66th International Retail Summit
More than Retail: Leadership 2020
Speakers
Ottmar Hitzfeld
Germany
Football expert and author. As a world-class coach, he won the the UEFA Champions League with FC Bayern Munich and led the Swiss national team to the world cups in South Africa and Brasil. As an author, he focuses on team and stress management.
Joanne Denney-Finch
Great Britain
CEO of the UK research and training organisation IGD. She works with the CEOs and presidents of some of the world's largest retailers and food and grocery companies. Equipped with a degree in modern languages and an MBA, Joanne Denney-Finch had previously worked at Marks and Spencer.
Alain Caparros
France
Former CEO of fashion retailer C&A. Until 2017 Caparros was the CEO of Rewe Group. Prior to leading Rewe, Caparros worked for Yves Rocher, was a general director of Aldi France, and a member of the board of the Swiss Bon Appétit Group.
Christian Unger
Switzerland
Managing Director and Co-Head Industry Value Creation at Partners Group, a global private markets investment company. He has 21 years of industry experience in the media and digital space. Prior to joining Partners Group, he was global CEO of Ringier AG, Switzerland’s largest media company.
Benedict Dellot
Great Britain
Associate Director at the RSA, a London-based think-tank committed to finding practical solutions to social challenges. Dellot’s work covers economics, enterprise and manufacturing. His recent focus has been on the growth of self-employment and micro-businesses – why they are emerging and how this phenomenon might impact the wider economy.
Hans-Werner Sinn
Germany
Economist, Professor at the University of Munich and former President of the Ifo Institute for economic research. Sinn’s fields of interest include risk and insurance, natural resources, monetary trade theory and public finance. His books include bestsellers like “Can Germany Be Saved?”, “Casino Capitalism” and “The Euro Trap”.
Franz Julen
Switzerland
CEO Intersport International Corp. The globally leading sports goods dealer holds 5700 stores in 67 countries. In 2015, Intersport generated a turnover of 11.4 billion Euro. Julen is vice president of the board of Independent Retail Europe and a member of the board of Valora Holding AG.
Lev Manovich
USA
Professor of Computer Science at The Graduate Center, CUNY, and a Director of the Lab Software Studies Initiative. The lab’s most recent projects were commissioned by MoMA, New Public Library, and Google. Author of The Language of New Media (The MIT Press, 2001), which was described as "the most suggestive and broad ranging media history since Marshall McLuhan."
Stephan Fanderl
Germany
Managing Director of SIGNA Retail and CEO of Karstadt, the German department store chain with 82 locations. Prior to that, Fanderl held the position of President Emerging Markets East at Walmart. At the Rewe Group, he was responsible for the German supermarkets and a Member of the Executive Board.
Jonathan Chippindale
Great Britain
CEO of Holition. The London Start-up equips luxury retailers like Richemont and LVMH with digital installations. By using augmented reality, holograms, projections and touch-solutions, Holition creates novel customer experiences.
Mark Schmitz
Germany
General Partner and founding member of Lakestar, a global venture capital investment firm. Mark Schmitz also is a managing director of Lakestar’s Berlin office. Prior to Lakestar, he worked for international law firm Linklaters LLP and Private Equity and Venture Capital boutique Pöllath + Partners in Munich.
Marc Schumacher
Germany
Managing Director of Liganova, The BrandRetail Company. Schumacher previously served as the head of the Tom Tailor Group’s retail division. In this capacity, he was responsible for the global expansion of international, company-controlled retail spaces as well as the systematic expansion of the marketing department. Marc began his career with the Breuninger Group and Hugo Boss.
Rolf Hiltl
Switzerland
Owner and director of Hiltl AG. Member of the board of tibits AG. The heir of the «Haus Hiltl», founded in 1898, leads the world’s oldest vegetarian company succsessfully since 1998. Hiltl began his career in gastronomy at the Dolder Grand Hotel in Zurich and at the Ecole Hôtelière in Lausanne.
Philip Siefer
Germany
Founder & CEO of Einhorn, a Berlin-based start-up for sustainably produced design condoms. Breaking records in crowdfunding, Einhorn creates transparency for the entire production chain and invests half of its profits in social and environmental projects.
