Speakers

Business leaders networking at the Peach 20/20 Conference

Simon Thelwell

Strategic Director, School of Sustainable Food & Farming, Harper Adams University

Sessions

04-Mar-2026

16:30 16:55
The innovation imperative

"Peach is my favourite industry event."
Laura Harper-Hinton
CEO & Founder | Caravan
"I come to Peach because the quality of the audience is great."
Alasdair Murdoch
CEO | Burger King UK
"I’ve never left a Peach event without five or six things I want to bring to our business."
Tom James
Managing Director | Bill's
"The most interesting information comes out of these type of events rather than inside the boardroom."
Éadaoin McDonagh
COO | White Rabbit Projects & MD | Lina Stores
"Being recognised by the industry at the Peach 20/20 Hero & Icon Awards is so special."
Marta Pogroszewska
NED | Bread Holdings
"Winning a Peach 20/20 Hero award means so much to us. We’ve been working towards this for eight and a half years."
Tas Gaitanos
Co-founder | Brother Marcus
"It’s great being part of the Atlantic Club, meeting some great colleagues from across the U.K. and the U.S., seeing new concepts and sharing ideas."
Jon Knight
MD Leisure & Concessions The Restaurant Group
“Peach 20/20 is a must-attend event in the hospitality calendar. Informative, thought-provoking and, most importantly, immense fun."
Alex Reilley
Co-founder and executive chair of Loungers
“Peach 20/20 is a genuinely enjoyable and thought provoking industry event. It’s one that those involved in hospitality really want to go to and treat seriously.”
Karen Jones CBE
Icon award winner and industry leader
"Peach 20/20 is a brilliant event, with an agenda that always hits the big topics with intelligence and insight - and with top class speakers."
Nisha Katona MBE,
founder and CEO of Mowgli Street Food

Speakers

Simon Thelwell

Testimonials