Tony Stockil will open the conference, introducing the major themes of the morning and drawing on his perspective as the CEO of Javelin Group to describe the changes across the sector and the strategies necessary for success.

Tony is the founder of Javelin Group, which provides strategy consulting and digital transformation services to the world’s leading retailers and consumer brands, and is now part of Accenture Strategy.

After an early career as a strategy consultant and an MBA at Harvard Business School, Tony established Javelin Group at the beginning of the ecommerce revolution in 1997 to help major retailers to embrace multi-channel retail and improve their competitiveness by anticipating and responding to the rapid changes in customer shopping habits and retail technologies.

Javelin Group, which serves retailers and brand leaders across Europe, North America, the Middle East, China and Australia, also supports clients on their store formats and estates and on their international expansion.

In June 2015, Javelin Group was acquired by Accenture Strategy to expand its capabilities in helping the world’s leading retailers and consumer brands accelerate their digital transformation.

Mark Lewis is responsible for the profitability and development of John Lewis’s online channel, and leads the online and omni-channel development teams. Mark joined John Lewis in March 2013.

Previously, he spent six years at eBay in roles including UK Managing Director and European Marketplaces Director and then moved to Collect+ as CEO in 2010.

Jeremy Fennell was appointed to the role of Managing Director of Carphone Warehouse in July 2015, adding the position to his existing role as MD of Dixons Travel and MD of Harrods Technology. Before this he oversaw the Dixons Retail eCommerce proposition for four years and was instrumental in leading the development, growth and transformation of the Currys PC World platforms, enabling the newly merged Dixons Carphone Group to become one of the leading multi-channel operators in retail today.

Jeremy brings extensive experience from across the Dixons Carphone Group, originally joining Currys in Banbury as a sales colleague. Having worked in a variety of commercial roles internationally, including time in the Czech Republic and as Buying Director for the Elkjøp business in Norway, he returned to the UK in 2007 as Category Director for the group’s Computing business. Jeremy has a degree in retail from Bournemouth University.

As director of multi-channel and IT at de Bijenkorf, a chain of high-end department stores in the Netherlands dating back to 1870, Pieter Heij is responsible for de Bijenkorf’s online channel and the further integration of the online business with its stores. Before this, he was eCommerce Manager for four years, overseeing all phases of development of de Bijenkorf’s webshop.

Prior to this, he was Business Development Manager at Maxeda where he focussed on supply chain optimization and the development of its ecommerce strategy.

Pieter started his career at McKinsey, and holds a PhD in Physics from Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands.

Narry Singh is a seasoned strategy consultant and serial entrepreneur with over 18 years of experience in mobile, digital media, software, and electronic commerce. He was based in Silicon Valley for over 20 years before joining Accenture Strategy in London.

Narry is a trusted advisor to CEOs and their teams looking to develop and implement digital strategies and establish new ventures. He started his career as a strategy consultant at The Mac Group (later Gemini Consulting); was a Partner at The Regis McKenna Group; and ran his own consulting firm for five years. He has also helped numerous start-ups develop and implement go-to-market strategies.

As an entrepreneur, most recently, he helped build Outfit7 (creator of Talking Tom and other mobile apps) into a global media company with over 840 million user installs in 104 countries. Outfit7 was recently selected as one of the “Top 10 Mobile App” companies of all time (others included Facebook, Google, Angry Birds and YouTube). Prior to Outfit7, he was on the executive team of two companies; one, which was acquired, and another went public (Commerce One, where he was Chief Marketing Officer and Head of Professional Services). He has led global teams and built multiple businesses that have generated over $750 million in sales, raised over $230 million in funding, employed over 6,000 people and set up operations in 38 countries.

Narry served on the board of Bebe Stores (Nasdaq: Bebe), the advisory board of ProsiebenSat1 (FWB: PSAT) and the United Nations Global Entrepreneurs Council. He has also served as advisor to the World Economic Forum (ITC Committee), TigerText, CaseCentral, Architecture for Humanity and CommerceNet (non-profit that conducted first successful Internet e-commerce transaction). He was recently selected by the United Nations Foundation as one of their “Top 10 Global Entrepreneurs” and will serve as their innovation and entrepreneurship ambassador for two years.

He received a B.S. with Honors in Civil Engineering from Punjab University in India, a graduate degree in Civil Engineering and Management from Stanford University, and conducted graduate research at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.