Dan joined Debenhams as Chief Executive Officer in January 2022 to digitally transform the iconic British heritage brand.
Prior to joining Debenhams, Dan spent a decade as Group Multi Channel Director at JD Sports Fashion Plc.
He delivered unprecedented multi channel growth as JD established itself at the pinnacle of the sports fashion industry, becoming a global multi channel leader and entering the FTSE 100.

Tracy Cordova leads Business Development for Walmart’s global marketplaces. Tracy joined Walmart in 2019 in the HR product space before moving to the Global Marketplace team where she managed operations for Ship with Walmart and Partnership management for the Seller Growth team. Prior to Walmart, Tracy worked with an advertising agency to build Walmart Brand campaigns and internal training and communication for Walmart associates. She also has experience in higher education event planning and fundraising, food & beverage retail management, and news reporting.

Emma has worked for the Department for Business & Trade for over 4.5 years, initially as International Trade Advisor and now in HQs Digital Commerce and Retail Team as Lead for Strategic Partnerships & Alliances. Emma’s background is marketing and ecommerce on the client and agency side, which is when she first started her passion for SEO over 10 years ago. As a self-proclaimed digital nerd, Emma now leads several initiatives for the teams including B2B ecommerce and digital strategy for the EU. With 20 years overseas, Emma also has first-hand experience and understanding of different cultural markets having lived in Dubai and France.

Ralph Aoun is a Global Marketing Manager at Meta specializing in Performance, Commerce and Cross-Border Business. Throughout his career, he held different roles as an entrepreneur, agency head, trainer, and television host. Ralph also acted as a communication consultant for numerous public figures and holds a bachelor degree in Computer and Communication Engineering.

Thomas is the founder and CEO of Canopey - the home for buying better. As a second time founder and ex-Greenpeace employee he brings a decade of experience in the climate consumer sector looking at ways to remove the barriers for individuals to make sustainable choices. During his MSc in Climate Change at the University of East Anglia, he has worked alongside some of the world’s most renowned climate scientists and he works closely with the Norfolk Chambers of Commerce to advise businesses across the region on how to hit their Net Zero targets.
As a long time mental health advocate, and recent Muslim revert, Thomas has spent much of his time offering his own experience, knowledge, and empathy to others who are on similar journeys or experiencing similar pressures and stressors. He has spoken as part of groups to advise on high pressure roles and the impact on one’s mental health and well-being.

Mollie is an energetic marketing leader with a diverse range of experience from across the industry. Starting her career with her own sports massage and personal training business, Mollie learnt the power of true audience first marketing from the outset. After an entrepreneurial start, Mollie has held roles and led teams at IMG, Octagon, HSBC, LinkedIn and now, Meta where she leads marketing across EMEA for Retail and eCommerce.

Mollie has a natural sense of adventure that motivates her to explore the limits of human potential by running, cycling or swimming ultra-distances, often raising money for charity.

Riccardo is a marketing executive focusing on emerging platforms, with over a decade of experience at Google, Twitter and Facebook/Meta in building foundations and strategies that enabled partners to understand and implement new ways of connecting with their audiences and customers. He currently leads Meta's emerging platforms efforts to define the role of businesses through new technologies such as metaverse, AR, VR and AI. He is originally from Rome, Italy, but has spent most of his life and career in Paris, Dublin, and London.

CEO and Co-Founder of Kung Fu Data, an ecommerce partner whose sole mission is to help brands thrive in China’s online marketplaces. He leads from deep in the trenches and operates a portfolio of successful flagship stores on Tmall and JD. Josh has helped hundreds of brand owners with China ecommerce launches and is a recognized expert in market entry, brand control and performance management. From strategy and structure to activation and optimisation, he teaches the fine points of what it takes to win in China’s fast moving ecommerce space.

Robert Turner is a Partner in Bird & Bird’s Commercial Group and Co-Head of the International Business-to-Consumer Group. He supports clients on complex, cross-border commercial transactions, with particular expertise advising sports and consumer brand clients.
Rob advises consumer brands in a variety of sectors when they sell to, or otherwise interact with, consumers. He advises on the international expansion of consumer products, including drafting consumer terms that comply with consumer laws in multiple international markets, designing customer journeys and reviewing and advising on marketing materials and prize promotions.

