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Krystyna Kostka

Chief Supply Chain Officer

BJ's Wholesale Club

Krystyna Kostka is the Chief Supply Chain Officer at BJ’s Wholesale Club, a major U.S. retailer with approximately $20 billion in annual revenue and 260+ club locations. Krystyna has responsibility for planning and allocation, distribution center operations, and transportation logistics. In addition, she leads BJ’s robotics and automation efforts across clubs and distribution centers. Krystyna holds an MBA from Babson College.
 

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Flavia Takey

Head of Supermarket, LATAM

Mercado Libre

Flavia Takey is Mercado Libre's Head of Supermarket for Latam. She has been working at Mercado Libre since 2021. Flavia, in partnership with Meli's Marketplace, Product/IT and Operations, has been leading the turnaround of the Supermarket business to revamp its value proposition, regain profitability and grow sustainably. Prior to Meli, Flavia has worked for 15 years at Boston Consulting Group in Brazil, where she was leader of the Retail practice, with focus on Grocery and CPG. MercadoLibre hosts the largest online commerce and payments ecosystem in Latin America, enabling e-commerce and digital and mobile payments on behalf of its customers by delivering a suite of technology solutions across the complete value chain of commerce. It is based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and present in 18 countries across Latam, including: Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Uruguay, Venezuela and Peru.
 

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Neil Stern

CEO

Good Food Holdings

Neil Z. Stern is the Chief Executive Officer of Good Food Holdings, which operates premium and natural & organic supermarkets spanning from Seattle to San Diego under five grocery banners: Bristol Farms, Lazy Acres Natural Market, Metropolitan Market, New Seasons Market, and New Leaf Community Markets.
Prior to joining Good Food Holdings, Neil was a senior partner at McMillanDoolittle specializing in the area of strategic planning and the development of new retail concepts.  During his 35+ year career, Neil has developed strategies and new concepts for a diverse variety of world class clients across the retail industry. 
Neil serves on the Board of Directors at Shafer Vineyards, Northeast Grocers, Imperial Distributors and Vroom Delivery. Neil is the author of two books, Winning At Retail and Greentailing and Other Revolutions in Retailing.

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Chris Rogers

CEO

Instacart

Chris Rogers is the Chief Executive Officer and Board Chair of Instacart. He has more than 20 years of experience across consumer goods, technology, retail, and media, building scaled platforms through deep partnerships and operational execution. Before becoming CEO, Rogers served as Instacart’s Chief Business Officer, leading the company’s commercial operations, including retailer partnerships, advertising and data, enterprise solutions, partnerships, M&A, Instacart Business, and Instacart Health. Prior to Instacart, Rogers spent nearly 11 years at Apple, most recently as Managing Director of Apple Canada, and began his career at Procter & Gamble managing national grocery retail relationships. Rogers holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Wilfrid Laurier University

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Yael Cosset

EVP & Chief Digital Officer

Kroger

As Executive Vice President and Chief Digital Officer of The Kroger Co., Yael is responsible for leading Kroger’s digital strategy, focused on building Kroger’s presence in the marketplace in digital channels, personalization and e-commerce. He is also responsible for Kroger’s alternative profit businesses, including Kroger’s data analytics subsidiary, 84.51˚ LLC and Kroger Personal Finance.

Mr. Cosset was elected Executive Vice President and Chief Digital Officer in March 2025 and is responsible for leading Kroger’s digital strategy, focused on building Kroger’s presence in the marketplace in digital channels, personalization and e-commerce.  He is also responsible for Kroger’s alternative profit businesses, including Kroger’s data analytics subsidiary, 84.51˚ LLC, and Kroger Personal Finance.  From May 2019 to March 2025, Mr. Cosset served as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer.  Prior to that, he served as Group Vice President and Chief Digital Officer, and also as Chief Commercial Officer and Chief Information Officer of 84.51° LLC. Prior to joining Kroger, Mr. Cosset served in several leadership roles at dunnhumby USA, LLC, including Executive Vice President of Consumer Markets and Global Chief Information Officer.
 

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