RETAIL TRUST - Key Persons
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- Chairman of Brindisa Foods
Adrian is currently Chairman of Brindisa Foods, and a Director/ Shareholder of My Little Travel Bug and consultant to many leading UK companies.
Adrian is a graduate of the Harvard Business School, and in 2004 was awarded a Fellowship of The Royal Society for the Arts, as well as holding long term membership of The Marketing Society and, the Institute of Directors where he is a member of The Policy Voice Committee; In 2009 Adrian became a Freeman of The Guild of Marketors. For the past 14 years Adrian has held the position of Retail Ambassador for The Retail Trust, where he has also served as a Trustee, the President of Fundraising and Chair of the Investment Committee.
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- CEO
- Founder
- Chairman of Brindisa Foods, Director / Shareholder of My Little Travel Bug
- Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Itim
Ali is the founder and CEO of itim and has spent over thirty years working in various capacities in the retail industry. Having graduated from Cambridge University he joined IBM where he spent five years as a database specialist; in 1982 he started Inforem, a systems design and integration company, which had a strong focus in retail. He subsequently spent two years as a director of CSC after its acquisition of Inforem. After leaving CSC, Ali started itim as a consulting company and worked as a business transformation specialist within the retail sector with companies such as Woolworths, Booker, Burger King, Marks & Spencer, Homebase and B&Q. In 1999, itim started its move into developing technology solutions and Ali then built the Company into what it is today.
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- Member of the Executive Board
Amanda Rajkumar has been the executive board member for human resources, people and culture at Adidas since January 2021. In her role, she is responsible for executing the people strategy and for ensuring a positive employee experience for adidas employees. In this capacity, Amanda also serves as ...
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- Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Itim
- Head of Retail HR, Next and Pride at Next Chair
Andrew has worked in the retail sector for over thirty years, both in stores working for M&S, Next, Arcadia and Esprit from sales floor to store management positions, and the last seventeen years as a HR professional at Next. Andrew is currently the Head of HR for ...
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- Managing Director of Beaverbrooks
Anna Blackburn is Managing Director of Beaverbrooks, a 103-year-old family-owned jewellers.
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- Founder of Believe in Science
Avis is a long-standing supporter of the Retail Trust with experience working for and serving on the boards of high profile retailers.
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- Managing Director of Commercial, BT Plc
Bruce Daisley is one of the world's most influential voices on fixing work, published in the Washington Post, Harvard Business Review, Wall Street Journal and The Guardian. His latest book, Fortitude, was described by the Financial Times as the ‘best business book of the year' at the ...
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- Chairman
- Non Executive Chairman, Glenstone Property REIT
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- Chief Executive Officer
- Director of Wellbeing Services
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- Company Secretary
- Non Executive Chairman, Glenstone Property REIT
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- Non - Executive Roles Auto Trader and Moonpig
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- Chairman of the Supported Living and Property Committee
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- Managing Director, Alvarez & Marsal
Lesley established Exley Hervey, a specialist executive search company. Prior to 2003, her marketing expertise was focused on repositioning and profitably developing brands globally, holding board level marketing roles at Selfridges, Zales Jewellers and Tencel.
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- Managing Partner, Clarity and Non - Exec Director at Portobello Business Centre
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- Retail and Property Director, Heathrow Airport Limited
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- CEO & Co - Founder, the Retail Summit
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- Independent Consultant
- Member of the Risk Audit and Finance Committee
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- Strategic Partner Manager for English Speaking Countries, Pinterest
Hannah is a senior HR executive who has worked for Sainsbury's for 29 years, initially joining as a part time student. Having spent 27 years in HR, Hannah has extensive experience of generalist HR as well as numerous HR specialisms, including ER and IR, reward, policy, change ...
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- Client and Markets Partner, Dentons
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- Managing Director, Grocery & Consumer Wincanton
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- Regional Director, UK, Oracle Retail
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- Retail Operations, Production and Development Director, Fiorrucci
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- Managing Director
- Director of Wellbeing Services
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- Head of Enterprise Retail, Microsoft UK
Former CEO of Littlewoods Plc, Retail Director of BAA and of Topshop, he raised over £7 million as President of Appeal and spent six years as the Chairman of Trustees. Barry is the Chairman of HomeServe Plc and sits on several private company boards.
An accomplished, experienced and highly effective senior retail leader, Joanne is a passionate advocate for colleague wellbeing, inclusion, equity and diversity in the workplace. Joanne is a customer focused and values led leader. She has recently joined bp, leading retail operations in the UK and is also ...
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- Director of the 4 Day Week Campaign
Joe Ryle is director of the 4 Day Week Campaign, media and comms lead for the think tank Autonomy, a former Labour Party press officer and adviser to former Shadow Chancellor, John McDonnell MP.
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- Director, Retra and Trustee, ABC
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- Managing Director
- Director of Supported Living Services
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- Group CEO, Nestware Holdings Ltd
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- General Manager Wellness Ventures at Holland & Barrett and CEO Co - Founder of Parla
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- Group Director of People and Culture, Primark
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- Chief Operating Officer of the Vet Group, Pets at Home Ltd
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- Commercial Director, Local Data Company
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- Head of Legal, the Vet Group
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- Non - Executive Director, Mothercare
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- Global Operations Director, FatFace
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- Advisor
- Trustee
- Non - Executive Chairman of the Scout Store, Board
Meg Zeenat Wamithi is the strategic programmes and innovation lead at Mind HFEH and founder and CEO of Mindmapper - a platform that provides young people with the suitable mental health support they require through workshops, programmes and one-to-one coaching sessions. She is an advocate for mental ...
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- Senior Commercial Content Editor. a Former Journalist and Features Editor
Megan Dunsby is Retail Week's senior commercial content editor. A former journalist and features editor, she joined Retail Week in January 2019 to help brands leverage content to reach the people that matter in retail. Megan leads Retail Week's flagship reports, the Retail 100 and Tech List, ...
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- Sales and Marketing Executive Director, Nutun
Non-Executive Chairman of the Scout Store, board advisor to Clearpay, board advisor to Marketplacer and Trustee of In Kind Direct
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- Technology Director, Screwfix
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- Executive Director HR, Watches of Switzerland Group
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- Customer and Digital Director, B & Q
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- Managing Director, Permira
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- Global Retail Lead & UK Head of Retail, KPMG
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- Chief Customer Officer, C. Hoare & Co
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- CEO and Co - Founder, Wagestream
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- Chairman of the Supported Living and Property Committee
- Managing Director, Permira
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- Chief Financial Officer
- Director of Product and Innovation
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- Founder, CEO and Chairman of 7879
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- Digital Director, Revolution Beauty
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- Chief People Officer, the Very Group
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- Retail Director, Beaverbrooks
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- Non - Executive Director, Barclays, BT Group Plc and Chairman Menhaden Plc and Chair of Prince Wales 's Charitable Fund
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- CEO of Convenience Europe, BP