European Summit

Rory Sutherland

Ogilvy

Rosie is a creative marketer with experience and knowledge of integrated marketing communications, marketing strategy and project management. Most recently of Jamie Oliver Restaurant Group, where she revolutionised content production across the…

Daniel Bennett

Ogilvy

Dan co-leads the behavioural science practice within Ogilvy Consulting London looking after clients from the public and private sectors. He is a Practitioner, Speaker and Writer on the creative application of behavioural science to the world's…

Charles Banks

thefoodpeople

Managing Director at THINK Hospitality & Co-Founder of Restaurant Marketer & Innovator. James has worked with more than fifty hospitality brands in ten countries as a senior executive & consultant, including Jamie Oliver Restaurant Group, IHG, Thai…

Katy Moses

KAM

Katy has 20 years experience in business development, research and consultancy roles. She started off at The Daily Express where she sold ad space and got yelled at by Richard Desmond, moving on through recruitment and into research and consultancy…

Sarah Brading

Flat Earth Pizzas

Managing Director at THINK Hospitality & Co-Founder of Restaurant Marketer & Innovator. James has worked with more than fifty hospitality brands in ten countries as a senior executive & consultant, including Jamie Oliver Restaurant Group, IHG, Thai…

Denis Dahan

Kaleido

Managing Director at THINK Hospitality & Co-Founder of Restaurant Marketer & Innovator. James has worked with more than fifty hospitality brands in ten countries as a senior executive & consultant, including Jamie Oliver Restaurant Group, IHG, Thai…

Erik Nissen Johansen

Stylt

Andy is a communication and technology specialist. He started his career at Marconi as a Design Engineer before moving into specialist systems for StorageTek. He joined the EMEA E-business team at Peregrine Systems, where he was responsible for the…

Steve Flanagan

KellyDeli

As CMO for TGI Fridays UK, Steve has responsibility for all the in and out of store marketing activities and digital roadmap, leads the food and beverage development and also has the remit of the IT function under the CMO umbrella, allowing him to…

Simon Farrow

Tao Group Hospitality

Simon has over ten years of experience working in marketing within the hospitality sector, at brands such as Eclectic Bars, Virgin Limited Edition most recently Inception Group.

Jenny McPhee

The Alchemist

Managing Director at THINK Hospitality & Co-Founder of Restaurant Marketer & Innovator. James has worked with more than fifty hospitality brands in ten countries as a senior executive & consultant, including Jamie Oliver Restaurant Group, IHG, Thai…

Alice Leach

Cornish Bakery

Managing Director at THINK Hospitality & Co-Founder of Restaurant Marketer & Innovator. James has worked with more than fifty hospitality brands in ten countries as a senior executive & consultant, including Jamie Oliver Restaurant Group, IHG, Thai…

Kateline Porritt

Egg Soldiers

Kate Nicholls was appointed CEO of UKHospitality in early 2018, the trade association having been formed by the merger of the ALMR and the BHA. Kate had been the CEO of ALMR since September 2014, having previously worked as its Strategic Affairs…

Kurt Zdesar

Chotto Matte

Managing Director at THINK Hospitality & Co-Founder of Restaurant Marketer & Innovator. James has worked with more than fifty hospitality brands in ten countries as a senior executive & consultant, including Jamie Oliver Restaurant Group, IHG, Thai…

Martti Siimann

Siigur Restaurants

A Fleet Street-trained journalist, Mark spent three years at The Sunday Times. After that, he became managing editor of The Publican, then editor of M&C Report. Mark has a complete understanding of the leisure sector, a Grade A contacts book and an…

Heleri Rande

THINK Hospitality

Originally from Estonia, Heleri has lived in seven countries and holds a Bachelor’s Degree from New York University in Economics and Business, as well as an executive MBA in Hospitality Administration from École Hôtelière de Lausanne (EHL) in…

