International Food and Drink Event 2024 | Montgomery Group | 24 March 2024 | ExCeL London, Royal Victoria Dock, 1 Western Gateway, London E16 1XL, UK

This event will welcome 27,000 food and drink professionals to come together face-to-face to sample new products, make lasting business connections, and find suppliers who'll give your business a competitive edge.

• Attend the UK's largest and most successful event for product sourcing for buyers from across the retail, foodservice, hospitality, wholesale, distribution, import and export sectors.
• Over 40 years heritage of delivering high quality & effective business connections.
• Uncover new business opportunities, sample innovative products, and learn the latest trends from industry trailblazers.

2024 Speakers

Firdous Aboobakar
Food Technologist, Halal Certification Europe

Simon Alexander
Executive Producer, Food FM

Gavin Allison
Global Head of IT, Lore Group

Hollie Andrews
Senior Equity Fundraising Manager, Crowdcube

Ed Ayton
Sustainability & Ethics Advisor, Abel & Cole

Natalie Babbage
Director, LinkQ, Kantar

Peter Backman
Founder, theDelivery.World

Kieron Bailey
Director, Otolo

Charl Baird
Insight Manager, IGD

Charles Banks
Co-founder, thefoodpeople

Dan Barron
Non Executive Director, Just So Care Ltd

Alison Battisby
Founder, Avocado Social

Iain Baxter
CEO, Scotland Food & Drink

Gary Baylis
MD, Export Access Limited

Antoaneta Becker
Director Consumer Economy, China - Britain Business Council

Sabine Benoit
Professor of Marketing, The University of Surrey

James Bielby
Chief Executive, The Federation of Wholesale Distributors

Rebekah Billingsley
Marketing Director, Brand and Content, Planday

Carole Bingley
Senior Associate Principal Scientist – Food Innovation, RSSL

Chris Blaine
Chief Customer Officer, Planday

Sam Brown
Chief Commercial Officer, Airship and Toggle

Lowelle Bryan
Sector Specialist, WRAP

Daniel Bunt
Marketing Manager, FoodBev Media

Lukwesa Burak
News Anchor, BBC News

Daniela Busseni
Senior Consultant, IGD

Dan Butler
Senior Insight Analyst, IGD

Juliane Caillouette-Noble
MD, Sustainable Restaurant Association

Diane Camp
Executive Development Chef, Sodexo

Jamie Campbell
Director of Learning, Access Group

Ruth Carpenter
Head of Marketing, Pizza Pilgrims

David Carry
CEO, Track Record Coaching

Adrianne Carter
Body Language Expert, The Face Whisperer

Anna Chalov
Co-founder, Bemuse

Sam Chance
Founder, Scrumptious Marketing

John Chaplin
Employment Tax Partner, BDO, UK LLP

Mark Chapman
CEO, Zero Carbon Forum

Anthony Chatwin
Operations Director, RAIN Nutrience Ltd

William Chilila
Head Chef, The Future Plate

Philippa Christer
Portfolio Director, Montgomery Group

Hamish Clarke
Founder, Klynk Ventures

Helen Clements
Director, Innovation & Behaviour Change Lead, GoUnpackaged

Karina Coen
Sector Labour Productivity Specialist

MAX COLTART
Head of Business Development & Partnerships, Countertalk

Lorraine Copes
Founder, Be Inclusive Hospitality

Will Cowling
Marketing Manager, FMCG Gurus

Eve Crump
Category, Commercial and Supply Chain Solutions Manager, IGD

Luci Cunnigham
Head Of Sales, Airship

John Cunningham
Chief Executive, Foodservice Equipment Association

Ben Davies
Founder, Vypr

Debbie Davies
Founder, Contigo Management Limited

Marco De Simone
Deputy Restaurant Director, Crystal Moon Lounge and The Garden Restaurant, Corinthia London

Ben Dixon
CTO & Co-founder, Sona

Ruth Dolby
Director, Food Science Fusion

Kelly Dowson
Group Managing Director, F!S Group

Sarah Duncan
Author of The Sustainable Business Book, Expert Advice / Sleeping Lion

Harry Dyer
Director, SHRUB

Bertrand Emond
Membership Ambassador - Professional Development and Culture Excellence Lead, Campden BRI

