Claire has a highly sought after mix of instinct, skills and down to earth approaches to innovation. Inspiring, fresh and challenging in her thinking, she adds that bit of a difference when you need it most or you have hit a block that seems impossible to break through. Her approach is entrepreneurial, identifying insights that will make a difference is a speciality, diagnosing where barriers or opportunities lie is another, then identifying, prescribing and implementing effective innovation, commercial strategies and creative/marketing solutions which help clients to accelerate growth and profitability of their business. From identifying the gap and solution for GSK's now £100m brand Sensodyne Pronamel or partnering the creation of a £19m food brand year 1 Claire delivers growth. Claire writes a monthly Talking Shop for the Food & Drink industry magazine The Grocer and feeds trend insights into LS :N bi-monthly from 2014. She regularly speaks at industry seminars giving talks about innovation, NPD, future trends and the ever changing health agenda. She also co-founded the much talked of Thrive Talk Executive business club who meet bi-monthly to discuss edgy industry issues and challenges involving entrepreneurs, retailers, venture capital and big blue chip marketers and directors.

UA92 is a new University Academy based in Trafford, Greater Manchester and is a joint venture between Lancaster University and the Class of 92. The aim of UA92 is to make higher education accessible to all and work in partnership with business to ensure our students are fully equipped to make a difference in the career they choose. Until December 2020 Marnie was Group Chief Executive for Nichols PLC, the home of Vimto. She joined the company in 2012 as Managing Director of the UK Soft Drinks Division and was appointed as CEO in May 2013. Marnie previously held senior roles at Refresco and Macaw Soft Drinks. Marnie also held the Chair for the CBI in the North West for 3 years as well as being an Advisor to the Board of International Trade. Marnie was awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours in 2018 in recognition of her contributions to International Trade business in the North West.

She also advises several beverage brands today including 100 Coconuts and United Sodas of America, and formerly served on the board of publicly traded, Jones Soda Co. Prior to joining client (GHW) full time, she Founded Millennial Brands Consulting, a beverage focused firm specializing in the strategy and commercialization of early stage beverages. Recently as EVP Marketing & Sales, CELSIUS (NASDAQ: CELH), (January 2016 - October 2018), she worked to turnaround brand’s position, building the foundation for the tremendous success and growth it has achieved for the past few years. In her role, she broadened the appeal from former calorie burning supplement by rebranding and repositioning CELSIUS creating today’s global C brand mark and tagline “Live Fit”. She and team dubbed the phrase "Performance Energy", now recognized by Nielsen and used throughout the industry to denote a highly caffeinated, fitness or pre-workout, sub-segment of the Energy Drink category. Line extensions and packaging strategies included powder, natural and increased caffeine in 16oz were designed to expand brand franchise and revenue streams. Prior, she reimagined a new future for then regional brand, La Croix Sparkling Water (NASDAQ: FIZZ). Through her category knowledge and leadership as EVP Sales/Marketing (2008-2016), she lead the brand to become the #1 national sparkling water total US. La Croix’s success revolutionized the sparkling water category to a become a mainstream alternative to artificial diet sodas as it grew from $620+m in ’08 to over $3.5B in 2019. Throughout her career, she drew on her former experiences as Regional Beverage / Snack buyer at Target Stores, and as store executive, to forge new futures for the consumable brands she managed. She also served as Director of Marketing for soda brand, Big Red, and the VP National Accounts for kid's beverage startup, IN ZONE Brands, (now Good to Grow), winning early on with Kid's Zone merchandising concepts in C-stores and the Mass Channel. She resides in South FL today.

In 2009 following almost two decades of senior management positions in member-based organisations, government departments and private companies, Geoff took over as Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Beverages Council. Since then he has successfully managed two mergers, significantly raised the Council’s profile with key stakeholders and firmly positioned the organisation as the respected voice of authority for the entire non-alcoholic beverage industry in Australia representing CSDs, bottled water and fruit juice. In 2010 he was elected President of the International Council of Beverages Associations (ICBA) and in 2012 was elected for a consecutive two-year term. During his tenure he was responsible for step-changing the ICBA to position it as the pre-imminent global beverage trade association.Geoff also serves on the Board of the International Council of Bottled Water Associations, and in 2017 was elected as its Vice President. Geoff has been on the Board since 2009. In 2015, Geoff was instrumental in setting up the ICBA’s Asia Pacific Regional Group – the inaugural regional arm of the ICBA and which now serves as the model for other regional beverage groups. Geoff is currently Executive Director of the APAC Group, representing the diverse non-alcoholic beverage industry in the region. Geoff is a Fellow of both the Australian Institute of Management and the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He holds qualifications from the University of Queensland and Cambridge University.

He was a Vice President of ALAIAB - Latin American Alliance of Food and Beverage Industry, and was also a President of ICBA - International Council of Beverage Associations. Alexandre always worked in associations. He was a legal advisor and member of the Board of ABERT, the Brazilian Association of Radio and Television; he was a legal advisor and coordinator of the Legal Committee of ANJ - National Association of Newspapers. He was chairman of the legal committee, chairman of the copyright committee, and also president of AIR - International Broadcasting Association. He was the Vice President of Legal and Government Relations of the RBS Group and former Member of the National Congress Communication Council. Alexandre is a Master of Laws from the University of Texas and Bachelor of Laws from Uniceub in Brazil.

He was previously responsible for The Coca-Cola Company’s operations throughout Japan. Brett joined The Coca-Cola Company in 1997 in the marketing function in Romania. In 1999, he joined one of Coca-Cola’s largest bottlers -- Coca-Cola Hellenic – in the Czech Republic with responsibility for commercial strategy. Tim was appointed General Manager of The Coca-Cola Company in the Czech Republic in 2001. He moved to Warsaw, Poland in 2003 to lead the company’s business in Poland and the Baltic States. In 2006, he moved to Vienna and was named President of the Alpine business unit which included Austria, Switzerland and Slovenia. This business unit was later expanded to include Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia, FYROM and Montenegro. Brett moved to Coca-Cola Japan in March 2011 as Executive Vice President with responsibility for franchise operations and commercial leadership. Before joining The Coca-Cola Company, Brett held marketing positions in the UK for United Distillers, The Guinness Group and Walkers Snack Foods, Frito-Lay. Brett holds an M.A. degree in History from The University of St. Andrews in the UnitedKingdom.