Zoe Feller is a Partner in Bird & Bird’s Tax Group, specialising in corporate and asset finance transactions. She regularly advises clients expanding into the UK and EU, coordinating teams across multiple jurisdictions advising on internationally mobile employees, compliance issues for online marketplaces, supply chain issues post-Brexit and structuring investments to minimise tax leakage.

Caspar has spent the last 27 years working across different areas of marketing. He was Board Director and Group New Business Director at AMV BBDO working on award winning campaigns for major brands. He went on to be part of the founding team of the top 50 ad agency Campbell Doyle Dye, with clients including Mercedes-Benz, The Macallan and Invesco Perpetual. He was co-Founder of VEEMEE in 2009 specialising in content creation for PlayStation Home, before becoming a co-Founder of Zappar in 2011, where he is now CEO.

Lucas Perraudin is a thought leader in digital technology and commerce. Founder of Mula Digital, a consulting firm which guides top brands and retailers to the future of commerce through an era of incredible rate of technology change.

Over the last 25 years, Lucas held various senior roles in the technology sector. Prior to founding Mula Digital, he led the EMEA Augmented and Virtual Reality business at Meta. Previously, Lucas held the role of EMEA Vice President of retail and online at HP Inc., with the mission to reshape the go-to-market of the PC and printing giant across ecommerce and retail. Prior to that at HP, he led the acquisition and integration of Palm inc., managed HP Africa's sales teams and developed omnichannel & digital selling solutions from the early 2000's onwards.

Oliver is an entrepreneur, speaker and CEO of Flight Story, a marketing and communication company founded with Steven Bartlett.
Flight Story exists to help brands stay at the forefront of what’s possible - through a range of strategy, content and media services.
Previously Oliver was Managing Director of Social Chain AG, a world leading social media and e-commerce company. Within 5 years the company grew from a UK start-up, to a 750+ employee, $500m+ revenue business, operating across 21 locations.

I am passionate about assisting entrepreneurs to realise their international potential through global trading in the e-commerce space and beyond. Since 2012 I have been helping businesses and entrepreneurs cut through the red tap, building comprehensive cost analyses, mitigating costs and providing growth solutions and expansion to e-commerce sellers. My field of expertise is on formulating such custom strategies and solutions to achieve cross-border expansion alongside each entrepreneur.

If you are an ambitious entrepreneur or you are driven by global trade opportunities, I would love to connect with you and build mutually beneficial synergies.

With a wealth of experience and expertise in expanding global markets, he has established himself as a leading figure at AVASK in assisting sellers to grow their businesses internationally. Jacob possesses a keen understanding of the global ecommerce landscape, consistently providing valuable insights and guidance to his clients. His in-depth knowledge of market trends, Cross border shipping, and regulatory requirements across various regions allows him to develop tailored solutions. With Jacob's support, businesses can confidently navigate the path to success on a global scale.

Deepak Anand is a seasoned, strategic leader who has spent time in building technology companies from startup to scale up and specialised in retail technologies especially in commerce. At Shopline, Deepak is responsible for the growth of Shopline- #1 Social Commerce Platform in the UK and across Europe.

Rob is a Partner in VAT and Customs Duty services at Crowe. With extensive experience as a VAT professional spanning almost two decades, he helps clients to manage indirect tax challenges affecting their business. His focus involves looking at the UK’s new position after Brexit and also the EU’s changes made to impact retailers in the e-commerce sector. He also leads within the VAT team at Crowe on the use of new technology to help improve data management for clients.

