Speakers

Andrew Niven

Strategic Market Intelligence Manager, Scotland Food & Drink / The Knowledge Bank

Jill Witheyman

Head of Marketing, Angus Soft Fruits

Euan Duncan

Partner , FFMac

Tanwen Dawn-Hiscox

Deputy Editor , Fine Food Digest

Callum Nimmo

Sainsbury's

Karol Rzepkowski

Victor Hugo Delis

Ben Dale

Cairn Lodge Services

Wendy Ross

Ruby Red and Driftwood, Glasgow

Carol Macrae

Eilean Donan Castle

Patrick Birkbeck

CEO

Dawn Kane

Scottish Seabird Centre

Cat Hay

Head of Packaging Advocacy and Strategy, Food and Drink Federation Scotland

Tracy Murray

Town Centre Regeneration Officer, East Ayrshire Council

Ross Grant

Project Manager , Aberdeen Inspired

Natalie McShane

BID Manager , Paisley First

Kimberley Guthrie

Chief Officer, Scotland's Town Partnerships

Gemma Sault

Managing Director, The Giftware Association

Arantxa Garcia

Founder & Director, ExhibeoVM Creative Studio

Sarah Holmes

Pencil Me In

Keith Edmondsen

Managing Director, Langs

Meg Hawkins

Meg Hawkins Art Ltd

Roni Louden

Powering Futures

Hamed Ahmed

Smurfit Westrock

Steve Wallace

Owner, Wallace Partnership

Fiona Richmond

Head of Regional Food, Scotland Food & Drink

Andrew Busby

Senior Industry Specialist, BOXTEC and Founder of Redline Retail, Writer at Fortune Magazine

Nancy Smillie

Owner, Nancy Smillie Shops

Caroline Cook

Caroline Style Hacks

Amy Britton

Britton Manufacturing

Christopher Slater

Owner, Glen Appin of Scotland

Matthew Coxon

Sales Manager, Cress Co

Fergus Niven

Gloagburn Farm Shop

Adam Hardie

Partner & Head of Food & Drink, Johnston Carmichael

Jay Taylor

Trainer, Business Gateway

Anne-Laure Farrar

UK Market Insight Manager, Scotland Food & Drink

Louise Welsby

Managing Director, Buy-From & Chair of National Committee for Giftware Association

Imogen Armstrong

Co-Founder & Managing Director, Secret Garden Distillery

Alistair Dobson

Managing Director, Taste of Arran & Arran Ice Cream

Joe Arciero

Procurement Specialist and Business Mentor, Formerly Global Lead with Pernod Chivas

Gavin Tweedie

Managing Partner, Think Partnership

Michael Apter

Owner, Paper Tiger

Therese Oertenblad

Owner, Small Business Collaborative

Gemma McQue

Product Manager - Retail, National Trust for Scotland

Vicki Miller

CEO, VisitScotland

Emma Niven

Founder, Loch Leven's Larder

Helen Crawford

Owner, Old School Beauly

Sue Marks

Editor, Progressive Gifts

Alexandra Borthwick

Owner, Made Scotland

Kirsty Vavasour

Retail Buyer - Scotland Home Brands, Diageo

Gary Ennis

Trainer, Business Gateway

Marc Crothall MBE

Chief Executive, Scottish Tourism Alliance

Mark Saunders

Director, Scotland's Trade Fairs

Sarah Ward

Chief Executive, The Giftware Association