Scott Annan
Food and Convenience Retail Pathfinder
Scott is a Food and Convenience retail industry guru and a pathfinder. He is based in the UK and Irish marketplaces and has a global reach in hosting peer-to-peer exchange events.
He maintains regular connections with C-level heads within retail forums, challenging thinking and sharing insight and knowledge. Scott’s forums represent almost 90% of the market place and include many national and independent UK and Ireland retailers. A trusted advisor for companies, his contributions cover strategy development, management coaching, keynote addresses, industry panels, facilitation and media.
Through extensive travel and touch points with companies, Scott is uniquely positioned to connect the disparate dots that improve financial performance in our fast moving industry, establish and enhance connections, curate partnerships and knowledge sharing opportunities.
Scott Annan supports the work of
Company We Keep
Scott doesn’t have customers; he has a network of forum members. Members contribute to shaping the industry and growing their own businesses through collaboration, cooperation and competition.
Strategy Challenge
For many companies, Scott is an independent sounding board and a logic challenger.
Private Tours
Scott is the happiest when he is opening retailers’ eyes to new ideas and ways of working.
Keynote and speaking engagements
Scott Annan is a dynamic speaker.
NED & Trusted Advisor
Scott is a sought after Non-Executive Director & Trusted Advisor for several companies.
Inspire and Challenge
Scott has helped many businesses develop their strategies.
Scott has helped many businesses test the logic of their strategies. His input is trusted to steer strategy even where major management consultants are in place. For many companies, Scott is an independent sounding board and a challenger. It is what he does best.
The Pathfinder’s Journey
The journey to a Pathfinder
Scott endures as a pathfinder by being a well travelled and independent maverick. He is able to bring unrestrained challenges and insights that are sometimes uncomfortable to steer companies to greater success. He is not tied to certain products or scripts which brings trust to retailers.
1996
Japan visit: proprietary food
1998
USA: Shopper needs category management
2003
BP global retail: roadside retail accelerator programme
2016
Launch of IROF
2011
Launch of The Retail Leaders Forum
2005
BP UK: M&S Simply Food store pods
2019
India: Retail Leaders Forum visit
2019
Singapore Funan centre retailtainment
2020
Co-author of industry papers and additional Trusted Advisor roles
2021
Publication of ‘The Shape of Food Retailing in the New Normal 5: Roadside Retail’ report
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The Shape of Food Retailing in the New Normal
2020 will be the year that tested resilience, ability to reinvent, reinforce partnerships and flare up to expand to new heights. In order to remain a formal and informal trusted advisor to the food and foodservice industries, Scott partnered with many members in his network to deliver industry papers. Here you can download the work of this collaboration.
