GRO Retail - Speaker Listing - Spring Event

Main Agenda Speakers

Pip Wilkins

Founder and CEO, The British Franchise Association

Danelle Veldsman

Associate - Sustainability, JLL

John Abbate

High Streets and Meanwhile Economic Growth Lead, Westminster City Council

Amanda Crawley Jackson

Dean of Research and Knowledge Exchange, Professor of Place and Culture, UAL London College of Communication

Aaron Britton

Franchise Development Manager, NatWest

Toby Tait

Director Asset Management, Hammerson

Paul Martin

Global Retail Growth Leader, Partner & Managing Director, AlixPartners

paul sherwood-rogers

Director, Rawls

Tom Poulton

Head of Development, German Doner Kebab

Tim Vallance

Head of UK Retail & Leisure, JLL

Stuart Harris

Chief Executive Officer, Milligan

Shane Holland

Executive Chair, Slow Food UK

Sally Bruer

Head of EMEA Logistics & Industrial and Retail Research, Cushman & Wakefield

Paul Clifford

Director, Flourish

Patrick Staunton

Senior Director – Head of Compliance Sustainability Services, JLL

Rebecca Morter

Ceo, LONE DESIGN CLUB

Olivia Phillips

Director - Sustainability (Development and Construction), Canary Wharf Group

Julie Holden

Place & Partnerships Director, SaveTheHighStreet and Thriver

Joyce Ip

Senior Regeneration Officer, London Borough of Hounslow

Stephen Toal

UK Head of Retail & Leisure Insights, Savills

Simon Bartholomew

Project Consultant, British Franchise Association

Suzie McCafferty

Founder & CEO, Platinum Wave

Lisa Simmons (nee Pilkington)

Broadcast & Property journalist, Media

Mark Robinson

Head of Regeneration, Hartlepool Development Corporation

Marcel Portmann

Sr. Manager International, Dine Brands

Ilana Sarner

Leasing Director, Elephant Central by Get Living

Landlord

Joshua Rose

Partner, Matta London

Oliver Duthie

Brand Account Manager, Landsec

Landlord

Oliver Brown

Head of Acquisitions, Black Sheep Coffee

Tim Huxtable

Founder, PropTech Developments

Mark Lee

Real Estate Lead, Sky

Lucy Mitchell

COO, New West End Company

Mark Burlton

Managing Director, Cross Border Retail

Alex Schlagman

Founding Partner, SaveTheHighStreet

Alex Nicholson

Town Centre Partnership & Events Manager, Darlington Borough Council

Amir Mashkoor

Director, MINISO

Belinda Remarczyk

Franchise Director, Paris Baguette UK

Amy Taylor

Team Manager - Regeneration Opportunities, Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council

Abbie Loftus

Senior Real Estate Manager -Waitrose, John Lewis & Partners

Benjamin Essoo

, Westminster City Council

Dan Holford

Head of National Markets, SEGRO

Deborah Ormondroyd

Retail and People Director, Bird & Blend Tea Co.

Eloise Lynch

Asset Manager, Cadogan Estates Ltd

Paul Davis

CEO, Nimbus

Rachel Bradburn

., Redical

Becky Jones

Co-Founder, Someday Studios

Brett Parker

Property Director, GAIL's Bakery

Ben Grose

Head of Retail Leasing & Logistics, British Land

Dan Lowen

Partner, Dentons

David Kenningham

Founder, Kenningham Retail

Doug Galbraith

Head of Property, Pandora

James Dorling

Director of Property, Matalan

Engin Celikbas

Managing Director and Co-Founder, Future Stores

Soapbox speakers

Jessie Haggerty

Franchise Acquisitions Executive, Monkey Puzzle Day Nurseries

Suneet Sachdeva

CEO and Founder, Bubble CiTea

Tom Corcoran

Head of Operations, Chicken Cottage

Vikas Narula

Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Tikka Nation

Tom Bendon

Product Director, Experian Ltd

Megan Goodman

Head of Expansion, The Big Bakes Limited

Hamzah Alli

Director, Haute Dolci

Jemma Tonge-White

Franchise Development Manager, Creams Cafe

Roman Aslamzada

Head of Operations & Franchising, Aladdin's Pizza

Bob Young

Acquisition Manager, Queensway

Neil Grice

Director Travel Roadside, Savills

Jennifer Karlberg

Head of Epansion, Holy Greens AB

Dale Goss

SVP Real Estate, Raising Cane's Restaurants

Edouard Dekegeleer

International Franchise Development Officer, Battle Kart

Angelo Castello

CEO, FACEGYM

Enrique Del Rio

Managing Director - Head of Data Commercialisation, Lloyds Bank

Gary Linton-Walls

Commercial Director, Snap Fitness EMEA, Snap Fitness / Lift Brands

Andreas Rosenstam

CEO & Founder, Bar Schiacciate

Gerald Deighan

Enterprise Account Executive, Accruent

Charlotte Wright

Sales Manager, Searchland

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