2025 Grocery Industry Icons & Innovators

Joel Rampoldt

CEO

Lidl US

Allison Ellsworth

Co-Founder & Chief Brand Officer

poppi

Jack Sinclair

CEO

Sprouts Farmers Market

Nick Green

CEO & Co-Founder

Thrive Market

Priya Nair

President, Beauty & Wellbeing

Unilever

Raghu Mahadevan

EVP, Logistics & Chief Digital Officer

7-Eleven

John Carroll

President, Digital Commerce & Advanced Analytics

Acosta Group

Bobby Watts

SVP AD Retail Media & Digital Merchandising

Ahold Delhaize USA

Sjeord Holleman

SVP, Strategy, Product & Analytics

Albert Heijn

Liz Roche

VP, Media & Measurement

Albertsons Media Collective

Marian Leitner-Waldman

CEO & Founder

Archer Roose Wines

Ajay Sharma

VP, eCommerce & OmniChannel, Target & Emerging Platforms, North America

Bayer Consumer Health

Sebastian Bak

Managing Director & Partner

BCG

Jill Wang

Managing Director & Partner

BCG

Leon Zhang

Co-Founder & CEO

BetterBasket

Sarah Bakx

President

BOLD Brands (Treasury Wine Estates)

Manuel Queiroz

Partner

Bright Pixel Capital (Sonae)

Jennifer Conklin

VP, Retail Technologies

Capgemini

Eric Skae

CEO

Carbone Fine Food

Brian Bell

VP, Strategy & Planning

Church & Dwight Co., Inc

Jenny McLean

Managing Partner & Retail Industry Lead

Clarkston Consulting

Matt Nichols

Partner

Commerce Ventures

Anders Mittag

Chief Commercial Officer, Lobyco

Coop Denmark

Deborah Weinswig

Founder & CEO

Coresight Research

Linda Bethea

CMO, North America

Danone

Arthur Sylvestre

VP, Digital Commerce

Danone

Adgild Hop

Partner, European Retail Market Lead

Deloitte

Abby Slark

Principal

Deloitte

Gregor Murray

Chief 'So What' Officer

Digital Commere Global

Lori Schafer

CEO & Co-Founder

Digital Wave Technology

Elena MacGurn

SVP, Search

Digitas

Shaoming Yang

VP

Dingdong Fresh

Toby Espinosa

VP, Ads & Growth Services

DoorDash

Alastair Dorward

CEO

Dropps

Whitney Johnson

SVP of Marketing

EG America

Sarah Marzano

Principal Analyst, Retail & Commerce Media

EMARKETER

Kabir Jain

Chief Growth Officer

Erewhon

Tony Ward

Partner/Principal, Retail & Supply Chain

Ernst & Young

Danielle Sporkin

SVP, Media & Marketing Services

Ferrero

Nitin Murali

VP, Supply Chain Excellence

Gallo

Shweta Prabhu

VP, Digital, MarTech, Enterprise Systems, Data & Analytics

Giant Eagle

Justin Weinstein

EVP, Chief Strategy & Marketing Officer

Giant Eagle Inc.