A seasoned marketing professional with experience across retail, FMCG and now Telco. Maria started her career at P&G working across local, regional and global brands in the beauty and grooming sector. Working on brand such as Pantene, Head & Shoulders and Gillette, she was responsible driving some of these brands to number 1 position in key markets. After 12 years at P&G she moved to retail, to head up marketing for M&S Lingerie. Across her 5 years at M&S she worked across all facets of retail marketing from trade marketing, brand campaigns, visual merchandising and digital coms as the Head of Clothing, Home & Beauty marketing. Her last assignment at M&S was heading up the newly created Customer Experience function, understanding what CX can bring to the world of retail. From there she joined Vodafone as the UK Brand Director. Responsible for the definition and creation of the Brand experience for Vodafone, her team is also responsible for all acquisition marketing across all touch points. She is on a mission to build a more modern and meaningful Vodafone brand.

Unilever Digital & eCommerce Director, working in Digital Marketing for 15 years across various industries with a passion for transformation.

Jennifer McCloskey is a lead on global economic policy for Google. In her role, Jennifer operates as a central hub for the company on global trade and tax policy concerns.
Prior to her position with Google, Jennifer was vice president of policy at the Information Technology Industry Council (ITI). In this role, Jennifer oversaw tax, trade and investment issues.
Prior to joining ITI, Jennifer worked in the United States Senate as a senior policy advisor to Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) handling tax and trade policy. In this capacity, Jennifer served as staff director for the Taxation and IRS Oversight Subcommittee during the 113th Congress.

Joeri Groenewoud has been working in the Cross-border e-commerce space for more than 8 years now in different commercial leadership roles, focused on helping brands/retailers expand their International online business.

Prior to this he worked in the Logistics industry for 17 years, of which 11 with Aramex based out of Los Angeles, New York and home base Amsterdam.

Joeri’s primary drive is connecting with people across the globe to facilitate business growth and long lasting reliable relationships/friendships.

Jim Herbert, is a technology, engineering, and consulting veteran who has been helping retailers implement global ecommerce since the turn of the century. With over 25 years of ecommerce and digital transformation experience, Jim is CEO of Patchworks, an integration platform as a service provider that enables retailers to automate their integrations, increasing reliability of order operations, streamlining system design and most importantly helping companies such as Gymshark, Huel and Robert Welch trade internationally.

Igi Miftari is a Senior Business Development Specialist at WorldFirst. She has gathered a wealth of experience in international payments and FX in her 12-year specialist career helping businesses find the best solution for their needs. At WorldFirst, she is integral to many clients’ implementation of more cost effective and faster cross-border payments in their business.
“WorldFirst are specialists in making international payments easier – for businesses and suppliers. Faster and cheaper trades, like a local.”

Henry Hatton is Head of Sales at WorldFirst and since joining in 2018, he has accelerated growth within his region by implementing a strong multi-targeted strategy dedicated to e-commerce businesses. His 10-year experience in the FX for business space has seen him work with some of the UK’s leading online retailers and marketplaces, guiding them on the journey to optimising their payment flows and reducing the cost cross-border trade.
“At WorldFirst, we help leading online retailers and marketplaces to reduce their cross-border trades costs and optimise their payments.”

Allen is a Strategic Partner Consultant at Zalando, helping brands craft bespoke strategies that unlock sales growth, brand engagement, and new user recruitment. With a decade of diverse prior experiences in brand management, digital marketing, and e-Commerce acceleration at Unilever, Shopee, Grab and McCann, Allen brings a unique level of insight to how brands can activate and win on online marketplaces.

Mila Liu is Head of Product and Business Growth at WorldFirst (UK/EEA/SEA/ANZ). With a Masters in Engineering from Imperial College London and extensive experience in cross-border trade, banking channels and account-based products, she has designed and built several successful B2B API solutions. Her previous roles as Compliance Officer and Product Solutioning at leading payments companies and Central Bank of China show her standout abilities of complex problem solving and design with user experience and product sales front of mind.

Neil is the product manager for banking and payment methods at Stripe. After starting his early career in technology consulting within the financial services industry, Neil made the jump back to tech in 2019 to build artificial intelligence products before moving to Stripe. His background as an engineer and consultant gave him a unique vantage point in building technically complex, global products for the financial services industry

Jim’s early career was in consulting, where he spent 10 years supporting Fortune 500 & FTSE 100 leaders executing transformation in their organizations. In 2013 Jim discovered Amazon FBA, launching a brand which quickly became a multi 7-figure business selling in 9 marketplaces. Jim joined Thrasio in 2020, leading Thrasio's European M&A team from 2020-2022. Jim is now VP of Europe for GETIDA, the leading Amazon FBA reconciliation and reimbursements provider.

