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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.
Meet the Leader dinners
2016
London
Wawa CEO Chris Gheysens
Wawa business model
2017
DMI Digital Head of Innovation Magnus Jern
Digital mobility transformation
2018

NACS CEO Dr Henry Armour
The next 5 years: C-retailing USA & beyond
Compass Group Mark Davies, Head of Insight
The Shape of Foodvenience: the next 5 years

BP VP Roy Williamson
Roadside retailing: the next 10 years and the future for transport
2019
BP, Thornton’s Budgens & Harrogate Spring Water
Plastic packaging: recyling, sustainability & ‘Fit for Purpose’ alternatives

Mark Brill, VP S&M TOMRA Solutions
Reverse vending: the facts, the fiction and government policies
2020

Colin McLean, CEO CJ Lang
The future for convenience retailing in Scotland

WorldPay
‘Payment the next 5 years: what, where & how we buy’
mobility, social commerce, all device payment, ‘rip & replace’ and out-innovating the bad guys.
USA
Cumberland Farms
Dublin & London
2010

USA
Cumberland Farms
Tokyo & Hong Kong
2011
UK
Cooperative Food leadership
Tokyo & Hong Kong
2015
Global
BP Global Retail
Dublin
2017
Japan
Family Mart & Compass Group
Northern Ireland & Ireland
2018
UK
Morrisons Convenience leadership
Northern Ireland & Ireland
UK
Budgens leadership
Northern Ireland & Ireland
2019

Global
BP Global Retail
Northern Ireland & Ireland

Hangzhou & Shanghai
best-of-breed retail and social commerce technology and customer service
2020
Market visits
Dublin & Rathfriland
The Cotswolds
2017

Tokyo & Hong Kong
London & Guildford
2018

East Sussex

Singapore & Sydney

Dublin & Cork
2019

Hull
London

Rathfriland & Derry

David’s Kitchen and Spar Scotland

Chicago & Boston
2020
Independent Retailer Owners Forum
Speaking
2000
Puerto Rico
Shell Retail
am/pm Latin America category management
2002
Hong Kong
BAT
Category management
2004
USA
NACS Show Chicago
Main Stage speaker: Shopper Needs Category Management
2005
Hungary
NACS Europe Budapest
Main stage speaker: Roadside Retail grocer partnerships
2006
USA
NACS Show Las Vegas
BP M&S Food workshop chair
2007
USA
Outlook Leadership Conference
One of 3 keynote speakers at C-retail leadership summit
2008
Dublin
Insight Research NACS Europe
Roadside Retail partnerships
2009
Dubai
OpenRoom Petro Forum
Chair
2015
Portugal
OpenRoom Pharma forum
Chair
2018

Switzerland
European Lotteries Retail Summit
Keynote speaker
2019

India
SP Jain Business School, Mumbai
Retail panel chair
2020

Shop Talk Live – April
ADAPTING TO THE REALTIES
The Shape of Food Retailing in the New Normal

Shop Talk Live – May
OPERATING TO THE NEW REALITIES

Shop Talk Live – November
The Changing Shape of UK and Irish Food Retailing

Shop Talk Live – November
The Future of Retail Tech

October
In-convenience podcast
Fresh Food for Today in convenience retailers

October
Collaborative Consulting
Neighbourhood Grocery and Foodservice driving the growth in UK and Ireland convenience
UK
Retail Industry Awards
Independent judge
2005 – 2017
UK
ACS Summit
Sourced keynote speaker from Family Mart Japan
2010
UK
ACS Summit
Sourced keynote speaker from 7-Eleven Hong Kong
2013

UK
ACS Summit
Sourced keynote speaker from Wawa USA
2016

UK
ACS Summit
Sourced keynote speaker from Family Mart Japan
2018

The Shape of Food Retailing in the New Normal
co-authored with retail and foodservice experts Dev Dhillon and Frank Beard
2020
UK industry support
Strategy days
2003 – 2006
Global
BP Global Retail
Convenience & Food for Now development
2008
UK
Diageo
Convenience strategy workshop
2014
UK
Unilever
Convenience strategy workshop
2015 – Now
UK & I
Retail Leaders Forum
Retailer strategy days
2017 – Now

UK & I
Independent Retailer Owners Forum
Retailer strategy days

Global
BP Global Retail
Convenience retail strategy
2020

Japan
Convenience regeneration and technology

UK & I
Independent Retailer Owners Forum
retailer strategy days

Germany
Best-in-breed bakery innovation

Global
BP Global Retail
Foodservice innovation and best-in-breed retailers
Warner’s Budgens
Strategy Director