Aimee Gouk

Searcys London

Managing Director at THINK Hospitality & Co-Founder of Restaurant Marketer & Innovator. James has worked with more than fifty hospitality brands in ten countries as a senior executive & consultant, including Jamie Oliver Restaurant Group, IHG, Thai…

Dan Burns

Natural Selection Design

Dan Burns is Natural Selection Design’s founder and managing director. Dan formed the agency after many years working as a designer, photographer and food stylist for industry press. Dan may be the head honcho, but you’ll just as likely see him…

Phil MacHugh

Scottish Fling

Phil Leather, Head of Digital at Gusto Italian, has been leading Gusto’s digital strategy since April 2018. A 30 Under 30 alumni, he has spearheaded the launch of both a new website and more recently, the Gusto Gold Rewards loyalty programme and…

Nat Coombs

Me:Mo

Managing Director at THINK Hospitality & Co-Founder of Restaurant Marketer & Innovator. James has worked with more than fifty hospitality brands in ten countries as a senior executive & consultant, including Jamie Oliver Restaurant Group, IHG, Thai…

Peggy Porschen

Peggy Porschen Cakes

Josh Craddock is one of the UK’s leading luxury hotel restaurant and bar marketers, having won the Acorn Award from The Caterer and is also an RMI 30 under 30. Currently working at The Doyle Collection, a family owned luxury hotel group which…

David Singleton

Oraculi

David Helbraun is the Chairman of Helbraun & Levey, the largest Hospitality Law Firm in the U.S. and a partner in Allday Industry, a hospitality consulting firm located in New York City. Prior to founding the firm, David owned and operated a…

Matt Snell

Gusto Italian

Andy is a communication and technology specialist. He started his career at Marconi as a Design Engineer before moving into specialist systems for StorageTek. He joined the EMEA E-business team at Peregrine Systems, where he was responsible for the…

Hakim Bukenya

TikTok

Hannah has a wealth of experience in the hospitality sector, working front of house and in operations for nearly 10 years before moving into marketing for food and drink and restaurant brands. Having worked at some of the world’s biggest PR and…

Rameez Al Aghbar

TikTok

Born in 1979 in Reykjavik, Ragnar grew up partly in the city as on his aunts dairy farm on Iceland´s south coast developing a strong connection with nature, the local produce and the culinary culture of the country. After finishing junior high…

Ann Elliott

Hospitality Strategist, Advisor and NED

Ann has over 30 years’ experience of living and breathing hospitality. She works with businesses to solve strategic questions by focussing on customer needs, cutting through the noise and getting to the crux of an operator challenge. Ann understands…

Vineeta Anuj

Mindful Chef

Managing Director at THINK Hospitality & Co-Founder of Restaurant Marketer & Innovator. James has worked with more than fifty hospitality brands in ten countries as a senior executive & consultant, including Jamie Oliver Restaurant Group, IHG, Thai…

Alice ter Haar

Badass Unicorn

Managing Director at THINK Hospitality & Co-Founder of Restaurant Marketer & Innovator. James has worked with more than fifty hospitality brands in ten countries as a senior executive & consultant, including Jamie Oliver Restaurant Group, IHG, Thai…

Georgie Ross

Popeyes UK

Managing Director at THINK Hospitality & Co-Founder of Restaurant Marketer & Innovator. James has worked with more than fifty hospitality brands in ten countries as a senior executive & consultant, including Jamie Oliver Restaurant Group, IHG, Thai…

Mark Stretton

Fleet Street Communications

A Fleet Street-trained journalist, Mark spent three years at The Sunday Times. After that, he became managing editor of The Publican, then editor of M&C Report. Mark has a complete understanding of the leisure sector, a Grade A contacts book and an…

David Chenery

Object Space Place

David Gough is the Operations Director of The Stable chain of pizza, pie and cider restaurants. Driving development, he has taken the helm and introduced new roles like Cider Master during his time so far as Operations Director.

