Toby has over 15 years of experience in food and consumer goods insights at global research organisation IGD. He has been recognised as a leading retail technology influencer, named as a top retail influencer for RETHINK Retail in 2022 and awarded 2022 RTIH Top 100 Retail Technology Influencer. Regularly quoted in trade and national media, Toby has in-depth knowledge on the technologies that are transforming the physical and digital stores of the future, and how shoppers are responding to these changes. Toby works with major brands and retailers from around the world to inform and inspire them about developments in the industry and help them future proof their operations.

After a career in banking with Deutsche Bank, JP Morgan, Rothschild and Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Prof. Dr. Andreas Dombret served on the board of Deutsche Bundesbank, on the Supervisory Board of the European Central Bank (ECB) and on the board of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS). Since leaving the public sector, Andreas acts as Global Senior Advisor for Oliver Wyman and further institutions. To pass on experience and provide guidance for generations ahead, he also acts as an Adjunct Senior Research Scholar at the Faculty of International & Public Affairs at Columbia University in New York and a lecturer at European Business School in Oestrich-Winkel, Germany. He is also a board member at the European School for Management & Technology (ESMT) in Berlin, Germany.

Jan Lorbach is Senior Director Strategic Insights at GfK and a recognized expert for market trends in the technical and durable goods area. Jan is part of the Global Strategic Insights team at GfK and provides fact-based strategic analytics by integrating multiple sources of GfK research, including unique global Market Intelligence (retail sales-out) data and consumer studies. He and the team are transforming rich data into relevant insights on how the markets are changing and where they are evolving to. Jan Lorbach has more than 10 years of experience at GfK. Before joining the Global Strategic Insights team, he inherited different accounting roles for key client in the field of Consumer Electronics, Photo and Telecom, including business consulting to these clients on global level.

Pieter Zwart (1977) is owner and founder of Coolblue: one of the Netherlands’ largest consumer electronics webshops. In 1999, Pieter founded the company with his fellow students Paul de Jong and Bart Kuijpers. Their goal: to build an exemplary company in the field of customer-centric business. Coolblue passed the ‘billion-dollar mark’ in 2018, reaching annual sales of € 1.35 billion. By the end of 2022, they had achieved a turnover of € 2.3 billion. Coolblue operates in the Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany, has 22 physical stores, and around 6,500 employees. Pieter Zwart credits Coolblue’s success to its obsessive focus on customer satisfaction. The company’s slogan and guiding principle is: ‘Anything for a smile.’ In practice, this translates to an effortless customer journey.Pieter’s responsibilities within Coolblue include Category Teams, Customer Experience, Stores, Tech, Purchasing, Germany, Business Journeys, Solar Panels, Energy, and Marketing. In addition to his love of enterprise, Pieter loves to cook and is an avid dinosaur fan.

Martin, a consumer champion, appears regularly on the BBC, on Sky, and Channel 5 to discuss consumer issues. He previously headed up multichannel operations of some of the world’s leading brands including Burberry, Intersport, Pentland Brands (Speedo, Berghaus), Harrods and Ted Baker and authored the bestselling books 100 Practical Ways to Improve Customer Experience, and The Power of Customer Experience. He is a Non-Executive Chairman of the Scout Store, Chairman of the advisory board for Mayborn Group, Chair of the advisory board for eshopworld, and a member of the prestigious KPMG IPSOS Retail Think Tank. He also now runs a mini MBA in customer centricity with the Oxford College of Leadership and Management and Oxford College of Marketing.

Victoria Neuhofer, is a “Millennial”- so called Generation Y–leader. The young entrepreneur followed her passion, even though she was actually employed full-time in the family company. Despite being the 11^th generation following 375 years of tradition, Victoria decided to face a new challenge: founding a start-up. Learning from old traditional ways she jumped into a completely new world: and so “DAMN PLASTIC” was born. Victoria grew up with social media, has experienced the ever-changing trends and knows how to approach today’s environment, reaping profits for her companies and those she consults with. Her speech “social commerce BLOW UP!” will show that “business as usual” is not that usual anymore.

Karsten has been the Chairman of the Management Board of Media-Saturn Holding GmbH and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of CECONOMY AG since August 2021. He holds a doctorate in physics and, as a partner at the Boston Consulting Group, has advised companies in various industries on strategy and digitization topics. As a manager, Karsten has held international leadership positions at T-Mobile, Vodafone and Telstra. From 2016 to 2021, Karsten was a member of the Board of Management of E.ON SE, where he was responsible for Sales, Decentralized Energy Infrastructure, Energy Procurement, E-Mobility, Marketing, Digital Transformation and IT.

