BRC Annual Retail Lecture featuring Andy Honby, Group Chief Executive of Alliance Boots

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Future retail. Hear and now.

Our Speakers...

Stephen Robertson, Director General, British Retail Consortium

Stephen's career has spanned 14 years on the boards of major UK retailers building on earlier management roles with Mars Inc, Unilever and Alberto-Culver. Stephen served for seven years as Marketing Director at B&Q plc before leading the acquisition of Screwfix Direct which he then chaired steering it through a period of strong growth. He went on to become Director of Communications at Kingfisher plc and took the helm of the Ellen MacArthur sponsorship. Most recently Stephen served for 3 years on the retail board at Woolworth plc. He is a former Chairman, and now Fellow, of the Marketing Society and acknowledged as one of the UK 's top retail marketeers.

Justin King, Chief Executive, Sainsbury's

Justin King has been Chief Executive of Sainsbury's since March 2004. Before joining Sainsbury's, he was Director of Food at Marks & Spencer and prior to that held senior positions at ASDA/Wal-Mart and was Managing Director of Haagen-Dazs UK. His early career was at Mars Confectionery and Pepsi International. Justin is a member of the CBI President's Committee and is a patron of Skillsmart Retail, the national sector skills council for retail. He is a non-executive director of Staples Inc. In January 2009 Justin was appointed to the Board of the London Organising Committee for the Olympics by Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London. In October 2010 he was made a member of the Prime Minister's Business Advisory Group.

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