Gianluca Stella – Amazon Pan-EU Automotive Retail Category Lead
Amazon

Gianluca Stella is the Amazon Pan-EU Automotive Retail Category Lead. Amazon is the world's largest marketplace, operating globally, with an estimated 310 million customers worldwide, and a growing automotive category.

Arjang Salehi - UK Category Lead, P&A
eBay

Arjang is the UK Category Lead of Vehicle Parts & Accessories (P&A) at eBay UK. In this role, Arjang manages all the key OEM relationships within eBay UK. Additionally, Arjang manages the inventory strategy and the planning for all of P&A in the UK, which contributes to eBay having 80m+ live listings at any one time, making it the largest choice of vehicle parts and accessories on any online marketplace.

Simranjeet Takhar - Category Manager, Automotive
TikTok

Sim is the category manager for automotive accessories, tools, and hardware at TikTok Shop UK. With a deep understanding of the market, Sim manages relationships with key automotive brands and retailers, facilitating their rapid launch and scale on the platform. Leveraging tailor-made self-content and affiliate strategies, Sim is an expert at helping yuo drive success and efficiency in the automotive sector on TikTok Shop UK.

Alex Defusto - Senior Sales Manager

BigCommerce

Alex is Senior Sales Manager for the teams covering the UK & numerous EMEA regions for BigCommerce, a leading commerce solution provider allowing retailers to build online store fronts.

Zornitsa Dobreva - Head of Services
Autofixa

Zornitsa is Head of Services at Autofixa and has over 10 years of experience in the ecommerce sector, particularly focusing on the successful trading on online marketplaces.

Jonny Edwards - Enterprise Sales Director

Linnworks

Jonny leads the mid-market and enterprise sales team at Linnworks, the UK's leading ecommerce inventory and order management software. Jonny's been working in SaaS automation for eight years and uses a consultative approach to design complex and full-stack solutions for brands with Linnworks at the centre.

Brendan Hughes - Chief Commercial Officer

eDesk & Repricer.com

Brendan leads the commercial and customer teams at eDesk and Repricer.com, solutions that help eCommerce merchants scale their operations profitably with AI powered solutions such as a multichannel helpdesk, chatbots and dynamic price optimization. He built his first commercial website in 1998 and since then has worked with hundreds of brands and sellers, helping them to be successful in the rapidly evolving world of eCommerce.

Phil Booker - Head of Partnerships

Fruugo

Phil has been working with Fruugo since the UK MBO in 2012, initially in a consultancy capacity and then from 2017 as their Head of Partnerships. He manages a partnership portfolio of 1000’s of retailers generating circa 80% of Fruugo’s total annual GTV, as well as responsible for developing new partnerships in many of Fruugo’s 45 global territories.
With 95% of all sales on Fruugo being cross border, he is well placed to offer insights on selling internationally and how that can be best supported.

Finn Walsh - B2B Lead UK

Mirakl

Mirakl is the global leader in platform business innovation. Mirakl's suite of solutions provides enterprises with a transformative way to drive significant growth and efficiency in their online business. Since 2012, Mirakl has pioneered the platform economy, empowering B2B enterprises with the most advanced, secure, and scalable technology to digitize and expand product assortments through marketplace and dropship, improve efficiency in supplier catalog management and payments, and boost profits through retail media. Mirakl is trusted by over 450 industry-leading businesses worldwide, including Aniel, Mister Auto, Airbus, Toyota Material Handling, and Sonepar. For more information, visit www.mirakl.com.

Lorna Leaver - Industry Engagement Manager

GS1 UK

Working in the engagement team GS1 UK since 2016, Lorna's role is to increase value to our members by engaging with the stakeholders in the marketplace landscape and look at ways GS1 can tackle their pain points to facilitate more friction-free trading by bringing the industry together. Lorna's background is in retail ecommerce having worked for global retailers Mothercare and Early Learning Centre, Boohoo.com and most recently Dune London. Laura ran the marketplace operation enabling her to empathise with the member’s needs.

Katherine Davidson - Ecommerce Operations Manager

JLR Classic

Jaguar Land Rover Classic is the official Classic business of JLR and with Katherine as E-Commerce and Operations Manager has seen positive YoY growth through their own e-commerce and marketplaces. Katherine worked for premium fashion brands before transferring her E-Commerce expertise to the automotive industry with JLR. In her role she is responsible for the Jaguar Land Rover Classic e-commerce eco-system including the website, eBay stores, support, integrations, and fulfilment operation.

Dan Giddings - Director

Custom Body Repair

Dan Giddings, Director of Custom Body Repair, a vehicle body repair shop in Tamworth, is one half of the @custombodyrepair TikTok channel, together with his brother Luke. Together, their TikTok page sharing clips related to automotive repair has gathered over 1.1M likes and over 80k+ followers, and driven significant business to their vehicle body repair shop.

Jacqui Barker - Global OEM Strategy Director

Keyloop

Jacqui began her automotive career in 1993 in media sales for a car magazine and spent 20 years working across car magazines, B2B events, creative projects, industry research, and digital media. In 2013, she transitioned into technology, launching the OEM channel for Autotrader in the UK. Her work focused on helping OEMs and agencies connect with car buyers. For the last three years, Jacqui has been with Keyloop, initially leading their global OEM team and now in a strategic role. She is passionate about supporting women in the industry and was awarded the Barbara Cox Woman of the Year award in 2024.