Jonathan Travers-Smith is Founder and CEO of Hot Pot China, a specialist agency focused on delivering long-term brand and commercial success in China. As a fluent Mandarin speaker and marketer with nearly 20 years' China experience, Jonathan has overseen China-focused strategies for a range of iconic global brands including La Perla, Selfridges, Canada Goose, UEFA, Estée Lauder, Fortnum & Mason and Ted Baker. Hot Pot focuses on holistic strategies to build brands online and offline in China, based on deep insight around China's myriad consumer segments. Jonathan is a thought leader on digital and consumer trends in China having presented keynotes at Google, Walpole, AdAge, Campaign and ChinaConnect.

Andy is a VAT specialist who brings an in-depth knowledge of how VAT law impacts operational processes within businesses. He helps businesses ranging from start-ups to industry-leading corporates by providing traditional VAT advice, managing the in-house VAT function with KPIs, policies and controls, as well as VAT dispute resolution. He has a strong focus on retail and e-commerce.

Operating within the global end-to-end supply chain sector, with a background in developing ecommerce returns and recommerce solutions for both Enterprise and SMB brands across multiple verticals. Giorgio applies his ecommerce and supply chain experience to help enhance SEKO’s global ecommerce services, adding value to clients requirements, with a core focus on ecommerce sales growth in new markets, sustainability and operating efficiencies.

David Meakin leads the Partnerships and Solution Engineering teams at SHOPLINE. He has a wealth of experience working with a number of vendors, as well as for merchants on their digital transformation journeys.

Alex is the VP of E-commerce at The Hut Group. THG is a global leader in D2C and owns and operates 55 brands including Myprotein and Lookfantastic. THG also supports the e-commerce growth of the world's leading brands and retailers like P&G, HomeBase, Nestle and Coca-Cola. As part of the leadership team, Alex works with partners to create and deliver a strategy to accelerate both their domestic growth and international expansion ambitions.

Alex has worked within the eCommerce industry for over 15 years specialising in multi-channel cross bord commerce trading. His experience includes 3rd party marketplace, demand generation, data analysis and D2C strategy and execution.

Judith is an Ecommerce Specialist at the Department for Business & Trade, where she helps companies plan their route to market internationally and develop their global ecommerce strategies, as well as managing partnerships with some of the world’s leading ecommerce marketplaces. She has worked in a variety of roles within ecommerce for over 15 years, including at Amazon UK.

Susan Roe is a multi-lingual international trade specialist and a British Chambers of Commerce accredited export communications consultant. She is passionate about helping UK businesses stay ahead of the curve when trading overseas, and with a decade and a half in international trade, Susan has coached, consulted and trained several hundred new and experienced exporting SMEs on e-commerce, building global distributor networks, customs procedures, export communication and market entry planning.

Mike is currently CEO of Purple, a disability organisation intent on changing the disability conversation. It is moving the dial from an issue traditionally seen as one about Charity, vulnerable people, welfare and responsibility of Government. To one about value, contribution, community and opportunity. Purple provide products and services to both disabled people and businesses, and includes the award winning initiative Purple Tuesday which is supporting organisations to improve the disabled customer experience.

Seasoned Strategic Sales Professional with a Decade-long track record of Surpassing Revenue Targets in the technology industry. Having spearheaded sales efforts at ShipEngine and ShipStation, Kevin provides a wealth of experience in Empowering Tech Professionals and Retailers in the eCommerce space.

Daniel started his career in logistics at British Airways, holding a range of positions across operations, account management and pricing optimisation before joining Metapack. Over the last 7 years at the company, he has spent his time building commercial relationships with carriers, before focusing on growing UK customers product adoption. His most recent role is focused on managing the team responsible for acquiring new clients across Northern and Eastern Europe.

