2024 Judges

We are delighted to present our judges for The Grocer Gold Awards 2024.

Adam Leyland
Editor-in-Chief
The Grocer
Alessandra Bellini
Former Tesco Group Chief Customer Officer
Andy Atkinson
CEO
Poundstretcher
Andy Searle
EMEA Leader, Consumer Products
Alix Partners
Brittain Ladd
Ex-Amazon
Catherine Conway
Director, Reuse Lead
GoUnpackaged
Chris Tyas
Chair
GS1 UK
Dame Fiona Kendrick
Chair
PWC Public Interest Body
Dan Ronald
Group Managing Director
Aldi
Daniel Selwood
Special Projects Editor
The Grocer
David Heywood
Director
Newton
David Sables
Founder and CEO
Sentinel
Debbie Robinson
Chief Executive
Central Co-op
Dene Mullen
Features Editor
The Grocer
Ed Devlin
Chief Financial Reporter
The Grocer
Ellie Krupa
Customer Director for the UK & ROI
Premier Foods Ambient Grocery
Emma Weinbren
Managing Editor
The Grocer
Fran Minogue
Managing Partner
Clarity
Fraser McKevitt
Head of Retail & Consumer Insight
Kantar Worldpanel
Ged Futter
Director
The Retail Mind
George Wright
CEO
FareShare
Giles Brook
Entrepreneur & Investor
Herchelle Perez Terrado
Commercial Director
Zooz
Ian Wright
CEO & Senior Management Advisor
Jackie Cooper
Global Chief Brand Officer
Edelman & Senior Advisor
James Beeson
Drinks Editor
The Grocer
James Lowman
Chief Executive
ACS
Jason Stocker
Consultant
Jayne Wall
Central Store Operations Director
Marks & Spencer
Jessica Markowski
Director
Deliveroo
Jill Livesey
Managing Director
Lumina Intelligence - Food & Drink & MCA News
Jonathan Kittow
Director
Simply Supply Chain
Julian Skelly
Managing Partner
Publicis Sapient
Katrina Bishop
Thought Leadership Manager
NIQ
Ken Towle
Retail and Wholesale CEO, Executive, Advisor and Trustee
Kris Comerford
Chief Commercial Officer - Food
Asda
Lorraine Hendle
Managing Director Retail, Manufacturing & Hospitality
William Reed Ltd
Lucy Ede
Founder
New Stuff
Maria Goncalves
International Trade Editor
The Grocer
Megan Tatum
Freelance Journalist
Mike Watkins
Head of Retailer and Business and Insight
NIQ
Miya Knights
Owner & Publisher
Retail Technology magazine
Natalie Berg
NBK
Niamh Leonard-Bedwell
FMCG Editor
The Grocer
Nicholas Robinson
Editor
The Grocer
Nicola Bates
CEO
Wine GB
Paul Lewis
Co-Founder & CEO
Seismic
Rachel White
Managing Director
Nielsen
Rhian Bartlett
Chief Food Commercial Officer
Sainsbury’s
Richard Hodgson
CEO
Wonderfield Group
Richard Reed
Managing Director
Sentinel
Robert Hardy
Founder and CEO
EORI
Ronan Hegarty
News Editor
The Grocer
Ronny Gottschlich
Founder & CEO
Heunadel
Sarah Calcutt
CEO
City Harvest
Sebastian Munden
Former Unilever Chief Executive
Shaun Browne
Co-Head of European Corporate Finance
Houlihan Lokey
Shaun Brownell
Partner
Spayne Lindsay
Simon Gray
Founder & CEO
Boost
Sophie Luck
Investor
JamJar Investments
Steve Smith
Chief Commercial Officer
Savi
Steve Ager
Chief Customer and Commerical Officer
Boots
Thea Alexander
CEO and Founder
Young Foodies
Tom Moody
Senior Vice President & Managing Director - Northern Europe
P&G
Walter Zanre
Managing Director
Filippo Berio
Will Hayllar
Global Managing Partner
OC&C Strategy