Mission led, e-commerce/digital business builder and leader, guides by values, purpose driven and passionate. Unafraid of using culture, technology and logistics to disrupt existing thought patterns and do things in a different way. As CFO then CEO at ASOS, grew turnover to £4bn from £200m and transformed the e-commerce fashion landscape. Founder Trustee of the ASOS Foundation, helping raise c£10m breaking down barriers for young people in fashion and tech. member of the Variety Club Rugby Golf Legends Committee raising c£2m. Voted Top 5 most influential retailer in Fashion (Retail Week), highly numerate, number 3 excel rated CFO & CEO. Always restless, always looking for product, brand, tech and customer opportunities.
Aim listed Online purely fashion business, founded in 200, now trading in 200 territories. the largest fashion brand never to have a store. Employing c13k people world-wide, t/o £4bn. ASOS is a purpose driven, mission led organisation guided by values, aware of its role in customer lives and its responsibility to the planet and people. ASOS has redefined global ecommerce fashion, its has driven growth through culture, technology, logistics and product. Its stocks 85k 1P products through the main site, 160k though the ASOS marketplace and delivers 6-5k new products a week. 26m social media followers. As CEO grew sales from £1.2bn to £4bn. Profits grown line to £193m. Appointed CEO in April 2009, when ASOS had 178 people, t/o £165m (20% International (£35m)) delivering PBT £14m, market cap £300m. As CFO t/o grew to £975m (60% Intn) delivering PBT £47m. Appointed Chief Operating Officer for a year, during which t/o grew to £1.2bn.
Luminar: A FTSE 250 Leisure business. Market cap c£400m. Uk’s leading operator of late night venues (>100 units and 6000 people). Transformed in response to challenging market and regulatory conditions. Led 80 people across accounting & finance, tax, treasury, IT, Procurement, IR, property, audit/ business risk, developing strategic capability and improving operational efficiency.
Matalan Retail Limited: A FTSE 250 UK based value retailer with 180 stores, 5.5m soft of retail space, 13000 team members and £1.1bn t/o. Joined when turnover was £590m from 86 stores. led finance through rapid expansion (fastest growing retail business in 1998/99 ) Held increasingly broad and senior change and finance leadership roles, ultimately Executive Director , responsible for a team of 250 people.
KPMG – from trainee to Senior manager in Business transformation, working in Corporate Recovery, Transaction Services and Consultancy.

Nick is also a member of the Retail Sector Council, was a trustee of the ASOS Foundation, Ambassador for the RetailTrust and Advisor to the Anti-Slavery Collective.

Rory Hugill is the senior innovation portfolio manager at Pangaia, the material science-focused fashion brand that received B Corp certification in 2022. A former ‘sneakerhead’, Rory is working to transform the fashion industry from its linear model to a circular Good Fashion approach that is regenerative and restorative for nature.

The CIO of River Island, Simon Pakenham-Walsh has 25 years’ experience of technical strategy, delivery and leadership across several commercial and public sector industries. He has led enterprise-sized technology departments involving internal and external resources and delivered large multi-supplier, high revenue generating programmes for several large organisations.

Until recently the CEO of Next Beauty, Amanda Scott is an experienced CEO with a demonstrated history of working in the retail industry. Amanda was at the helm of the retail giant’s beauty arm for almost five years, where she spearheaded its initial steps into the world of premium beauty. Amanda has a wealth of experience in the beauty and retail sectors and prior to Next she was chief executive of Fabled by Marie Claire, a start up venture in partnership with Ocado , and 15 years with John Lewis during their transformation years.

Director of Digital, COS

CTO, Monsoon Accessorize

Creative strategist , Konsort Social

As the VP Digital IT, Customer and Marketing at Burberry, Peter Goggin leads a team of over 100 IT professionals in delivering innovative and customer-centric solutions across multiple channels and regions. Adopting agile principles, Peter enables his team to collaborate effectively, adapt to changing requirements, and deliver value to the business and the end-users. With over 25 years of experience, David has a deep understanding of the challenges and opportunities in the retail and FMCG sectors. He is passionate about creating a culture of innovation, excellence, and continuous improvement within the organisation.

Yasmin Topia is the Founder and CEO of Sociate AI “The World’s Fastest Learning AI for Fashion Fashion Shopping.” Yasmin is a serial deeptech entrepreneur (previous ventures backed by Microsoft, Jaguar Landrover and Silicon Valley VCs) working with leading AI scientists, ahead of academia to create the world’s most engaging, fastest learning fashion AI for the new paradigm in online shopping. Sociate AI lets customers find their style and break fashion trends from Social Media and the Fashion World on your platform, the moment they happen, increasing sales conversions by up to 243% using the speed of AI, and eradicates the need for manual tagging or merchandising. Unlocking a true revolution in ecommerce, Sociate AI lets every single one of your customers talk to you, tell you exactly what they want and understand them-instantly combining what customers they say with personalisation data and real time fashion authority whilst ending the reliance on metadata or tags for search and discoverability.

CMO, Konsort Social