Marc is a passionate advocate and evangelist within the world of accessibility, having represented the Royal National Institute of Blind People since retiring from his professional sporting career as a Paralympic judo athlete. He has a genetic eye condition called Cone Rod Dystrophy, which has affected him since birth. Marc is the Head of Accessibility Innovation at RNIB, driving innovation through award winning projects and collaborations with global organisations to improve the landscape for people living with a disability, embedding a Design For Everyone culture.

Brendan has been leading eCommerce transformation for over 20 years; working across many sectors from retail to financial services and igaming. He has specialised in effectively scaling high-potential early-stage eCommerce brands. Having grown up in Ireland working in food retail, Brendan understands the challenges faced by local businesses seeking to expand nationally and internationally.

As VP for Europe's leading eCommerce Accelerator, Luzern eCommerce, Alan heads a team of eComm experts that work with a core customer base of Global Brands. With 15+ years experience, and having witnessed the evolution of eCommerce firsthand, Alan brings a wealth of experience in how to grow sales, profitably, on Amazon and other Marketplaces and has worked with some of the world’s leading brands to build their online presence and increase market share. He leads companies to reach the next level with his unique understanding of their business, goals, and challenges and transforming their online strategy based on market-leading insights.

Isabel Perry drives global Al, Web3, and metaverse services at DEPT Isabel is ranked among the top 15 advertising executives in AI by Business Insider. At DEPT®, she leads a team of over 400 specialists in five continents delivering innovative, pioneering work for brands such as Google, eBay and Philips. With a degree in Architecture from Cambridge, she brings a unique approach to design and user experience. During her 8-year tenure within the company she expanded the tech team, launched chatbots for clients including Just Eat UK and Spotify, built an AR team that's in the top 1% of TikTok Effect creators, and driven over 8bn AR views, and managed a skilled team dedicated to creating assets at scale, securing lasting brand success.

Adnan Zaheer is the Founder and CEO of iCustoms, a technology company that uses AI to provide cutting-edge software solutions for the trade compliance industry. Under his leadership, iCustoms has been transforming the legacy customs software used for a $22 trillion trade. He founded Seers Group and currently serves as its President. In just four years, he built the company into a market-leading privacy and consent management platform that enables businesses to comply with global privacy regulations.In addition, Adnan was a founding member of Smart Pension, a company that is currently worth over a billion dollars. He is an entrepreneur and professional who launched his first business, which was also successful, when he was just 15 years old. After that, he worked for SMEs, FTSE100, as well as for one of the Big 4 consulting firms. He is a Qualified Accountant and has an MBA.
Before founding Seers, he worked at PwC, where, as a Senior Finance Partner, he helped small and medium-sized enterprises expand and meet regulatory requirements.

Michael Bayler is a co-founder and principal at Decisionality, supporting brands in understanding and leveraging AI to deliver fresh customer value and growth. He is a brand marketing pioneer, CMO, published author and speaker, specialising in transformation and innovation in sectors including technology, telecoms, banking and financial services, media and entertainment, consumer goods, and life sciences. Michael has advised many of the world’s leading brands, media and technology companies and international stars, including NatWest, Coca-Cola, Unilever, Zurich Insurance, Diageo, Telefonica, BBC, Discovery, FremantleMedia, Bacardi Global Brands, Warner Bros., BSkyB, BT, SABMiller, Mundipharma, Cognizant, HCL, Nokia, Ogilvy, Robbie Williams and Simon Cowell.
He has written two acclaimed marketing strategy books, "Promiscuous Customers: Invisible Brands – Delivering Value in Digital Markets" (Capstone, Oxford, 2002) and "The Liquid Enterprise – How The Network is Changing Value, What It Means for Business, and What Leadership Needs to Do About It" (Infinite Ideas, Oxford, 2016). He has also written for The Wall Street Journal, Billboard Magazine and the Design Management Journal.

Working to the guiding principle of 'Creating Impact from the Outside-In', Andrew approaches branding and
design by understanding what people actually see, think and feel. For more than twenty years he has designed powerful visual identity and communications for clients from KraftHeinz and Campari, to numerous innovative businesses and start-ups, creating distinctive solutions that travel faster and further, engaging their audiences and influencing change.