Amanda Farr is the Marketing Lead for Microsoft’s Consumer Sales Organisation (CSO) across the EMEA region. CSO EMEA is responsible for sales across Modern Life (Windows, Microsoft 365 and Surface) and Gaming and puts the consumer at the centre, helping them discover, learn, and buy through all Microsoft channels. Amanda is focused on delivering results across all consumer channels; winning at home and on-the-go with compelling experiences for consumers, accelerating cloud and subscription adoption and driving digital excellence and e-commerce capability in a true omnichannel sales and marketing environment. Amanda joined Microsoft in 2015 and prior to this role, led the Category Management team for EMEA. She has spent more than 20 years prior to this in the Gaming Publishing industry leading Marketing teams across EMEA.

Remigijus has been CEO since 2014. He is leading an ambitious transformation program to turn Topo Centras into an innovation leader and solution-first proactive retailer which is truly omnichannel and has perfect CX. Topo Centras has tripled sales over the last seven years and it received the Retailer of the Year Award within Euronics Group for two years in a row – for 2021 and 2022. Prior to joining Topo Centras, Remigijus was in top management positions for 15 years as Vice President at Telecom (Telia) and at FMCG companies (Carlsberg and Cadbury).

Thierry went on to join Groupe SEB in 1994, first as Chief Executive Officer and later as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of CALOR SA. He was then appointed Deputy Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Groupe SEB in 1999 before being nominated Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in 2000. From July 1st 2022, Thierry de La Tour d’Artaise remains Chairman after a change in corporate governance. Under his leadership since 2000, Thierry has developed the world leader in Small Domestic Equipment, successfully quadrupling its revenue. The Group has completed nearly twenty acquisitions and has worked tirelessly to scale up the Group’s innovation capabilities in an effort to meet the specific needs of consumers in mature and emerging countries He has successfully overseen the Group’s international expansion while safeguarding manufacturing jobs in France, where Groupe SEB still has 11 industrial sites and employs nearly 6,000 people.

Since joining Boston Consulting Group in 1997, Guillaume Charlin has worked across the globe with a focus on the consumer & retail industry. His passion and experience is focused on large scale transformations, by teaming with C-level executives and functional leaders to transform companies and generate short and long term impact. Guillaume was elected Managing Director and Partner in 2008. Within BCG, Guillaume has endorsed multiple leadership roles, including Leader of BCG consumer practice in Europe (2012-2018) and Head of BCG France (2018-2022). In 2022, Guillaume joined the Global Leadership Team of BCG’s Climate & Sustainability practice. Guillaume is also the Chairman of Quantis (a BCG fully owned subsidiary, acquired in 2022). Quantis is a leading sustainability consultancy (270 people, presence in Europe and US), pioneering approaches to solve critical environmental challenges. For nearly two decades, Quantis dynamic and visionary team has partnered with organizations across the globe to transform their industries and shape a new, planetary economy that aligns business with nature. Quantis combines the latest environmental science with strategic business knowledge, and advises business leaders on how to reduce their environmental impacts, engage with stakeholders to implement change, build resilience and successfully operate within planetary boundaries. 

Anastasia Nicholl is a seasoned veteran of the social media industry. She has been working in digital marketing for over 10 years, and joined TikTok in October 2018 as its Industry Lead for Technology and Gaming Brand Partnerships. In this role, she runs the team that supports leading brands such as Apple, Samsung, Microsoft and Google, with their marketing and advertising campaigns on TikTok. Prior to joining TikTok, Anastasia was Head of Client Services at Facebook and LinkedIn Marketing Partner Driftrock, and was a Client Partner at Facebook for two years before that. She has a wealth of experience in delivering business results for her clients from social media platforms.

After Nathalie completed her bachelor’s degree in communication, she gained a lot of experience in public relations. First on the agency side, later in a large corporation, she continuously expanded her network in the Swiss media and influencer landscape. She was able to implement numerous successful PR and influencer campaigns and plan and execute extraordinary events for a variety of clients in the lifestyle and film industry.

At Strategy Leaders, Nathalie is not only Head of PR, but also Relationship Manager. With her large network and her sense for trends, she brings influencers and clients together to tell successful stories.

Steven Epprecht has been working as an international model for more than 10 years and is one of the best known and most successful Swiss influencers. In October 2020 he founded Strategy Leaders together with influencer colleague Sara Leutenegger. In addition, he has completed a bachelor’s degree with a specialization in general management and marketing. By founding Strategy Leaders, he was able to realize his life’s dream and apply his versatile skills in the areas of social media, marketing, strategic management and to live his creativity to the fullest.

With 15 years working experience in HSBC, Lenovo, Oxford and JD.com, Pass currently is the head of innovation department in JD.com and general manager of Ochama. With rich experience in retail and cutting-edge logistics technologies that JD.com has accumulated over the years, Ochama is the new format omni-channel platform in the world that offers online ordering and pick-up shops in which robots prepare the parcels, and home delivery service for all category products. As the founder of Ochama, Pass initiated Ochama project and has deep know-how and hands-on experiences about omni-channel, digitalization, innovation transformation of retail.