Event Timings

10.15am	Guest Arrival, Networking and Refreshments
11.00am	'The Future of Food and Drink' - presentation by Jill Livesey, MD, Lumina Intelligence
11.45am	Drinks Reception
12.30pm	Lunch
2.15pm	Panel Discussion
3.15pm	Closing Speeches
3.30pm	Guests Depart / Networking Continues

The Event

What’s on the Agenda?

The event will begin with an informative industry insight presentation by Jill Livesey, MD, Lumina Intelligence.  Jill will discuss the future of food and drink, sharing Lumina’s market forecasts, exploring how consumer expectations are changing and the latest hot trends in hospitality.

After a drinks reception and three-course seated lunch and there will then be a panel discussion with key senior leaders hosted by Christine Martin, Co-Founder, Peach 20/20.  Some of the topics up for discussion include:-

Growth Opportunities and Sector Challenges: what growth opportunities are our leaders seeing, what challenges are affecting the foodservice and hospitality sector, what other support do they feel they need from the government.

Leadership and Building Relationships – as a leader, how do you build strong, solid relationships with your teams, suppliers, customers and industry colleagues to build trust and integrity to foster growth

Career Journeys - our speakers will describe their career journeys to date discussing opportunities and challenges along the way 

Diversity and Inclusion –  how do you get more diverse thinking into your business to make it more inclusive, creating more opportunities for more people and encouraging your employees to feel part of your organisation?  

Given that this event takes place two days after International Women’s Day, our leaders will also discuss:- 

• what advice they would give to women starting out on a career in hospitality, 
• barriers they may have come across and how did they overcome them, 
• how can we as an industry collaborate to help women progress, 
• how can we get more women onto boards
• the importance of male allyship

plus much more.

Who Should Attend and Why?

This event is for anyone working in the foodservice and hospitality sector either as a supplier to the industry or an operator within it.  Regardless of your gender or job role or whether you are at the start of your career, a senior manager or have 30 plus years experience, there is a lot to be gained and learned from our fabulous panel of inspirational leaders.  You will have he opportunity to learn from experienced leaders and gain valuable industry knowledge, become inspired by success stories and innovative ideas as well as keeping up to date with the latest trends and challenges in the hospitality industry.  There will also be plenty of time to catch up with existing and new industry colleagues to build and cement those all-important business relationships.

 

Meet our Speakers

Claire Morris, CEO Sodexo Live! UK and Ireland,SVP & Global Head of Marketing, Sales & Digital

Claire Morris has been CEO of Sodexo Live! for the UK and Ireland since December 2023. She leads the UK&I business in addition to her responsibilities as SVP & Global Head of Marketing, Sales & Digital.

She has been with Sodexo for more than 17 years, in a variety of roles across the business. She joined the sports & leisure (now Sodexo Live!) global executive team in 2015 leading the marketing function and now also leads the growth organisation for the global business.

Claire has over 25 years’ experience in the food and facilities industry and has led many strategic marketing initiatives from acquisition integration to brand and concept development as well as developing a high performing growth team to accelerate sales performance. In the past year she has set up a dedicated digital & tech start up function for Sodexo Live! and is passionate about the customer experience in our venues and at our events.

She has a clear vision and ambition to do things differently in the live events and hospitality marketplace, by supporting the businesses and clients we partner with, through innovation, food, and pioneering technology.

Jill Livesey, Managing Director, Lumina Intelligence

Jill has vast experience in the food and drink industry, in operator and supply side, formerly working with Marks and Spencer, Unilever and Birdseye. Jill is now the Managing Director of Lumina intelligence and MCA. She and her team thrive on delivering innovation, quality data and intelligent insight to the industry. 

A passionate supporter of the food and drink industry, Jill is obsessed with identifying the latest trends, news and importantly explaining complex data with impact.