Ryan Draude

Head of Loyalty & Digital

Giant Food

Neil Stern

CEO

Good Food Holdings

Kelly Lindenau

Content Director

Groceryshop

Rocquan Lucas

VP, Content

Groceryshop

Ben Miller

VP, Original Content & Strategy

Groceryshop

Sean Ransenberg

Managing Director & GM, Retail Media

H-E-B

Joe Sta-Romana

Chief Customer Officer, US

Haleon

Bruce Hatch

Chief Information Officer

Harmons Grocery

Cem Kent

Co-Founder & CEO

Harmonya

Molly Hop

EVP & North American Lead of Havas Market

Havas Media Network

Prabash Coswatte

Chief Operating Officer

Heritage Grocers Group

Leslie Lee

VP, Digital Experiences

Hormel Foods

Stewart Samuel

Director of Retail Futures

IGD

Cristian Arcangeli

VP, Omnichannel & Customer Experience

illy Caffé

Gaurav Pant

Co-Founder & Chief Insights Officer

Incisiv

David McIntosh

Chief Connected Stores Officer

Instacart

Ali Miller

General Manager, Advertising

Instacart

Kris Hull

EVP, Senior Client Officer, Consumer Products

Ipsos

Sarah Engel

President

January Digital

Gokce Guven

Founder & CEO

Kalder

Leigh O'Donnell

Head of Shopper & Category Insights

Kantar

Brett Matthews

Chairman & CEO

Kate Farms

Louise Cotterill

Global Senior Director, Insights & Intelligence

Kellanova

Andrea Steele

AVP eCommerce & Customer Marketing

Kraft Heinz

Christine Foster

SVP

Kroger Precision Marketing

Benoit Vatere

Chief Media Officer

Liquid Death

Lauren Steinberg

EVP, Chief Digital Officer, Media & Loyalty

Loblaw

Michele Roney

EVP, Retailer CX

Mars United Commerce

Neil Reynolds

Global Chief Customer & Digital Commerce Officer

Mars Wrigley

Louise Fritjofsson

Founder & CEO

Martie

Alejandra Restrepo

Head of Mercado Ads Mexico

Mercado Libre

Alicia LeBeouf

Head of Industry, Retail & Grocery

Meta

Gina Claxton

Corporate VP, U.S. Retail & Consumer Goods

Microsoft

Mustafa Bartin

Retail CEO

Migros Turkey

Cristina Marinucci

VP, Global Growth & Omni Commercial Insights

Mondelēz International

Sambit Dutta

VP, Digital Strategy & Transformation

Nestle

Deepak Jose

VP & Head of Data & Decision Intelligence

Niagara Bottling

Jennie Bell

Managing Director

NielsenIQ

Anne Mezzenga

Co-CEO

Omni Talk

Chris Walton

Co-CEO

Omni Talk

Jason Cottrell

CEO & Founder

Orium

Simon Rodeiro

Vice President Digital Commerce & Omni-Channel Marketing

PIM Brands

Ken Fenyo

CEO

Pine Street Advisors

Jason Goldberg

Chief Commerce Strategy Officer

Publicis Groupe

Wayne McIntyre

Co-Founder & CEO

Relocalize

Emily Xu

Chief Digital & Information Officer

Republic National Distributing Company

Vineta Bajaj

Chief Financial Officer

Rohlik Group

Tom Ward

EVP, Chief Operating Officer, End to End

Sam's Club

Caleb Carr

Head of Data Science & Engineering

Schnuck Markets

Kim Anderson

VP, Store Operation Support

Schnucks

Joana Rafael

Co-Founder & COO

Sensei

Ethan Sinick

Managing Director

Shirland Ventures

Brad Bogolea

Co-Founder & CEO

Simbe Robotics

Amrita Bhasin

Co-Founder & CEO

Sotira

Nathan Mansperger

VP, Digital Account Execution

Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits

Alan Wizemann

Chief Digital Officer

Southern Glazers Wine & Spirits

Chaz Flexman

CEO & Co-Founder

Starday Foods

Wassim Makarem

Chief Retail Officer

talabat

Oliver Vogt

CEO, Transcend

Tesco

Katie Neil

Head of Connected Commerce

The Coca-Cola Company

Kate Barton

Chief Growth Officer

The Honest Company

Keith LaFrance

Partner

The Partnering Group

Manish Sharma

Co-Founder & Chief Marketing Officer

Think Blue

Amanda Parker

Head of Food

TikTok Shop

Daryl Porter

Senior Partner

TOMORROW

Benoit Koenig

Co-Founder

Veesion

Michael Gabay

CEO & Co-Founder

Velon

Alice Ponti

SVP of Innovation & Strategy

VentureFuel

Abi Subramanian

Group VP, Customer Marketing & Media Monetization

Walgreens

Andrea Albright

EVP & Chief Growth Officer, International & Operating Partner, Massmart

Walmart

Sam Tomlinson

EVP

Warschawski

Greg Zeh

SVP & Chief Information Officer

Weis Markets

Sonya Gafsi Oblisk

Chief Merchandising & Marketing Officer

Whole Foods

Bob Ma

Head of Retail VC Investing

WIND Ventures

Darshan Shah

Head of Early-Stage Investments

XRC Ventures