Christopher C. Muller
USA
Chris Muller is a leading academic expert in the field of restaurant management. His research has focused on multi-unit organizations, development and growth, and the training of multi-unit managers and leaders. He has held positions at Cornell University’s School of Hotel Administration, UCF’s Rosen College, Boston University, and is currently Courtesy Professor of Executive Education at FIU’s Chaplin School of Hospitality. He is an author and has lectured around the globe.
David Bosshart
Switzerland
Dr. David Bosshart was CEO of the GDI Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute for consumption, economic and social studies from 1999 to 2020. Since 2020 he has been President of the Gottlieb and Adele Duttweiler Foundation.
Dr. Jakub Samochowiec
Switzerland
Dr. Jakub Samochowiec is a Senior Researcher and speaker at the GDI Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute. He analyses social, economic, and technological changes with a focus on decision, old age, media and consumption.
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Über die Internationale Handelstagung
Die Internationale Handelstagung ist eine führende Strategieplattform für Entscheidungsträger und Vordenker im Retail und in der Konsumgüterbranche. Teilnehmende sind Führungskräfte aus dem Handel und verwandten Branchen, Unternehmer, Akademiker und Journalisten von Schweizer und europäischen Qualitätsmedien.
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Advisory Board
Simonetta Carbonaro
Expertin für Konsumentenpsychologie, Professorin für Humanistisches Marketing und Designmanagement und eine international anerkannte Vordenkerin in der Konsumgüterindustrie. Sie ist Mitbegründerin von REALISE, einem strategischen Beratungsunternehmen, das auf Markenführung und strategisches Designmanagement spezialisiert ist.
Caroline Drucker
Director EMEA Strategic Partnerships bei Instagram. Zuvor war Drucker bei Etsy Global Brand Manager und gestaltete die kreativen Abläufe des Unternehmens neu. Sie war die erste Produktmanagerin bei der Community-gesteuerten Musikplattform SoundCloud. Ihre Karriere begann im Verlagswesen, wo sie eine Schlüsselrolle bei der Etablierung des VICE-Magazins auf dem deutschen Markt spielte und die digitale Strategie für den Relaunch von Freitag, einer überregionalen Wochenzeitung, entwickelte.
Stephan Fetsch
Partner, Deal Advisory-Valuation, EMA Head of Retail von KPMG. Fetsch verantwortet den Handelssektor bei KPMG in Deutschland und KPMG Europa. Seine Arbeitsschwerpunkte liegen auf der Unternehmensplanung, der Bewertung von Unternehmen, immateriellen Vermögenswerten, Joint Venture sowie wertbasierter Entscheidungsfindung und transaktionsorientierter Beratung.
Michel Gruber
Leiter des Departements Handel und Mitglied der Generaldirektion des Migros-Genossenschafts-Bund. Vor seinem Einstieg bei der Migros war Michel Gruber bei Valora während neun Jahren in verschiedenen Funktionen tätig, zuletzt als Geschäftsführer von Valora Food Service Schweiz.
Dominique Locher
Als Unternehmer, Angel Investor, kreativer Förderer und Innovator begleitet Dominque Locher Unternehmen wie Edeka, Utkonos, Farmy.ch, Bring! oder LuckaBox in die digitale-Welt. Als Vorstandsmitglied der Swiss Retail Federation treibt er die Digitalisierung im Schweizer Handel voran. Er baute LeShop.ch mit auf, einen der ersten Online-Supermärkte der Welt. Bis 2017 führte er das Unternehmen als CEO.
André Maeder
CEO der KaDeWe Group. Maeder blickt auf eine langjährige internationale Karriere im Retail zurück. Sein Schwerpunkt liegt auf Premium- und Luxus-Brands: Bei Harrods war er Chief Operational und Merchandise Officer, bei Hugo Boss Vertriebsvorstand und zuständig für Global Retail. Als Chief Retail Officer arbeitete Maeder auch für Karstadt.
Mariann Wenckheim
Partnerin und Vorstand von 20.20, einem Unternehmen für strategische Designberatung für die Handels- und Freizeitindustrie.