Dee Corsi is Chief Executive of New West End Company, the UK’s largest retail, leisure and hospitality Business Improvement District. It represents over 600 property owner and occupier businesses across the West End, and is anchored by Oxford Street, Regent Street and Bond Street.

Working alongside its members, New West End Company delivers transformational projects, sustainable place management, destination marketing, advocacy, and commercial insights, all in service of maintaining the West End’s global reputation as a flagship destination.

Over the last ten years at Primark, Kari’s role has revolved around driving strong UK store performance by delivering great retail experiences for Primark’s customers and colleagues, starting first in the North-West of England before becoming responsible for the entire UK business. Prior to this, she’s held senior regional and international roles at Debenhams, making up over 20 years of retail and store experience. Beyond her work, Kari lives with her husband and two daughters by the sea in North Wales where they enjoy spending time outdoors with activities including cycling, horse-riding and water-sports.

Kris leads the BRC insight offer for its members and subscribers. He joined the BRC in 2022, having worked within the industry for over 25 years. Kris started his career on the shop floor at Tesco and Waitrose and subsequently led insight and operational change teams at major UK retailers including Asda and SSP Group. He has an PhD in applied statistics from a study on retail data and is a visiting fellow of Henley Business School.

Kris is a champion of the opportunities the industry provides to people of all backgrounds and is passionate about simplifying complexity that enables understanding and drives action.

Helen Bliss is an independent transformation leader with more than two decades of experience delivering large-scale change in retail, energy, and the charity sector. She has held senior leadership roles at BP, Ocado, and Marks & Spencer, where she drove multi-million-pound transformation programmes, embedded new digital operating models, and delivered sustainable savings.

Today, Helen works independently and is leading a major multi-year transformation at one of the UK’s largest charities supporting people with sight loss. Her work spans the design and implementation of a new long-term strategy, the creation of a future-ready operating model, and the alignment of services, culture, and technology to improve reach and impact.

Charlotte Hardie is the Editor-in-Chief of Retail Week, the UK’s leading authority on retail industry news, analysis, and insight. With a career spanning more than two decades in business journalism, Charlotte has become a prominent voice in the retail sector. She is passionate about supporting diversity in retail leadership and driving meaningful conversations about the future of the high street, digital transformation, and the wellbeing of the millions of people working in UK retail.

Since taking the helm at Retail Week, Charlotte has continued the publication’s digital transformation, championing data-led reporting and strategic content that informs and empowers retail leaders. Under her leadership, Retail Week has expanded its reach and influence, launching initiatives focused on innovation, sustainability, and leadership within the sector. She also spearheaded the launch of its in-house content marketing agency Retail Week Connect, which creates campaigns that tackle critical issues facing retailers.

Richard is Chief Executive Officer of Retail Economics, an independent economics research consultancy focused on the consumer and retail industry. Previously, Richard held the position of Chief Economist at the British Retail Consortium before heading up the Retail Insight and Analytics team. Richard has a wealth of experience in data analytics, retail insight, economics and consumer research. He was voted as a Top Ten Voice for LinkedIn for sharing his insights on the retail industry and is also voted a top retail expert by ReThink Retail for two years running, and a top 100 global voice about retail tech by RTIH.