Contributors
Andrew Burgess
Andrew is the Managing Director of Horizons China a sourcing and import company with Offices in Both Xiamen and Shanghai China as well as Melbourne Australia and represents many national QSR brands both for domestic procurement services and international purchasing.
Charles Ogilvie
As Head of Innovation at JWT Atlanta, Charles Ogilvie brings more than 20 years of global experience in innovation, spanning from retail and hospitality technology, mobile, satellite and terrestrial communications, aviation, FinTech and interactive platform architecture, content & analytics to traditional entertainment. In addition to client-side agency management, Charles has also developed, negotiated and executed interactive content deals with major brands such as Google, Land Rover, Virgin Atlantic and others.
Previously, he has served multi-million dollar startup and corporate efforts, including leading the design and execution of the award winning guest-engagement system, Red, as the Founding Director of Inflight Entertainment & Partnerships at Virgin America. He brought Seatback Food and Drink Ordering, payment processing and settlement and a cashless cabin to the skies, made seat upgrades, lounge access upgrades, and seat changes and other reservation system functionality easier on Virgin’s hospitality kiosks and on other platforms, made WiFi an expectation as well as a tool for crew optimization, and helped rethink legacy B2C and B2B models.
He has held numerous executive roles including VP Asia Pacific at Zodiac Aerospace Inflight Innovations, Executive Director of Business Development in Silicon Valley and Executive Director of China at Panasonic Avionics. At Panasonic, he was responsible for running Panasonic Avionics’ China Region and developing and managing its’ strategy for China and was posted in Shanghai, Hong Kong and Singapore.
Christina Murrell
Previously the marketing director of Vietnamese chain Roll'd and cult burger brand Royal Stacks, a cult burger brand, Christina now helps food retailers, cafes and restaurants, to keep customers. She advocates for optimising existing customers to generate future profits. She is the Customer Retention Chief at Loyalty Tribe Marketing, a boutique-marketing agency that specialises in the food retail sector.
Corinne Attard
Corinne Attard is a commercial lawyer with more than 25 years franchising and retail industry experience, including as in-house counsel with oversight of over 350 franchised food outlets. She has wide experience in assisting businesses with franchise and lease issues, distribution and supply, IP, contracts, international expansion and any related issues.
Named as one of the top franchise and business lawyers in Australia annually since 2014 in International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers, Corinne has also been included in Best Lawyers 2019 and 2020 and was awarded Lawyer of the Year 2019 (Sydney) for the Franchise Law practice area. She is currently a Partner for Holman Webb Lawyers.
Daniella Menachemson
B Seated Global is a designer, supplier and manufacturer of bespoke furniture for the hospitality industry.
www.bseatedglobal.com.au
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Dashmote
Dashmote helps brands review consumer trends through AI solutions and computer visions.
Dion
Adrian Tan is helping companies drive productivity with PeopleStrong, a comprehensive HR solution on the cloud with mobile simplicity. The co-creator of Singapore HR Tech market map, he also writes regularly on HR Tech at adriantan.com.sg.
