| Jez Pegg | client director | Reach UK | Palmer & Harvey | sales & marketing director |
| Ken Hicks | chief executive | Foot Locker | Retiring | Retiring |
| Dick Johnson | chief operating officer | Internal Promotion | Foot Locker | chief executive |
| Brian Finch | consultant | Internal Promotion | Stanfords | finance director and company secretary |
| Edward Davies | e-commerce manager | Foska.com | Stanfords | e-commerce manager |
| Iain Betterton | buyer | The Science Museum Group | Stanfords | buying and product development director |
| Dan Lewis | literary content manager, Waterstones blog | Waterstones | Stanfords | marketing, events and PR manager |
| Tim Lloyd | | Internal Promotion | Card Factory | property director |
| Chris May | business development director | Chanel | Selfridges Group | group business development director |
| Jo Hooper | womenswear buying director | John Lewis | LK Bennett | group product director |
| Peter Williams | | | Jaeger | chairman |
| Claire Webb | finance director | Maplin | Go Outdoors | chief financial officer |
| Chris Whitfield | store operations director | Tesco Lotus, Thailand | Co-operative Food | retail and logistics director |
| Euan Venters | manging director, Greene King Brewing & Brands | Greene King | The Fairtrade Foundation | commercial director |
| Helen Weir | finance director | John Lewis Partnership | Marks & Spencer | chief financial officer |
| Hans Schmitt | managing director for international and wholesale | Superdry | Diesel | executive vice president for global sales |
| Dean Argent | vice-president and European buying director | TJX Europe | The Original Factory Shop | commercial director |
| Catherine Friend | assistant buyer | Jarrold’s | Tesco | assistant buyer |
| Nick Hood | | Tesco Wine by the Case | Tesco | quality manager for beers, wines and spirits |
| Jeff Kirwan | president of greater China | Internal Promotion | Gap | global brand president for Gap |
| Andi Owen | evp/GM Gap Global Outlet | Internal Promotion | Gap | global brand president for Banana Republic |
| Stephen Sunnucks | global brand president for Gap | Gap | | |
| Jack Calhoun | global brand president for Banana Republic | Gap | | |
| Tom Horton | chairman and chief executive | American Airlines | Walmart | Walmart board |
| Cath Kidston | creative director | Cath Kidston | | |
| Johnny Coca | head design director for leather goods, shoes, hard accessories, jewellery and sunglasses | Céline | Mulberry | creative director |
| Loraine Woodhouse | | | The John Lewis Partnership | acting group finance director |