Brett Parker

Gail's Bakery

Brandie Deignan is managing director of Marco Pierre White Restaurants - the franchising division of Black and White Hospitality and brand owner of MPW Restaurants. Falling in love with the hospitality industry when she initially joined the…

Kate Nicholls

UK Hospitality

Kate Nicholls was appointed CEO of UKHospitality in early 2018, the trade association having been formed by the merger of the ALMR and the BHA. Kate had been the CEO of ALMR since September 2014, having previously worked as its Strategic Affairs…

Sara McKennedy

Coco di Mama

Managing Director at THINK Hospitality & Co-Founder of Restaurant Marketer & Innovator. James has worked with more than fifty hospitality brands in ten countries as a senior executive & consultant, including Jamie Oliver Restaurant Group, IHG, Thai…

Nick Liddle

Vita Mojo

Managing Director at THINK Hospitality & Co-Founder of Restaurant Marketer & Innovator. James has worked with more than fifty hospitality brands in ten countries as a senior executive & consultant, including Jamie Oliver Restaurant Group, IHG, Thai…

Jodi Beard

Venture Group Tenerife

Johannes has 10 years experience across digital marketing space from PR, content writing to SEO, paid advertising and e-mail automation. He has helped dozens of local startups and international brands craft their value proposition and find the best…

Peter Critchley

Trison

Josh Craddock is one of the UK’s leading luxury hotel restaurant and bar marketers, having won the Acorn Award from The Caterer and is also an RMI 30 under 30. Currently working at The Doyle Collection, a family owned luxury hotel group which…

Dan Hawkie

Feed It Back

Dan Houghton, CEO & Burrito Mathematician. Dan has a first class degree in Mathematics from Cambridge University – and although Eric might have the finance degree he can’t compete with Dan’s mathematical genius. Dan used to work at Skype with Eric.…

James Brown

BrewDog Retail & TiPJAR

Managing Director at THINK Hospitality & Co-Founder of Restaurant Marketer & Innovator. James has worked with more than fifty hospitality brands in ten countries as a senior executive & consultant, including Jamie Oliver Restaurant Group, IHG, Thai…

Anthony James Knight

Marketing & Brand Strategy Consultant

Named Restaurant Marketer and Innovator’s Future Marketing Leader of The Year in 2018, Anthony joined Elliotts agency as Managing Director in September 2018, bringing with him a wealth of experience working client-side, most recently as Group Sales…

Laura Arnold

Press Up Hospitality Group

Laura Vana holds a MSc in Food Innovation and Health from Copenhagen University where she found her passion in gastrophysics and sensory science. Her topic of research has been about developing methods to educate children about the taste of food. …

James Coldrey-Mobbs

Hospitality Marketing Consultant

James has been in the hospitality industry for the last 16 years, the first 8 of which were spent working in and out of restaurants, bars, pubs and nightclubs with the last 8 years spent working in a research, marketing and strategy capacity with…

Matthew Steggles

Krispy Kreme UK and Ireland

Andy is a communication and technology specialist. He started his career at Marconi as a Design Engineer before moving into specialist systems for StorageTek. He joined the EMEA E-business team at Peregrine Systems, where he was responsible for the…

Alex Hardcastle

New World Trading Company

Managing Director at THINK Hospitality & Co-Founder of Restaurant Marketer & Innovator. James has worked with more than fifty hospitality brands in ten countries as a senior executive & consultant, including Jamie Oliver Restaurant Group, IHG, Thai…

Emine Mehmet

Inception Group

Emine Mehmet is the Group Senior Digital Marketing Manager at Inception Group, managing and implementing the digital marketing strategy of 12 venues, across six unique brands. Emine has a strong passion for digital marketing and, in particular,…

Jessica Saunders

New World Trading Company

Managing Director at THINK Hospitality & Co-Founder of Restaurant Marketer & Innovator. James has worked with more than fifty hospitality brands in ten countries as a senior executive & consultant, including Jamie Oliver Restaurant Group, IHG, Thai…

