2025 Grocery Industry Icons & Innovators

Priya Nair

President, Beauty & Wellbeing

Unilever

Joel Rampoldt

CEO, Lidl US

Schwarz Group

Andrea Albright

EVP, Sourcing; Operating Partner, Massmart

Walmart

Cristian Arcangeli

VP, Digital & Customer Experience

illycaffè

Vineta Bajaj

Chief Financial Officer

Rohlik Group

John Carroll

President, Connected Commerce & Advanced Analytics

Acosta Group

Alastair Dorward

CEO

Dropps

Louise Fritjofsson

CEO & Co-Founder

Martie

Sonya Gafsi Oblisk

Chief Merchandising & Marketing Officer

Whole Foods

Shane Grant

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

Danone

Kris Hull

EVP, Senior Client Officer, Consumer Products

Ipsos

Kabir Jain

Chief Growth Officer

Erewhon

Leslie Lee

VP, Digital Experiences

Hormel

Wassim Makarem

Chief Retail Officer

Talabat

Brett Matthews

CEO

Kate Farms

David McIntosh

Chief Connected Store Officer

Instacart

Suzy Monford

CEO

Heritage Grocers Group

Manuel Queiroz

Partner

Bright Pixel Capital

Neil Reynolds

Global Chief Commercial Officer & Digital Commerce Officer

Mars Wrigley

Simon Rodeiro

VP, Digital Commerce & Omnichannel Marketing

PIM Brands

Stewart Samuel

Director of Retail Futures

IGD

Ethan Sinick

Managing Director

Shirland Ventures

Danielle Sporkin

SVP, Media and Marketing Services

Ferrero

Lauren Steinberg

EVP, Chief Digital Officer

Loblaws

Tom Ward

EVP & End-to-End Chief Operating Officer

Sam's Club

Emily Xu

Chief Digital & Information Officer

Republic National Distributing Company

Greg Zeh

Senior VP & CIO

Weis Markets