Our ambassadors are integral to the Be Inspired programme. Thanks to their time, skills, support and direction, we are able to inspire and connect women at all stages of their career throughout the sector.
Alan Giles
Oxford Institute of Retail Management, Advisory Board Chairman and Foxtons plc, Non-Executive Director
Alison Lancaster
The Bicester Village Shopping Centre, Interim Digital Marketing Strategist
Alison Lomax
Google, Director, Lifestyle Retail
Alison Lowe
Felicities, Founder
Alyson Fadil
N Brown, Chief People Officer
Amanda Campbell
Intu, Communications Director
Amanda Cox
DuneIm, Stores and People Director
Andrew Carlisle
Accenture, Managing Director of Retail UK and Ireland
Andrew Cobb
Superdrug, IT Director, and executive sponsor of the Gender Equality Network
Andy Wolfe
Kingfisher PLC, Group Digital Director
Angela Luger
New Look, Non executive director
Angela Morrison
Debenhams, Director of Stores, Technology and Supply Chain
Anna Barsby
Morrisons, Former Chief Technology Director
Anna Blackburn
Beaverbrooks the Jewellers, Managing Director
Anna Teal
Walgreen Boots Alliance, Vice President and Business Development Director of Global Brands, and Aromatherapy Associates, Global Chief Executive Officer
Anne Marie Neatham
Ocado Technology, Chief Operations Officer
Annie Murphy
Walgreen Boots Alliance, Global Chief Commercial Officer
Anthony Fletcher
Graze, Chief Executive Officer
Barbara Gibbes
Intu, Interim Chief Financial Officer
Belinda Deery
Clarks, Chief People Officer
Bernadette Lavery
Boots Ireland, Managing Director
Beth Butterwick
Karen Millen, Former Chief Executive Officer
Bridget Lea
Sainsbury’s, Managing Director for the North
Cas Paton
OnBuy.com, Founder and Managing Director
Cat Hambleton-Gray
Medivet, Head of HR Business Partners
Christian Hansen
Newton, Partner
Christina Rapsomanikis
Coty, Inc., Senior Global e-Commerce Director
Claire Gavin
Pets At Home, Director of Private Brands and Innovation
Clare Askem
Habitat, Outgoing Managing Director
Clare Martin
Jardine Motors Group, Group HR Director
Clodagh Moriarty
Sainsbury’s Argos, Chief Digital Officer
David Grunwald
Vice-president of Innovation, Farfetch
David Robinson
Pets at Home, Chief Operating Officer
Debbie Johnson
Dell Technologies, Retail Business Lead
Debbie Robinson
Central England Co-operative, Chief Executive
Debbie Smith
The Post Office, CEO – Retail
Denise Wilson OBE
The Hampton-Alexander Review, Chief Executive
Duncan Gibson
Paperchase, Chief Executive Officer
Echo Lu
Holland & Barrett International Ltd., Former Managing Director - International
Ed Connolly
John Lewis, Strategy Director and Director of JLP Ventures
Elizabeth Fagan
Boots, Senior Vice-President and Managing Director
Ella d’Amato
Notonthehighstreet, Chief Commercial and Marketing Officer
Emma Fox
TOFS, Chief Executive Officer
Emma Hayward
New Look, Transformation Director
Emma Heal
Graze, Former Managing Director
Emma Mead
Halfords, Digital Director
Emma Sinclair MBE
EnterpriseAlumni, Co-founder
Emma Watkinson
SilkFred, Chief Executive Officer
Fiona Lambert
River Island, MD of New Business Development and Harpenne, Managing Director
Georgia Wickes
Newton, Senior Business Manager
Gill Smith
The Perfume Shop, Managing Director
Gracia Amico
Stiched, Non-Executive Director
Graham Bell
B&Q, Chief Executive Officer
Greg Pateras
Matalan, Chief Operating Officer
Hash Ladha
Oasis and Warehouse, CEO
Hayley Tatum
Asda, SVP - People
Helen Connolly
Bonmarche, Chief Executive Officer
Helen Milford
Sainsbury’s, Director of Retail
Helen Thompson
TOMS, Managing Director EMEA and ChildFund International, NED
Jacqueline Gold
Ann Summers, Chief Executive Officer
James Gold
Skinnydip London, Co-founder
James Goodman
Tesco, People Director
Jane Smith
EE, HR Director
Jill Easterbrook
Boden, Outgoing CEO
Jill Ross
Accenture, Managing Director of Retail UK and Ireland
Jim Buckle
Feelunique, Chief Operating Officer
Jo Jenkins
