2025 Grocery Industry Icons & Innovators

Raghu Mahadevan

EVP, Logistics & Chief Digital Officer

7-Eleven

Karin Chu

Vice President, Head of AI, Data Science & Analytics

Ahold Delhaize USA

Bobby Watts

SVP AD Retail Media & Digital Merchandising

Ahold Delhaize USA

Sjeord Holleman

SVP, Strategy, Product & Analytics

Albert Heijn

Liz Roche

VP, Media & Measurement

Albertsons Media Collective

Adam Goodliss

Partner

Alix Partners

Marian Leitner-Waldman

CEO & Founder

Archer Roose Wines

Benjamin Thompson

CEO

AytonLeigh Consulting

Ajay Sharma

VP, eCommerce & OmniChannel, Target & Emerging Platforms, North America

Bayer Consumer Health

Sebastian Bak

Managing Director & Partner

BCG

Leon Zhang

Co-Founder & CEO

BetterBasket

Sarah Bakx

President

BOLD Brands (Treasury Wine Estates)

Manuel Queiroz

Partner

Bright Pixel Capital (Sonae)

Eric Skae

CEO

Carbone Fine Food

Dennys Guillermo Espinoza Torres

Head of Omnichannel

Chedraui

Talia Monroe

SVP, Commercial Growth

Chobani

Brian Bell

VP, Strategy & Planning

Church & Dwight Co., Inc

Vivek Farias

CTO & Co-Founder

Cimulate

Anders Mittag

Chief Commercial Officer, Lobyco

Coop Denmark

Linda Bethea

CMO, North America

Danone

Arthur Sylvestre

VP, Digital Commerce

Danone North America

Abby Slark

Principal

Deloitte

Lori Schafer

CEO & Co-Founder

Digital Wave Technology

Shaoming Yang

VP

Dingdong Fresh

Toby Espinosa

VP, Ads & Growth Services

DoorDash

Alastair Dorward

CEO

Dropps

Leo Nagdas

Head of Corporate Development & Ventures

dunnhumby

Ekta Chopra

Chief Digital Officer

e.l.f. Beauty

Whitney Johnson

SVP of Marketing

EG America

Kabir Jain

Chief Growth Officer

Erewhon

Danielle Sporkin

SVP, Media & Marketing Services

Ferrero

Michael Gabay

CEO & Co-Founder

Gain

Nitin Murali

VP, Supply Chain Excellence

Gallo

Shweta Prabhu

VP, Digital, MarTech, Enterprise Systems, Data & Analytics

Giant Eagle

Justin Weinstein

EVP, Chief Strategy & Marketing Officer

Giant Eagle Inc.

Ryan Draude

Head of Loyalty & Digital

Giant Food

Neil Stern

CEO

Good Food Holdings

Sanjiv Karani

Founder & Chief Product Officer

GrocerAI

Kelly Lindenau

Content Director

Groceryshop

Rocquan Lucas

VP, Content

Groceryshop

Sean Ransenberg

Managing Director & GM, Retail Media

H-E-B

Joe Sta-Romana

Chief Customer Officer, US

Haleon

Bruce Hatch

Chief Information Officer

Harmons Grocery

Cem Kent

Co-Founder & CEO

Harmonya

Prabash Coswatte

Chief Operating Officer

Heritage Grocers Group

Leslie Lee

VP, Digital Experiences

Hormel Foods

Cristian Arcangeli

VP, Omnichannel & Customer Experience

illy Caffé

David McIntosh

Chief Connected Stores Officer

Instacart

Ali Miller

General Manager, Advertising

Instacart

Kris Hull

EVP, Senior Client Officer, Consumer Products

Ipsos

Gokce Guven

Founder & CEO

Kalder

Leigh O'Donnell

Head of Shopper & Category Insights

Kantar

Brett Matthews

Chairman & CEO

Kate Farms

Julie Bowerman

CMO

Kellanova

Louise Cotterill

Global Senior Director, Insights & Intelligence

Kellanova

Andrea Steele

AVP eCommerce & Customer Marketing

Kraft Heinz

Christine Foster

SVP

Kroger Precision Marketing

Zara Ngouen

VP, Information Technology

Lidl US

Benoit Vatere

Chief Media Officer

Liquid Death

Michele Roney

EVP, Retailer CX

Mars United Commerce

Louise Fritjofsson

Founder & CEO

Martie

Alejandra Restrepo

Head of Mercado Ads Mexico

Mercado Libre

Alicia LeBeouf

Head of Industry, Retail & Grocery

Meta

Vic Miles

Region Business Leader, Americas

Microsoft

Mustafa Bartin

Retail CEO

Migros Turkey

Cristina Marinucci

VP, Global Growth & Omni Commercial Insights

Mondelēz International

Yasutaka Kasagi

CEO & Founder

MUSE Inc.

Sambit Dutta

VP, Digital Strategy & Transformation

Nestle

Deepak Jose

VP & Head of Data & Decision Intelligence

Niagara Bottling

Jennie Bell

Managing Director, Snacks & Beverages

NielsenIQ

Rahul Choraria

CEO

Pacvue

Mike Glaser

VP Commerce Media

PepsiCo

Simon Rodeiro

Vice President Digital Commerce & Omni-Channel Marketing

PIM Brands

Ken Fenyo

CEO

Pine Street Advisors

Scot Wingo

CEO & Co-Founder

ReFiBuy

Wayne McIntyre

Co-Founder & CEO

Relocalize

Emily Xu

Chief Digital & Information Officer

Republic National Distributing Company

Vineta Bajaj

Chief Financial Officer

Rohlik Group

Kim Anderson

VP, Store Operation Support

Schnucks

Joana Rafael

Co-Founder & COO

Sensei

Brad Bogolea

Co-Founder & CEO

Simbe Robotics

Amrita Bhasin

Co-Founder & CEO

Sotira

Nathan Mansperger

VP, Digital Account Execution

Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits

Alan Wizemann

Chief Digital Officer

Southern Glazers Wine & Spirits

Chaz Flexman

CEO & Co-Founder

Starday Foods

Wassim Makarem

Chief Retail Officer

talabat

Oliver Chen

Managing Director, Luxury, Retail, New Platforms Sector Head

TD Cowen

Oliver Vogt

CEO, Transcend

Tesco

Katie Neil

Head of Connected Commerce

The Coca-Cola Company

Kate Barton

Chief Growth Officer

The Honest Company

Amanda Parker

Head of Food

TikTok Shop

Benoit Koenig

Co-Founder

Veesion

Heather Hughes

Group VP, General Merchandise Manager of Health, Wellness & Nutrition

Walgreens

Abi Subramanian

Group VP, Loyalty, Walgreens Advertising Group & Owned Asset Monetization

Walgreens

Greg Zeh

SVP & Chief Information Officer

Weis Markets

Bob Ma

Head of Retail VC Investing

WIND Ventures

Darshan Shah

Head of Early-Stage Investments

XRC Ventures