David Friedrichs is Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Cerqular. Cerqular is the greener, fairer and humanity-centric Goliath marketplace alternative to conventional platforms. David and his Co-Founder Janine Aeroporos founded Cerqular to connect future-focus supply and demand, on a single platform. Cerqular makes sustainable, innovative, and circular the new shopping norm by giving everyday businesses and consumers the chance to buy and sell the values that define them.

Cerqular brings emerging, technology, gender neutral, sustainable, circular, natural and ultimately all future-focus brands to life by seamlessly connecting them with like-minded consumers who have, until now, been struggling to find brands that organically adapt to their identity, values and lifestyle.

Available in the US, UK and launching now across Asia Pacific. Cerqular is the reset.

Alan Small has over 10 years of experience in ecommerce, having launched his own online stores and a leading EU marketplace for students. Alan joined Wish in July 2020 to head up their EMEA Business Development & Partnership team, responsible for the growth and success of US, EMEA & LATAM merchants on Wish.

Nick is the owner of NRW Ventures, an innovation and strategy consultancy and the co-founder of Decisionality, a technology consultancy that helps clients get ahead, and stay ahead, of the wave of AI. Nick works with visionary leaders who want to build the future of their business and leads them through the journey of generating ideas, testing the business potential in those ideas and growing the potential.

Nick was previously the innovation lead for Marketplaces and Platforms for Deloitte UK where he ran corporate innovation projects building marketplaces for Deloitte and its clients. Nick and his team researched new technologies and what role marketplaces might play in those spaces, from ESG to deep tech to DAOs. Being based in Yorkshire, Nick also led Deloitte Ventures U.K. activity across offices outside of London.

Francisco has spent the last 6 years building, managing and optimising marketplaces, including: The Sea Collective, Overcube and The Farfetch Group. As the COO of Onport, Francisco has spent the last 2 years helping multi vendor marketplaces scale. When he’s not busy with Onport, you can find him skateboarding and surfing around Porto, Portugal.

Dex van Hofwegen has a background in (business) economics. He is currently in charge of the EMEA New Business team of ChannelEngine, where we help brands, distributors and retailers connect global e-commerce from Leiden (NL), Dubai (UAE) and Berlin (DE). Before that, Dex has held multiple sales and e-commerce roles in both start-ups and enterprises.

Emmet has been innovating in the digital space for the last 23 years, launching 13 products and companies on a global basis. Emmet has experience within Retail Media, Programmatic Advertising and building adtech solutions. Emmet's unique insight on building products, business and revenue for his clients gives him a unique view and insight in the evolving digital media space.

Al Gerrie has over 20 years retail, logistics and ecommerce experience as a consultant to major brands and is former Head of Multichannel at OFFICE, Mountain Warehouse, and We Are Pentagon. Al was a very early pioneer in the mobile shopping space, launching one of the first PayPal mobile shopping experiences as early as 2007 (pre-smartphone). He is an expert in international delivery and returns, technical integrations, as well as building ecommerce fulfilment and warehousing solutions with 3rd Party logistics providers.

Pete has over 30 years’ experience with Argos and Sainsburys with in depth knowledge across retail, ecommerce and fulfilment. Pete has a successful track record of finding innovative and effective solutions and taking these from concept to BAU at pace. Amongst other ventures he scoped, set up and then led Argos’ clearance stores and wider clearance operations; the Argos store on eBay (taking this to the first $100m equivalent turnover eBay store in Europe) and home delivery solutions for Argos in the ROI. Pete is the CEO and operational lead for Warehow.

Phil has been working with Fruugo since the UK MBO in 2012, initially in a consultancy capacity and then from 2017 as their Head of Partnerships. He manages a partnership portfolio of 1000’s of retailers generating circa 80% of Fruugo’s total annual GTV, as well as responsible for developing new partnerships in many of Fruugo’s 46 global territories, most recently China and Turkey. With 92% of all sales on Fruugo being cross border, he is well placed to offer insights on selling internationally and how that can be best supported.

