Michael Hubble
Managing Director
Oratium
Michael Hubble is Managing Director at Oratium, has spent the past 20 years creating and presenting best-practice research for senior executives of health systems and corporations.
Michael spent 11 years with the Corporate Executive Board (CEB), a leading management consultancy. At CEB, he worked with over 500 clients, including more than half of the Fortune 100, advising executive teams and boards of directors on organizational strategy and marketing strategy.
David Mayer
Senior Partner
Lippincott
David Mayer is Senior Partner at Lippincott where he leads the Marketing and Customer Strategy team that focuses on delivering growth through insight to clients including retail, wholesale and CPG companies.
With more than 25 years of consulting experience, David has designed a number of private label portfolios including strategy, design and innovation and is a regular commentator on media and other topics within publications including Harvard Business Review, Forbes, and the World Economic Forum.
Neil Saunders
Managing Director
Retail GlobalData
Neil Saunders Managing Director of GlobalData’s U.S. retail and consumer division. In his role he oversees the development of the company’s proposition and its research output.
Neil also works with major retail clients worldwide to help them understand the retail, shopper, and market landscapes – advising them on how best to develop, evolve and implement business strategies.
Kantha Shelke, PhD
Principal, IFT Fellow
Corvus Blue LLC
Kantha Shelke, PhD, IFT Fellow, is Senior Lecturer at Johns Hopkins University and Principal of Corvus Blue LLC, a food science consultancy advising C-suite executives on competitive intelligence and product portfolio strategy to lead, rather than follow, industry trends.
Kantha serves on the Faculty Advisory Board on Food and Agriculture at McGill University, Montreal, and the Board of Trustees at Sonoran University of Health Sciences, Tempe, Arizona. She is an expert on advancing the understanding of food science, nutrition, food law, food safety, and culinary arts in the marketplace with science and sensibility.