant Marketing Manager
Jodie Bratchell	LeMieux	Senior Ecommerce Experience Manager
Evan Barlow	Revionics	Regional Director, Northern Europe
Kate Hill	Aptos & Revionics	Marketing Director EMEA, Aptos
Shaun Loughlin	LeMieux	Digital & Technology Director
Katie Milward	Hamleys	General Manager
Katy Rugman	The Puppet Company	Product & Marketing Director
Sue Lockey	The Puppet Company	Founder & CEO

No guests found.

Costa Coffee

10 Guests

Table 22

Guest	Company	Role
Maddy Darby	Costa Coffee	Central Planner
Victoria Lowe	Costa Coffee	Export & Trade Compliance Centre of Excellence Manager
Richard Hodson	Costa Coffee	Head of Production
Andrew Hadley	Costa Coffee	Director of Global Supply Chain
Gabriela Talbot	Costa Coffee	Head of Enterprise Technology
Jo Pugh	Costa Coffee	Senior Operations Technical Manager
Alba Rodriguez	Costa Coffee	Procurement Manager
Hannah Foster	Costa Coffee	Supply Chain Commercialization Manager
Nickie Williams	Costa Coffee	Engineering Manager
Matt Twitchen	Costa Coffee	International Customer Service & Export Manager

No guests found.

OKA

10 Guests

Table 23

Guest	Company	Role
Abder Bounaaja	OKA	Head of Customer Service
Paul Manser	OKA	Merchandising Director
Chris Wakeham	OKA	IT Director
Jamie Bennett	OKA	Sales Director
Sue Jones	OKA	Creative Director
Aalish Yorke-Long	OKA	CCO
Leanne Corbersmith	OKA	CFO
Mark Saunders	OKA	CEO
Lizi Hydes	OKA	Head of Customer Service
Liz Dalton	OKA	Head of Retail

No guests found.

Krispy Kreme

12 Guests

Table 24

Guest	Company	Role
Emma Hacket	Krispy Kreme	Head of Brand and Innovation
Claire Parlour	Krispy Kreme	Interim Head of Customer & Commercial Marketing
Kohki Holman	Krispy Kreme	Senior Designer
Leah Holmes	Krispy Kreme	Procurement Manager
Julie Cole	Krispy Kreme	Head of Technical & Food Quality
Costina Baditoiu	Krispy Kreme	Operations Innovation Implementation Manager
Sarah Dunkerton	Krispy Kreme	Product Developer Manager
Alex Bailey	Krispy Kreme	Senior Learning & Development Manager
Gemma Pye	Krispy Kreme	Head of Culture & Talent Acquisition
Pete Hill	Krispy Kreme	Chief People & Shops Officer
Carlea Mathews	Krispy Kreme	Culture & Talent Acquisition Lead UK and Ireland
Guy Meakin	Krispy Kreme	UK&I CEO

No guests found.

John Lewis

12 Guests

Table 25

Guest	Company	Role
Aimee Glover	John Lewis	Retail Media Sales & Planning Manager
Jason King	John Lewis	Senior Retail Media Sales & Planning Manager
Olivia Maddison	John Lewis	Retail Media Activation Specialist
OJ	SharkNinja	National Marketing Manager
Francesca Cameron	John Lewis	Buyer
Phyl Syon	SharkNinja	National Account Manager
Charlotte Treharne	Clarins	Head of Partnership Marketing
Sophie O’Connors	Clarins	Partnership Marketing Manager
Nikki Avenell	Clarins	National Account Manager
Anousha Jeffries	John Lewis	Commercial Transformation Manager
Lisa Paul	John Lewis	Category Lead, Skincare & Discovery
Anna Khan	John Lewis	Retail Media Sales & Planning Lead

No guests found.

RG

11 Guests

Table 26

Guest	Company	Role
Ellie Johnson	RG	Event Director
Sam Thompson	RG	Account Director
Sarah Mitchell	RG	Account Director
Emma Campbell-Ayling	RG	Event Manager
Shafee Rahman	RG	Client Relations Executive
Katie Giles	RG	Client Relations Executive
Keira Etherington-Smith	RG	Client Relation Manager
Ella McCrory	RG	Marketing Manager
Ruby Gordon	RG	Client Relations Executive
Simon Whittington	RG / Quest	Founder
Alexandro Theodorou	RG	Marketing Campaigns Manager

No guests found.

Individual Guests

10 Guests

Table 27

Guest	Company	Role
Alice Rochester	Harriet Kelsall Bespoke Jewellery	Senior Designer & Ethics Specialist
Leanne Whitman	The Very Group	Campagin Lead
Olivia Roseanna	The Very Group	Senior Designer
Yathu Kanagaratnam	Goddiva	Head of Technology and AI Strategy
Kathryn Jones	The Very Group	Lead Product Manager
Seb Carss	The Very Group	Senior Engineering Manager
Maria Rudd	Satalia	Principal Applied AI Strategist
Simon Richards	Satalia	Associate Director - Applied AI Strategy
Harriet Kelsall	Harriet Kelsall Bespoke Jewellery	Executive Chair
Bethanie Green	Harriet Kelsall Bespoke Jewellery	Head of Bespoke Design & Experience

No guests found.

Frasers Group Financial Services

10 Guests

Table 28

Guest	Company	Role
Rob Jacob	Frasers Group Financial Services	Head of FGFS Retail Operations
Maximilian Sharp	Frasers Group Financial Services	Senior Partnerships Manager
Colin Davies	Frasers Group Financial Services	Commercial Director
David Twigg	Frasers Group Financial Services	Managing Director
Mark Northfield	Frasers Group Financial Services	Chief Operating Officer
Joanna Finch	Frasers Group Financial Services	Account Manager
Jonatan Amenedo	Welpay	CEO
Francesco Zavattoni	lastminute.com	Partnership Manager (b2b distribution)
Lauren Jones	Frasers Group Financial Services	Head of New Business
Pardeep Aurora	Frasers Group Financial Services	Head of Partnerships

No guests found.

B&Q

12 Guests

Table 29

Guest	Company	Role
Jagjit Kalsey	B&Q	Store Manager
Kirsty Burton	B&Q	Trade Divisional Support Partner
Sanita Garley	B&Q	Senior Sustainability Manager, Carbon
Rachel Adams	B&Q	Senior Optimisation Manager
Sam Dyer	B&Q	Head of Responsible Business
Tom Cackett	B&Q	Head of New Concepts
David McArthur	B&Q	Store Ops Excellence Manager
Matt Cook	B&Q	Store Manager
Lucy Earnshaw	B&Q	Regional Manager
Toby Wilmot	B&Q	Senior Product Manager
Gemma Diaper	B&Q	Corportae Communications Manager
Chris Swan	B&Q	E Comm Optimisation Manager

No guests found.

No guests found...