White Stuff, Chief Executive
Jo Whitfield
The Co-op Food, Chief Executive
Joanne Mackie
Superdrug and Savers, Customer and People Director
John Mewett
Screwfix, Chief Executive Officer
John Rogers
WPP, Incoming CFO
Julia Straus
Sweaty Betty, Chief Executive Officer
Julie Price
The Entertainer, Chief Transformation Officer, and One Housing Group, Board Director
Karen Hubbard
Card Factory, Chief Executive
Kate Bostock
Angel and Rocket, Founder
Katharine Poulter
Wilko, Managing Director
Katie Bickerstaffe
SSE, Chief Executive
Ken Towle
Nisa, Chief Executive
Kimberley Roditi
YOOX Net-a-Porter Group, Principal Product Owner
Kirsten Lawton
TPRG, Group Company Secretary
Laura Keane
TPRG, Group HR Director
Lee Frankham
EE, Retail Director
Leonie Foster
Dunelm, Chief Customer and Digital Officer
Libby Carvill
Dell Technologies Global Alliance Sales - SI/SOs
Linda Campbell
The Body Shop, UK Managing Director
Lindsay Haselhurst
Screwfix, Former Director of Global Supply Chain
Lindsay Page
Ted Baker, Chief Executive Officer
Liz Evans
Fat Face, Chief Executive
Louise Stonier
Pets at Home, Chief People and Culture Officer
Lucy Ward
Trouva, Creative Director
Lynda Petherick
Accenture, Managing Director and Retail Lead UK and Ireland
Lynne Weedall
Greene King and Treatt Plc, NED
Madeleine Melson
Amara, Chief Customer Officer
Maria Hollins
Ann Summers, Joint Managing Director
Maria McClay
Google, Senior Industry Head, Luxury
Mark Leonard
O2, Head of Channel Development, Stores & Online
Martijn Bertisen
Google, UK Sales Director
Matt Heslop
Lidl GB, Chief Operating Officer
Meg Lustman
Senior expert advisor, OC&C Strategy Consultants
Melanie Eusebe
Black British Business Awards, Chair and Founder, Entrepreneur
Miriam Lahage
Canary, Founder
Naomi Kasolowsky
Tesco, Group Insight & Foresight Director
Nicki Lynch
Beulah London, Chief Commercial Officer
Nikki Zamblera
The Watches of Switzerland Group, Executive Director HR
Patrick Lewis
John Lewis, Managing Director – Partnership Services
Paul Friston
Marks and Spencer, International Director
Paul Szumilewicz
HSBC, Global Head of Digital Channel Operations, Retail Banking & Wealth Management
Paula Cave
Amplifon, Managing Director UK and EIRE
Paula Nickolds
John Lewis, Incoming Executive Director of Brand
Peter Batt
Co Op, Divisional Manager Director – Southern England
Peter Pritchard
Pets at Home, Group CEO
Ramneek Sohal
Karen Millen, Former Global People Director
Richard Hurren
Levi’s, Vice-President North Europe
Richard Pennycook
British Retail Consortium, Chairman
Rob Collins
Waitrose and Partners, Outgoing Managing Director
Rob Feldmann
BrandAlley, Chief Executive
Rob Garner
Dixons Carphone, Former HR Director
Roger Whiteside OBE
Greggs, Chief Executive
Ryan Palmer
London Sock Company, Co-Founder
Sach Kukadia
SecretSales.com, Co-founder
Sarah Day
Jack Wills, HR Director
Saska Graville
Content director, WGSN & former Editor in Chief, House of Fraser
Savannah Sachs
TULA, CEO
Sean Toal
WHSmith, Managing Director
Sir Ian Cheshire
Barclays Bank, Chairman, and UK Government, Lead NED
Stephen Clarke
WHSmith, Former Chief Executive
Steve Rowe
M&S, Chief Executive
Stuart Machin
Marks and Spencer, Food Managing Director
Stuart McClure
Love the Sales, Founder and CMO
Sue Carvell
L’Occitane, Retail Director
Suzanne Harlow
Jack Wills, Former Chief Executive
Suzi Spink
East, former Chief Executive
Tea Colaianni
Watches of Switzerland, Non-Executive Director and Chair
Tom Joule
Joules, Founder and Chief Brand Officer
Tracey Clements
Boots UK & Ireland, COO
Trevor Phillips OBE
Equality and Rights Commission, Founding Chair - Green Park, Chairman
Vicky Monk
AO, Director of Customer and Brand
Victoria McKenzie-Gould
Marks and Spencer, Corporate Communications Director
Vishal Bansal
Amazon, European Finance Director – Transportation
Wendy Hallett
Hallett Retail, Chief Executive
Wilf Walsh
Carpetright, Chief Executive
Will Wijnberg
London Sock Company, Chief Executive Officer