King Enekeme
Consultant, Private Chef to Idris Elba

Adrian Evans
Food Transformation Director, Sodexo

Gemma Evans Hurley
Culinary Leads, Projects, Compass Group

Andrew Evers
Group Director of IT, Rocco Forte Hotels

Graham Fenwick
Productivity & Change Director, PizzaExpress

Mark Field
CEO, Prof Consulting

Leo Fields
Head of Commercial Transformation, Ocado Retail

Robyn Filep
Head Coach, Otolo

Travis Fish
MD, Ballie Ballerson, Co-founder, BabaBoom

Olivia Fitzgerald
Chief Sales & Marketing Officer, Zonal

Paul Flatters
CEO, Trajectory

Matt Fletcher
Head of Buying, Smylies

Chris Fletcher
Founder & CEO, Tech On Toast

Frankie Fox
CEO & Co - founder, FoodSquared

Andrea Fox
Retail Solutions Manager, IGD

Carniel Francis
Consultant

Andrew Franklyn-Miller
Chief Medical and Innovation Officer, Nuritas

Genna Freeman-Dennis
Application Specialist, Healy Group

Greg Früchtenicht
COO, Saira Hospitality

Julian George
Founder & Director, The Future Plate

Sabrina Gidda
Consultant, Chef

Brett Goldhawk
Founder, DesignHawk

Lisa Goodwin-Allen
Executive Chef, The Northcote

Alicia Graham
CEO, Made Sweetly

Karen Green
Founder and Chief Coach, Buyerology Ltd

Lee Griffiths
MD, NNR Global Logistics

Kris Hall
Founder & CEO, The Burnt Chef Project

Chris Hayward
Director of Sales, IGD

Naomi Heaton
Founder & CEO, The Other House

Nick Henson
Food Product Development Consultant

Kate Hofman
Founder and Chief Brand Officer, Grow Up Farms

Domini Hogg
Founder & CEO, Tried & Supplied

Lee Holdstock
Senior Trade Relations Manger, Soil Association Certification

Matthew Hutchinson
Entrepreneurial Lead, ReNewFood, University of Sheffield

Mecca Ibrahim
Co-Founder, Women in The Food Industry

Simisola Idowu-Ajibodu
Consultant, Private Chef

Bruce Isaacs
Hospitality Management Solutions

Adam Jackson
Data Scientist, BSI Group

Ryan Jacovides
Non-exec Director, Pasture Restaurant & Founder, Pomus Bar, Director, F1 Arcade,

Chris Jolliffe
Head of Enterprise Sales, Dojo

Indy Kaur
Founder, Plant Futures

Sting Khumalo
Director of HR, The Blitmore Mayfair

Nicola Knight
Insight Manager, IGD

Alex Kristall
MD, The Good Eating Company

Cressida Langlands
CEO, Free From Food Awards

Dawn Lawrence
Founder, HospitalityJobsUK

Emilia Leese
Author & Podcaster, Think Like a Vegan

Katie Linstead
Product Management, Senior Manager, Troncmasters

Siobhan Lloyd
Head of Marketing, 200 Degrees Coffee

Isabel Lydall
Founder and Insight Director, Curious to Clear

Jo Lynch
Account Director, KAM

Nirali Mankodi
Co-founder, Superfoodio

Jagir Mankodi
Co-founder, Superfoodio

Christarose Maphosa
Buying Manager, Tesco

Elad Mardix
CEO & Co-Founder, Clarifruit

Catherine Marshall
Sector Consultant

Vernon Mascarenhas
Consultant

Jamal Maxey
Founder & CEO, Pitch Lounge

Andrew Maxwell
Operating Partner, Imbiba

Natasha Maynard
Sustainability Programme Manager, IGD

Joe Mccanta
Global Head of Brand Experience, Grey Goose

Brigid Mckevith
Head of Regulatory, Ashbury

Tim Mclachlan
Chief Executive, IFST

Pamela Mcqueen
Head of HR, Sixco Restaurant Group

Ian Meadows
Co-founder and Bean Grower, How Many Beans?

Gemma Meale
Director, People and Culture, Huckletree

Richard Medley
Founder, Turning The Page

Nick Miles
Head of Global Insight, IGD

Stephen Minall
Founder, FDReviews

Sunny Mirpuri
Sales Director, Budweiser

Joe Moore
Founder, Crust Bros

Brian Moore
Editor, EMR-NamNews

Karen Morgan
Deputy Director, Agriculture, Food and Drink, UK Department for Business and Trade

Katy Moses
MD, KAM

Kate Nicholls Obe
CEO, UKHospitality

Stephen Nolan
Nutritics

Angela O'donovan
Head of Programmes, BRCGS

Claire Ogley
Head of Campaigns, Policy and Research, The Vegan Society

Kelly Orme
Buying Manager - Community Buying, Co-op

Emma Osborne
Founder, Citizen Kind

Clare Otridge
Account Director, Grounded Research

Morten P. Ortwed
Partner, CCO & Head of UK Expansion, DiningSix

Dolores Panetier
Head of Employment Partnerships, Only A Pavement Away

Chris Penn
Co-founder, JONA

Holly Pennington
HR & Training Manager, Parfetts

Bryony Perkins
Shopper Insight Analyst, IGD

Toby Pickard
Global Insight Lead, IGD

Julie Pierce
Director of Information & Science, Food Standards Agency

Julianne Ponan Mbe
CEO and Founder, Creative Nature

Arthur Potts Dawson
Head of Strategic Partnerships & Sustainability, Feed Me Seymour Health

