2025 Grocery Industry Icons & Innovators

Raghu Mahadevan

EVP, Logistics, Demand Chain & Chief Digital Officer

7-Eleven

John Carroll

President, Digital Commerce & Advanced Analytics

Acosta Group

Bobby Watts

SVP AD Retail Media & Digital Merchandising

Ahold Delhaize USA

Marian Leitner-Waldman

CEO & Founder

Archer Roose Wines

Manuel Queiroz

Partner

Bright Pixel Capital (Sonae)

Jenny McLean

Managing Partner & Retail Industry Lead

Clarkston Consulting

Shane Grant

Group Deputy CEO, CEO Americas and EVP Dairy, Plant-Based & Global Sales

Danone

Adgild Hop

Partner, European Retail Market Lead

Deloitte

Abby Slark

Principal

Deloitte

Gregor Murray

Chief 'So What' Officer

Digital Commere Global

Sarah Bakx

President

Drop of Sunshine (Treasury Wine Estates)

Alastair Dorward

CEO

Dropps

Kabir Jain

Chief Growth Officer

Erewhon

Danielle Sporkin

SVP, Media & Marketing Services

Ferrero

Nitin Murali

VP, Supply Chain Excellence

Gallo

Ben Miller

VP, Original Content & Strategy

Groceryshop

Molly Hop

EVP & North American Lead of Havas Market

Havas Media Network

Suzy Monford

Chairman & CEO

Heritage Grocers Group

Leslie Lee

VP, Digital Experiences

Hormel Foods

Stewart Samuel

Director of Retail Futures

IGD

Cristian Arcangeli

VP, Omnichannel & Customer Experience

illy Caffé

David McIntosh

Chief Connected Stores Officer

Instacart

Kris Hull

EVP, Senior Client Officer, Consumer Products

Ipsos

Brett Matthews

Chairman & CEO

Kate Farms

Andrea Steele

AVP eCommerce & Customer Marketing

Kraft Heinz

Joel Rampoldt

CEO

Lidl US

Benoit Vatere

Chief Media Officer

Liquid Death

Lauren Steinberg

EVP, Chief Digital Officer, Media & Loyalty

Loblaw

Jean-Paul Jensen

Chief Marketing Officer

Mars Pet Nutrition

Neil Reynolds

Global Chief Customer & Digital Commerce Officer

Mars Wrigley

Louise Fritjofsson

Founder & CEO

Martie

Alejandra Restrepo

Head of Mercado Ads Mexico

Mercado Libre

Mustafa Bartin

Retail CEO

Migros Turkey

Deepak Jose

VP & Head of Data & Decision Intelligence

Niagara Bottling

Anne Mezzenga

Co-CEO

Omni Talk

Chris Walton

Co-CEO

Omni Talk

Simon Rodeiro

Vice President Digital Commerce & Omni-Channel Marketing

PIM Brands

Wayne McIntyre

Co-Founder & CEO

Relocalize

Emily Xu

Chief Digital & Information Officer

Republic National Distributing Company

Vineta Bajaj

Chief Financial Officer

Rohlik Group

Tom Ward

EVP & End-to-End Chief Operating Officer

Sam's Club

Kim Anderson

VP, Store Operation Support

Schnucks

Ethan Sinick

Managing Director

Shirland Ventures

Brad Bogolea

Co-Founder & CEO

Simbe Robotics

Alan Wizemann

Chief Digital Officer

Southern Glazers Wine & Spirits

Jack Sinclair

CEO

Sprouts Farmers Market

Chaz Flexman

CEO & Co-Founder

Starday Foods

Wassim Makarem

Chief Retail Officer

talabat

Oliver Vogt

CEO, Transcend

Tesco

Daryl Porter

Senior Partner

TOMORROW

Priya Nair

President, Beauty & Wellbeing

Unilever

Alice Ponti

SVP of Innovation & Strategy

VentureFuel

Andrea Albright

EVP & Chief Growth Officer, International & Operating Partner, Massmart

Walmart

Sam Tomlinson

EVP

Warschawski

Greg Zeh

SVP & Chief Information Officer

Weis Markets

Sonya Gafsi Oblisk

Chief Merchandising & Marketing Officer

Whole Foods