Kate Ancketill
As the CEO and founder of GDR, Kate has more than 20 years of experience in trends affecting business sectors and consumer behaviour, sharing her visionary insights around the world. She is the innovation partner to around 30 of the world’s largest consumer brands, supplying market leading consultancy and...
Angela Ahrendts
Angela Ahrendts was the recent Senior Vice President of Retail and Online Stores at Apple, a role she took up in 2014. The gadget giant created the role for her; she’s the first woman on Apple executive team and has been the highest-paid executive, earning almost double of what...
Brian McBride
Brian McBride is one of Britain’s foremost digital business leaders. For six years he served as Chairman of ASOS, the leading online fashion retailer. He is also Senior Non-Executive Director at electrical retailer AO.com and is Senior Adviser with Scottish Equity Partners. Outside his commercial interests he’s also a...
Sarah Willingham
Sarah Willingham was born on 21st December 1973. She grew up in Stoke on Trent and was fascinated by business and food from an early age. She was particularly interested in brands and recalls, ‘I was intrigued by how brands become household names, although I didn’t know it as...
Sinclair Beecham
Sinclair Beecham graduated from the Polytechnic of Central London in 1983 after studying Urban Estate Management, where he met Julian Metcalfe. He then joined Crest Estates, a property developer as development and marketing executive. He then teamed up with his partner Julian Metcalfe to form Pret A Manger. In...
Jamie Murray Wells
Jamie Murray Wells attended University of the West of England from 2000 to 2004 and graduated with BA Hons. English. It was while still at university that he researched and launched Glasses Direct. In 2004, the global optical market had yet to establish any presence on the web. Over...
Brent Hoberman
Brent was among the first to seize the potential of doing business online, steering lastminute.com from the drawing board into a multiple market operator matching subscribers to suppliers. When the dotcom bubble burst he learned the value of outsourcing as well as smaller, smarter teams. He’s since established Founders...
