The 2025 Retail Gazette Awards Judges will be tasked with choosing the best of the best from 12 unique categories. Our confirmed judges include:

Paula Bobbett
Paula Bobbett is Chief Digital Officer at Boots UK.
Paula was appointed to her current executive role in May 2022 and is responsible for continuing to deliver at scale and pace digital transformation across Boots commercial operations.
Since joining Boots in December 2020, Paula has driven the end-to-end development of boots.com during a period of massive growth. She has been instrumental in strengthening online performance and positioning boots.com as the UK’s number one health and beauty website.
Paula was appointed to her current executive role in May 2022 and is responsible for continuing to deliver at scale and pace digital transformation across Boots commercial operations.
Since joining Boots in December 2020, Paula has driven the end-to-end development of boots.com during a period of massive growth. She has been instrumental in strengthening online performance and positioning boots.com as the UK’s number one health and beauty website.

Maria Hollins
Maria Hollins is CEO at Ann Summers. She has previously been a member of the executive board at both House Of Fraser and Asos, where she managed the product and trading divisions.
She started her career in buying and merchandising and spent almost two decades in the Arcadia Group, working across a number of brands including Dorothy Perkins, Topman, Evans and Wallis.
She started her career in buying and merchandising and spent almost two decades in the Arcadia Group, working across a number of brands including Dorothy Perkins, Topman, Evans and Wallis.

Andrew Murphy
Andrew Murphy is CEO at The Entertainer.

Lucy Whittemore
Lucy Whittemore is SVP UK at Cardlytics.

Mandy Cluskey
Mandy Cluskey is chief strategy officer at Retail Gazette.

Paula Bobbett
Paula Bobbett is Chief Digital Officer at Boots UK.
Paula was appointed to her current executive role in May 2022 and is responsible for continuing to deliver at scale and pace digital transformation across Boots commercial operations.
Since joining Boots in December 2020, Paula has driven the end-to-end development of boots.com during a period of massive growth. She has been instrumental in strengthening online performance and positioning boots.com as the UK’s number one health and beauty website.
Paula was appointed to her current executive role in May 2022 and is responsible for continuing to deliver at scale and pace digital transformation across Boots commercial operations.
Since joining Boots in December 2020, Paula has driven the end-to-end development of boots.com during a period of massive growth. She has been instrumental in strengthening online performance and positioning boots.com as the UK’s number one health and beauty website.

Maria Hollins
Maria Hollins is CEO at Ann Summers. She has previously been a member of the executive board at both House Of Fraser and Asos, where she managed the product and trading divisions.
She started her career in buying and merchandising and spent almost two decades in the Arcadia Group, working across a number of brands including Dorothy Perkins, Topman, Evans and Wallis.
She started her career in buying and merchandising and spent almost two decades in the Arcadia Group, working across a number of brands including Dorothy Perkins, Topman, Evans and Wallis.

Andrew Murphy
Andrew Murphy is CEO at The Entertainer.

Lucy Whittemore
Lucy Whittemore is SVP UK advertising @ Cardlytics

Mandy Cluskey
Mandy Cluskey is chief strategy officer at Retail Gazette.