Drawing on his 10+ years in the ecommerce and automotive industry working with the largest OEM and Aftermarket Brands in Europe, initially as Sales Director of a multi-million aftermarket online car parts business and then as the Managing Director of marketplace specialists, We Are Pentagon, Graham is an ecommerce thought leader with a proven track record to deliver marketplace success and innovation. A member of the Deloitte Ventures Marketplace Leaders Community, Graham is well-connected within the marketplaces space, and acutely aware of its challenges and opportunities. As the CEO of Autofixa, Graham is currently on a mission to help automotive brands capitalise on the nascent digitalisation of their industry.

Danail studied Computer Science and Management in New Bulgarian University. Has been in every aspect of the ecommerce journey with We Are Pentagon Group and has been connected with the shaping of the Hemi technology since its creation in 2015. Currently responsible for managing Hemi's overall operations. This includes setting the overall vision and path for the platform, driving profitability, managing company organizational structure and strategy

Zornitsa has more than 10 years of experience in the ecommerce industry. She has held various positions within Arcade Retail, instrumental to the successful launch of brands and retailers on international marketplaces – from the initial steps of opening the accounts, through making sure that all operational issues of logistics, duties, localisation, etc are sorted out to the successful trading of the products on the marketplaces. In her current position, Zornitsa’s focus is on enabling new cross-border opportunities and building strong relationships with the international marketplaces.

Ben is the founder & head of marketing at Unsociable, the social commerce agency who accelerate brand growth through the power of TikTok and other social media channels.

Ben has grown their own channel rapidly, gaining over 8,000,000 views on TikTok in less than 7 months. Unsociable has launched household name brands & notable celebrities on TikTok to achieve astounding results through organic content and supporting marketing services to enable successful selling through both TikTok shop and their D2C sites.

In 2023, so far, Unsociable has already garnered over 51,000,000 views, 750,000 engagements and grown client accounts by more than 200,000 followers.

Andrew Lansiquot is a Relationship Manager at WorldFirst with over 18 years’ experience in FX. With a background in customer service and private sales and dealing, Andrew works closely with his clients to ensure efficiency and streamlined processes are in place for the best possible outcome. His relationships skills are so strong that he’s previously secured 4% account referral from existing clients and successfully managed busy dealing teams.
“At WorldFirst, we want to make your business payments easier and processes streamlined – so you can get back to what you do best.”

Habib is the UK Country Head at Worldline, leading the ePayments team within the Merchant Services Regional Businesses unit. His mission is to drive commercial growth for a wide range of clients in the UK. Recently, he has been supporting tech-forward companies to achieve a smooth checkout process with his consultative approach on innovative online payments solutions.
Habib is an experienced IT Sales Professional, passionate about Sales Management and Business Development with over 14 years of experience in Card Payment Processing Solutions across various industries. Prior to joining the fintech space, Habib worked in wide range of sectors while maintaining a strong link with financial services and technology solutions sales.

Cam has spent the bulk of his career building revenue for FMCG and technology companies, through in-house and consultancy work. Having performed Amazon transformation projects for some of the largest book publishers globally, Cam left publishing to pursue the cutting edge of eCommerce technology. At Nozzle, he led the consultancy department, whilst working directly on product and sales. Having founded and failed his own business in 2022, he recently joined GETIDA as their EU Sales Director with the aim of helping as many Amazon entrepreneurs as he can.

Caroline advises on international VAT matters for businesses in the UK and international markets. She has in-depth industry experience advising on complex VAT legal issues and identifying related import/customs challenges in a post-Brexit environment, working closely with the firm’s EU VAT specialists including Andy van Esdonk as well as the firm’s Trade & Customs team, in connection with cross-border supply chains and commercial transactions, most notably for businesses in the e-commerce, retail and technology sectors.

David leads the marketing operations at Unineed. Having joined Unineed in 2020, David has helped oversee rapid growth in both domestic and global marketplace channels. With a strong focus on business development, David has helped Unineed significantly expand its international marketplace channels and become established as one of the most prominent sellers on TikTok Shop in both the UK and US marketplaces. Prior to Unineed, David was an Area Manager for Enterprise-Rent-A-Car focused on customer service and employee development.

