Future of Retail 2022 | Financial Times | 19 September 2022 | The Biltmore Mayfair, LXR Hotels & Resorts, 44 Grosvenor Square, London W1K 2HP, UK

This event will examine the key challenges and opportunities facing the retail industry in 2022. Taking place across one day and in a hybrid format, the event will be gathering some of the biggest names from retail, as well as leaders in ecommerce, logistics and supply, manufacturing and finance. As highstreets reestablish themselves and customers enjoy physical shopping again, the event will allow a timely assessment of how the sector has responded to moments of crises, is adapting business models in response to ongoing market disruptions and how retailers are investing in new opportunities for growth using digital transformation and online capabilities.

Why Attend?

• Understand
The big picture, not just the individual strands of the business you work in

• Connect
And build relationships with some of the biggest names in your industry

• Discover
New approaches and strategies to help win market share

2022 Speakers

Farzana Allegacone
Vice President of IT & Data Design-to-Delivery, Danone

Tom Athron
CEO, Fortnum & Mason

Vineta Bajaj
Group Finance Director, Ocado

Paula Bobbett
Chief Digital Officer, Boots UK

David Boynton
CEO, The Body Shop

Helen Connolly
CEO, New Look

Samuel Dennigan
CEO and Founder, Strong Roots

Helen Dickinson OBE
Chief Executive, British Retail Consortium (BRC)

Neda Eneva
Chief Marketing Officer, Arch & Hook

Jacqueline Gold
CEO, Ann Summers

Mike Hancox
CEO, Yodel

Peter Jelkeby
CEO, IKEA UK & Ireland

Gerard Lavin
Field Chief Technology Officer, EMEA, Citrix Systems

George Lusty
Senior Director of Consumer Protection, Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)

Lucia Marcuzzo
Senior Vice President & Managing Director, North Europe, Levi Strauss & Co

Carmel McQuaid
Sustainable Business Director, M&S

Renée Morin
Chief Sustainability Officer, eBay

Ebru Sayılan Nebol
Group Business Development and Partnerships Director, Kingfisher

Steve Nolan
Technology Director, Boohoo

Ozenc Okyay
Digital Commerce Director, Ice Cream, Unilever

Victoria Prew
Founder & CEO, HURR

Silvia Rindone
EY-Parthenon UK&I Retail Lead, EY

Duncan Roberts
Senior Researcher, Cognizant Research, Cognizant

Michael Ross
Chief Data Scientist, EDITED

Turancan Salur
Regional General Manager, Getir

Katie Stein
Chief Strategy Officer and Global Business Leader, Enterprise Services and Analytics, Genpact

Ben Tan
Creative Technologist, Google Creative Works, Google

Brian Travers
Product Director, Enterprise & Digital Commerce EMEA, Carat from Fiserv

Richard Walker
Managing Director, Iceland Foods

Peter Wood
CEO, AllSaints & John Varvatos

MODERATORS:

Alexis Akwagyiram
World News Editor, Financial Times

Cristina Criddle
Technology Reporter, Financial Times

Jonathan Eley
Retail Correspondent, Financial Times

Judith Evans
Consumer Goods Correspondent, Financial Times

Andrew Hill
Senior Business Writer, Financial Times

Patricia Nilsson
Consumer Industries Reporter, Financial Times

Siddharth Venkataramakrishnan
Banking & Fintech Correspondent, Financial Times

2022 Sponsors and Partners

LEAD SPONSORS:
• Carat from Fiserv
• Cognizant
• EY-Parthenon
• Genpact

ASSOCIATE SPONSORS:
• Arch & Hook (A&H)
• Citrix
• EDITED
• IDA Ireland

SUPPORTING PARTNERS:
• GFA
• Sustainable Apparel Coalition
• WBCSD
• BRC