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Henry Dimbleby
How do we combat the growing obesity and environmental challenges we face as a nation, and what is the wholesale channel’s role in this? Our guest speaker on Sunday 22nd is Henry Dimbleby, whose expertise in healthy and sustainable food supply is rumoured to be influencing the new Government’s legislative plan.
James Kerr
James Kerr helps create high performance cultures for elite teams and organisations. He is best known for the global best-seller Legacy, which provides a unique insight into the culture of the dominant New Zealand All Blacks Rugby team.
His presentation will explore the driving forces that lead good teams to extraordinary results, underpinned by a climate in which leaders create leaders. He will also cover the impact that female leaders can have in previously male dominated environments, the challenges of engaging millennials, the shift from a transactional towards a transformative leadership style.
Paul Johnson – Director of the Institute of Fiscal Studies
Paul Johnson is perhaps the highest profile economic analyst in the UK. As Director of the Institute of Fiscal Studies, he is regularly quoted in the media as a source of independent interpretation of data and economic activity. Kicking off our first business session, Paul’s no-nonsense scene-setting will present the backdrop to the discussions that follow.
Katherine Morgan – FWD political and legislative advisor of TWC
Katherine Morgan is well-known and hugely respected in the wholesale channel as the political and legislative advisor to the Federation of Wholesale Distributors. As Europe Head of Public Affairs at DGA Group, Katherine has her finger on the pulse of what’s happening in Westminster, and will explore how the new Labour Government’s policy decisions could affect our sector.
Tanya Pepin – Managing Director of TWC
Tanya Pepin is our go-to expert for analysis of retail data. The Managing Director of TWC works with Unitas and individual member companies to unearth nuggets of gold in sales out and EPOS data. Tanya will be drawing out trends in the convenience channel and exploring effective interventions that suppliers and wholesalers can take to help our retail customers.
Jill Livesey – Lumina Intelligence
Jill Livesey needs no introduction as Managing Director of Lumina Intelligence, the food and drink market insight service. It’s rare to attend a wholesale industry conference that isn’t enhanced by the insight and analysis of Jill and her team. This year we’ve asked We will look at changes in what we eat, where we eat it, where we learn about it and where we buy it. What are the factors influencing supply and demand, and how can we make sure wholesale anticipates and responds to both?
Ed Sibley – Lumina Intelligence
Ed Sibley is Lumina Intelligence’s Commercial Director. On Saturday he will be looking at the Out of Home market for us, revealing what’s going well, what’s not, how the wholesale channel is performing within the market, and where consumers are spending their money when they eat away from home.
Unitas members
Gavin Millward – Country Fare Foodservice
Chris Gallacher – United Wholesale (Scotland)
Jon Hunt – Regal Wholesale
“It’s a fantastic event. It’s a great opportunity to hear plans, focus on the future, and do a bit of networking with key members and other suppliers. And there’s a bit of fun in there as well, so it’s a thorough enjoyable experience.”
Adam Turner, Heineken UK