Gary is the Product Lead for Marketplaces at Stripe, where he builds products for some of Stripe’s largest users. He brings a cross-functional lens to product management, having previously worked in Finance, Strategy, and Operations at Stripe.
Prior to Stripe, he worked at SoFi and Morgan Stanley. He holds an MBA from Stanford University and a BA from Harvard University.

Håkan Thyr is Chief Revenue Officer at Fruugo. He is responsible for accelerating the growth of the Fruugo marketplace by helping more brands and retailers expand internationally with no risk and minimal effort.

Håkan is an e-commerce veteran who launched his first e-commerce site in 1999 and he has been working in the e-commerce space most of the time since.

Prior to joining Fruugo, he held roles as Partnerships Director at ChannelAdvisor, COO at Firmstep and Partnerships Director at Bazaarvoice. Håkan holds an MSc from Chalmers University.

With nearly a decade of experience in the online payments industry, including three years at Worldline, Haroon is a seasoned payment consultant. His expertise lies in assisting eCommerce businesses in boosting their conversion rates through a customised checkout experience that caters to their unique requirements. When he's not immersed in his professional pursuits, Haroon cherishes quality time with his family and embarks on adventures to explore different countries.

Heather is an Associate in Bird & Bird’s Privacy & Data Protection Group and advises on a broad range of digital regulatory compliance issues, with a focus on the adtech, retail, media and entertainment sectors. She regularly advises multinational businesses on GDPR, ePrivacy and online safety considerations when offering goods and services into EU/UK markets and is particularly interested in how our evolving regulatory landscape deals with UI design/dark patterns and children’s data.

Jonathan is a Partner in Bird & Bird’s International HR Services Group. As a specialist employment and immigration lawyer, Jonathan advises businesses on the full spectrum of HR legal, labour and employment and global mobility issues to support their talent and people strategies internationally. Jonathan has advised businesses across a variety of sectors, including retail, media, sports and tech, as well as a number of high-profile individuals.

Connected Packaging Specialist helping brands unlock the total value of Connected Packaging by utlising people, technology and data.

Michael leads the marketplace team at Pertemba Global - finding and launching new marketplaces to expand on the companies single-service global selling solution while ensuring their 70+ live marketplaces are performing to meet the companies ambitious goals. Prior to joining Pertemba, Michael spent almost 5 years at fashion retailer Joules; building foundations and setting strategies for their marketplace operation, overseeing global expansion and delivering phenomenal growth.

Patrick has held a variety of senior roles in Ecommerce since entering the space 15 years ago as well as founding and running several of his own businesses.
Currently COO at Chalkys.com he plays a pivotal role in ensuring the operational smooth running of listing at scale – managing more than 7.5m skus across over 25 marketplaces worldwide – alongside developing partner relationships and new business opportunities.

Rebecca co-heads Bird & Bird’s UK Intellectual Property Group, and is co-head of its International Copyright and Design Group. She works with multinational organisations in all areas of soft IP, with a particular focus on helping businesses solve trade mark and copyright issues that have a digital or online element. A major part of Rebecca’s practice is working with companies to set up their global brand enforcement projects. She also works with global platforms to help them navigate the evolving regulatory landscape, advising on the increasing differences between UK and EU law.

With a background in management and buying roles for The Body Shop, Arcadia Group and Oasis Stores followed by sourcing and sales for a large fashion and accessories supplier to high street multiples and independent retailers. Claire uses her retail and supply chain experience and work with the global SEKO team to help clients establish, improve and grow successful operations worldwide.

Robert Turner is a Partner in Bird & Bird’s Commercial Group and Co-Head of the International Business-to-Consumer Group. He supports clients on complex, cross-border commercial transactions, with particular expertise advising sports and consumer brand clients.
Rob advises consumer brands in a variety of sectors when they sell to, or otherwise interact with, consumers. He advises on the international expansion of consumer products, including drafting consumer terms that comply with consumer laws in multiple international markets, designing customer journeys and reviewing and advising on marketing materials and prize promotions. His practice also includes acting for consumer brands when either they, or the sectors that they operate in, are investigated by consumer regulatory authorities.