2025 Grocery Industry Icons & Innovators

Allison Ellsworth

Co-Founder & Chief Brand Officer

poppi

Priya Nair

President, Beauty & Wellbeing

Unilever

Joel Rampoldt

CEO

Lidl US

Jack Sinclair

CEO

Sprouts Farmers Market

Andrea Albright

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

Walmart

Kim Anderson

VP, Store Operation Support

Schnucks

Cristian Arcangeli

VP, Omnichannel & Customer Experience

illy Caffé

Vineta Bajaj

Chief Financial Officer

Rohlik Group

Sebastian Bak

Managing Director & Partner

BCG

Sarah Bakx

President

BOLD Brands (Treasury Wine Estates)

Mustafa Bartin

Retail CEO

Migros Turkey

Kate Barton

Chief Growth Officer

The Honest Company

Linda Bethea

CMO, North America

Danone

Amrita Bhasin

Co-Founder & CEO

Sotira

Brad Bogolea

Co-Founder & CEO

Simbe Robotics

Caleb Carr

Head of Data Science & Engineering

Schnuck Markets

John Carroll

President, Digital Commerce & Advanced Analytics

Acosta Group

Gina Claxton

Corporate VP, U.S. Retail & Consumer Goods

Microsoft

Jennifer Conklin

VP, Retail Technologies

Capgemini

Jason Cottrell

CEO & Founder

Orium

Alastair Dorward

CEO

Dropps

Ryan Draude

Head of Loyalty & Digital

Giant Food

Sarah Engel

President

January Digital

Chaz Flexman

CEO & Co-Founder

Starday Foods

Christine Foster

SVP

Kroger Precision Marketing

Louise Fritjofsson

Founder & CEO

Martie

Michael Gabay

CEO & Co-Founder

Velon

Sonya Gafsi Oblisk

Chief Merchandising & Marketing Officer

Whole Foods

Jason Goldberg

Chief Commerce Strategy Officer

Publicis Groupe

Adgild Hop

Partner, European Retail Market Lead

Deloitte

Molly Hop

EVP & North American Lead of Havas Market

Havas Media Network

Kris Hull

EVP, Senior Client Officer, Consumer Products

Ipsos

Kabir Jain

Chief Growth Officer

Erewhon

Jean-Paul Jensen

Chief Marketing Officer

Mars Pet Nutrition

Deepak Jose

VP & Head of Data & Decision Intelligence

Niagara Bottling

Benoit Koenig

Co-Founder

Veesion

Keith LaFrance

Partner

The Partnering Group

Leslie Lee

VP, Digital Experiences

Hormel Foods

Marian Leitner-Waldman

CEO & Founder

Archer Roose Wines

Rocquan Lucas

VP, Content

Groceryshop

Raghu Mahadevan

EVP, Logistics & Chief Digital Officer

7-Eleven

Wassim Makarem

Chief Retail Officer

talabat

Nathan Mansperger

VP, Digital Account Execution

Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits

Cristina Marinucci

VP, Global Growth & Omni Commercial Insights

Mondelēz International

Sarah Marzano

Principal Analyst, Retail & Commerce Media

EMARKETER

Brett Matthews

Chairman & CEO

Kate Farms

David McIntosh

Chief Connected Stores Officer

Instacart

Wayne McIntyre

Co-Founder & CEO

Relocalize

Jenny McLean

Managing Partner & Retail Industry Lead

Clarkston Consulting

Anne Mezzenga

Co-CEO

Omni Talk

Ben Miller

VP, Original Content & Strategy

Groceryshop

Anders Mittag

Chief Commercial Officer, Lobyco

Coop Denmark

Suzy Monford

Chairman & CEO

Heritage Grocers Group

Nitin Murali

VP, Supply Chain Excellence

Gallo

Gregor Murray

Chief 'So What' Officer

Digital Commere Global

Katie Neil

Head of Connected Commerce

The Coca-Cola Company

Leigh O'Donnell

Head of Shopper & Category Insights

Kantar

Gaurav Pant

Co-Founder & Chief Insights Officer

Incisiv

Amanda Parker

Head of Food

TikTok Shop

Alice Ponti

SVP of Innovation & Strategy

VentureFuel

Daryl Porter

Senior Partner

TOMORROW

Shweta Prabhu

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

Giant Eagle

Manuel Queiroz

Partner

Bright Pixel Capital (Sonae)

Alejandra Restrepo

Head of Mercado Ads Mexico

Mercado Libre

Neil Reynolds

Global Chief Customer & Digital Commerce Officer

Mars Wrigley

Liz Roche

VP of Media & Measurement

Albertsons Media Collective

Simon Rodeiro

Vice President Digital Commerce & Omni-Channel Marketing

PIM Brands

Michele Roney

EVP, Retailer CX

Mars United Commerce

Stewart Samuel

Director of Retail Futures

IGD

Darshan Shah

Head of Early-Stage Investments

XRC Ventures

Manish Sharma

Co-Founder & Chief Marketing Officer

Think Blue

Ethan Sinick

Managing Director

Shirland Ventures

Eric Skae

CEO

Carbone Fine Food

Abby Slark

Principal

Deloitte

Danielle Sporkin

SVP, Media & Marketing Services

Ferrero

Joe Sta-Romana

Chief Customer Officer, US

Haleon

Andrea Steele

AVP eCommerce & Customer Marketing

Kraft Heinz

Lauren Steinberg

EVP, Chief Digital Officer, Media & Loyalty

Loblaw

Neil Stern

CEO

Good Food Holdings

Abi Subramanian

Group VP, Customer Marketing & Media Monetization

Walgreens

Sam Tomlinson

EVP

Warschawski

Benoit Vatere

Chief Media Officer

Liquid Death

Oliver Vogt

CEO, Transcend

Tesco

Chris Walton

Co-CEO

Omni Talk

Tom Ward

EVP, Chief Operating Officer, End to End

Sam's Club

Tony Ward

Partner/Principal, Retail & Supply Chain

Ernst & Young

Bobby Watts

SVP AD Retail Media & Digital Merchandising

Ahold Delhaize USA

Deborah Weinswig

Founder & CEO

Coresight Research

Alan Wizemann

Chief Digital Officer

Southern Glazers Wine & Spirits

Emily Xu

Chief Digital & Information Officer

Republic National Distributing Company

Greg Zeh

SVP & Chief Information Officer

Weis Markets

Leon Zhang

Co-Founder & CEO

BetterBasket