Victoria Sheppard

Alex Dilling at Hotel Cafe Royal and Queens of Mayfair

Managing Director at THINK Hospitality & Co-Founder of Restaurant Marketer & Innovator. James has worked with more than fifty hospitality brands in ten countries as a senior executive & consultant, including Jamie Oliver Restaurant Group, IHG, Thai…

Jake Kasumov and Marco Mendes

MJMK

Managing Director at THINK Hospitality & Co-Founder of Restaurant Marketer & Innovator. James has worked with more than fifty hospitality brands in ten countries as a senior executive & consultant, including Jamie Oliver Restaurant Group, IHG, Thai…

Rosie Prior

Me:Mo

Rosie is a creative marketer with experience and knowledge of integrated marketing communications, marketing strategy and project management. Most recently of Jamie Oliver Restaurant Group, where she revolutionised content production across the…

Juliette Keyte

Red Engine

Managing Director at THINK Hospitality & Co-Founder of Restaurant Marketer & Innovator. James has worked with more than fifty hospitality brands in ten countries as a senior executive & consultant, including Jamie Oliver Restaurant Group, IHG, Thai…

Lotte Leatham

Tattu Restaurants

Founder of the UK’s largest vegan restaurant and central London vegan restaurant Kalifornia Kitchen. He is also a marketing & brand consultant, as well as a public speaker, and was recently named as the restaurant marketer & innovator future leader…

Vikki O'Neill

Vapiano

Over 10 years’ experience working for global brands across a range of sectors from Fashion to Retail Hospitality and Leisure, including brands such as Costa Coffee, ODEON Cinemas and The Coffee Club Group. I specialise in brand development and have…

Nicci Clarke

Sodexo Live!

Managing Director at THINK Hospitality & Co-Founder of Restaurant Marketer & Innovator. James has worked with more than fifty hospitality brands in ten countries as a senior executive & consultant, including Jamie Oliver Restaurant Group, IHG, Thai…

Olivia Fitzgerald

Feed It Back

Managing Director at THINK Hospitality & Co-Founder of Restaurant Marketer & Innovator. James has worked with more than fifty hospitality brands in ten countries as a senior executive & consultant, including Jamie Oliver Restaurant Group, IHG, Thai…

EUROPEAN SUMMIT

20-21 January 2026 | Hilton Bankside, London

The 2026 programme is underway

Rory Sutherland

Ogilvy

Daniel Bennett

Ogilvy

Charles Banks

thefoodpeople

Katy Moses

KAM

Sarah Brading

Flat Earth Pizzas

Denis Dahan

Kaleido

Erik Nissen Johansen

Stylt

Steve Flanagan

KellyDeli

Simon Farrow

Tao Group Hospitality

Jenny McPhee

The Alchemist

Alice Leach

Cornish Bakery

Kateline Porritt

Egg Soldiers

Kurt Zdesar

Chotto Matte

Martti Siimann

Siigur Restaurants

Heleri Rande

THINK Hospitality

Aimee Gouk

Searcys London

Dan Burns

Natural Selection Design

Phil MacHugh

Scottish Fling

Nat Coombs

Me:Mo

Peggy Porschen

Peggy Porschen Cakes

David Singleton

Oraculi

Matt Snell

Gusto Italian

Hakim Bukenya

TikTok

Rameez Al Aghbar

TikTok

Ann Elliott

Hospitality Strategist, Advisor and NED

Vineeta Anuj

Mindful Chef

Alice ter Haar

Badass Unicorn

Georgie Ross

Popeyes UK

Mark Stretton

Fleet Street Communications

David Chenery

Object Space Place

Brett Parker

Gail's Bakery

Kate Nicholls

UK Hospitality

Sara McKennedy

Coco di Mama

Nick Liddle

Vita Mojo

Jodi Beard

Venture Group Tenerife

Peter Critchley

Trison

Dan Hawkie

Feed It Back

James Brown

BrewDog Retail & TiPJAR

Anthony James Knight