2025 Grocery Industry Icons & Innovators

Raghu Mahadevan

EVP, Logistics & Chief Digital Officer

7-Eleven

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

Marian Leitner-Waldman

CEO & Founder

Archer Roose Wines

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

Brian Bell

VP, Strategy & Planning

Church & Dwight Co., Inc

Anders Mittag

Chief Commercial Officer, Lobyco

Coop Denmark

Linda Bethea

CMO, North America

Danone

Arthur Sylvestre

VP, Digital Commerce

Danone

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

Whitney Johnson

SVP of Marketing

EG America

Kabir Jain

Chief Growth Officer

Erewhon

Danielle Sporkin

SVP, Media & Marketing Services

Ferrero

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

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

Louise Cotterill

Global Senior Director, Insights & Intelligence

Kellanova

Andrea Steele

AVP eCommerce & Customer Marketing

Kraft Heinz

Christine Foster

SVP

Kroger Precision Marketing

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

Gina Claxton

Corporate VP, U.S. Retail & Consumer Goods

Microsoft

Mustafa Bartin

Retail CEO

Migros Turkey

Cristina Marinucci

VP, Global Growth & Omni Commercial Insights

Mondelēz International

Sambit Dutta

VP, Digital Strategy & Transformation

Nestle

Deepak Jose

VP & Head of Data & Decision Intelligence

Niagara Bottling

Jennie Bell

Managing Director

NielsenIQ

Simon Rodeiro

Vice President Digital Commerce & Omni-Channel Marketing

PIM Brands

Ken Fenyo

CEO

Pine Street Advisors

Wayne McIntyre

Co-Founder & CEO

Relocalize

Emily Xu

Chief Digital & Information Officer

Republic National Distributing Company

Vineta Bajaj

Chief Financial Officer

Rohlik Group

Caleb Carr

Head of Data Science & Engineering

Schnuck Markets

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 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

Michael Gabay

CEO & Co-Founder

Velon

Abi Subramanian

Group VP, Customer Marketing & Media 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