Elba Purcell
Director, Knowledge Labs, Nutritics

Charles Redfern
Founder, Organico Realfoods/Fish4Ever

Raheel Rehman
Regional Head of International, DASH Water

Olly Reynalds
CEO, Shed Food Group Ltd

Emma Reynolds
Co-founder, Tonkotsu

Louise Rezler
Director of Commercial Partnerships, Soil Association

Sandrine Ricard
Deputy Director of Sustainability & Responsibility, Pernod Ricard

Robert Richardson
CEO, Institute of Hospitality

Andy Richardson
Member, UK Food & Drink Sector Council

Bryan Roberts
Global Insight Lead, IGD

Saskia Roskam
Co-founder, The Biskery

Alex Rowberry
Senior UK Retail Insight Analyst, IGD

Hayley Roy
Founder and Designer, Harp Design

Alex Royal
Clinical Dietitian, Feed Me Seymour Health

Andy Salter
Emeritus Professor of Nutritional Biochemistry , University of Nottingham

Meimi Sanchez
Global Senior Brand Manager, The Blend

Adriana Santos
Head of International, The Tracklement Company Ltd

Guy Scott
IT Director, Heart with Smart Group

Victoria Searl
Founder & Head Hawk, DataHawks

Roshni Shah
Partnerships Manager, Made in Hackney

Chet Sharma
Chef-Patron, BiBi

Paula Sherlock
MD, Signature FSE

Hannah Skeggs
Senior Health & Sustainable Diets Manager, IGD

Brett Smith
VP of Customer Support, Planday

Nathan Sno
Founder, Food Story Media

Susannah Spencer
Insight Solutions Lead, KPMG

Pete Statham
Head of Sustainability & Government Relations, Brakes/ Sysco

Edyta Stec
Operations Director, Gail's Bakery

Simon Stenning
Founder, Future Foodservice

Andrew Stones
Multi-site operator and investor

Matt Stoughton-Harris
Economic and Public Policy Manager, IGD

Mark Stretton
CEO, Fleet Street Communications

Sandra Sullivan Mbe
Director, Food & Drink Exporters Association

Cheryl Sutton
Head Rebel, Rebels Design

Joanne Taylor-Stagg
General Manager, The Athenaeum Hotel

Bethan Thomas
Co-founder, HotTea Mama

Phil Thompson
Commercial Partner (Law), White & Black Limited

Mark Thomson
Co-founder and Director, TRKR

Jacob Thundil Mbe
Founder, Cocofina & Sozye

Rowena Tolley
Trade Mark & Branding Partner, Kilburn & Strode LLP

Martin Traynor Obe
Small Business Crown Representative, Cabinet Office

Julien Tremblin
General Manager, TerraCycle Europe

Gareth Turner
Founder, Big Black Door

Nick Turner
CEO, Rubies in the Rubble

Emma Verkaik
CEO, BCMPA

Lucy Wager
Food Innovation Consultant, Out to Launch

Annica Wainwright
Co-founder, 2Forks

Joshua Walton
Editor, Foodservice Equipment Journal

Rob Ward
CEO, Agaricus Robotics Ltd

David Warren
Director of Solutions, IGD

Richard Werran
Global Director Food and Retail, BSI

Chris White
Owner & Founder, This Way Up Design

Tom Whitley
Director, 9 Meals From Anarchy

Laura Williams
Customs and Trade Consultant, The Institute of Export & International Trade

Chantal Wilson
Interim People Director, NQ64 Arcade Bars

Willie Wood
Head of Technical, Worldwide Fruit

Matt Wood
MD, Lexington Catering

Peter Wortsman
Partner, EFFP

Ian Wright
Co - Chair, Food & Drink Export Council

Siân Yates
Editorial Director, FoodBev Media

2023 Sponsors and Partners

OFFICIAL SHOW SPONSOR:
• MHP Food UK Limited

KEY PARTNERS:
• British Frozen Food Federation
• Fwd Federation of Wholesale Distributors
• Fdf Food & Drink Federation
• FPC

KEY PARTNERS:
• Eatable Adventures
• Aramark
• Club Soda
• Women in the Food Industry
• Institute of Export
• ACS
• British Soft Drinks Association
• FD Reviews
• Free From Foods Awards
• FDEA
• Soil Association Organic
• Vegan
• Eatable Adventures
• Aramark
• Club Soda

CHARITY PARTNERS:
• City Harvest London
• Creating Nature's Corridors

INSIGHT PARTNER:
• IGD