Chief executive, Practicology

Now running his own ecommerce consultancy, Practicology, Newman has previously run ecommerce for many retailers including Ted Baker, Burberry, Harrods and Pentland. He’s been working in ecommerce since 1997, and multichannel retailing for over 25 years.

In this time, he has become a jack of all ecommerce trades - able to hold his own on subjects as varied as fulfilment partners, online marketing or merchandising, as well as the technical side of ecommerce.

As well as all of this, Newman co-hosts an ecommerce group on LinkedIn that several other names on this list are members of, and is happy to share both his knowledge on the subject and some of the lessons he has learned along the way. This year he has begun organising networking events for the group.

Earlier this year, he authored a report looking at best practice in international ecommerce, and travels regularly to places as diverse as Australia and Bulgaria so has first-hand experience of the potential of ecommerce overseas.

Newman also sits on the judging panel for several ecommerce awards, including Drapers Etail Awards 2011.

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