Bethan Grylls

Editor , Food Manufacture

Bethan Grylls has worked as a professional journalist for more than a decade, specialising in B2B publishing since 2016 and the food and drink industry since 2019.

As editor of Food Manufacture, she leads the brand's content strategy, oversees its flagship Business Leaders' Forum event, and hosts the Food Manufacture podcast. A regular moderator, speaker and commentator on industry issues, she has also made appearances on BBC Radio 4 and Channel 5.

More often than not, you'll find her in a hairnet touring food factories across the UK.

Charlotte Forkes-Rees

Analyst (RCI), AHDB

Charlotte Forkes-Rees is a Retail and Consumer Insight Analyst at AHDB, specialising in consumer behaviour, red meat purchasing trends across retail and foodservice, and turning data into real world applications. Her work focuses on understanding the factors that influence beef, lamb and pork demand and consumption, helping industry stakeholders identify opportunities to drive demand and strengthen category growth.

Charlotte leads research across shopper behaviour, eating quality, foodservice trends, marketing evaluation and demand forecasting, providing evidence-based insight to help the beef, lamb and pork sectors better meet changing consumer needs.

Hannah Lloyd

Director, Pinstone

Hannah is Director at Pinstone, a specialist PR communications agency working across the food, farming and environment sectors. With a background in strategic communications and campaign development, Hannah works with brands and organisations across the food and farming supply chain to translate insight into more effective communications and engagement. Her work focuses on bridging the gap between industry ambition and on-farm reality, working with all stakeholders to ensure communications resonate with farmers in a way that is credible, practical and grounded in their world.

Hannah is junior chair of the Veterinary marketing association, long time member of the Guild of Agricultural Journalist and a committed supporter of Meat Business Women.

Rebecca Morgan

Associate Director, Pinstone

Rebecca Morgan is an Associate Director at Pinstone, specialising in communications across the farming, food, and environment sectors. As Pinstone's AI taskforce lead, Rebecca has spearheaded the strategic integration of AI tools within the agency, developing robust protocols that balance innovation with essential guardrails.

Sarah Bradbury

CEO, IGD

Sarah brings over 25 years of unparalleled experience in the retail and food sectors.  Currently, she leads IGD, an influential organisation that has been helping to inspire and unite the food industry for more than 120 years. IGD is a strategic insights and foresight business, reinvesting all profits into impactful initiatives that benefit both the industry and society at large.

Throughout her career, Sarah has held senior commercial and marketing positions, her previous role was Group Quality Director at Tesco. There, she was responsible for overseeing the delivery of high-quality safe products, sustainability, agriculture and regulatory compliance. It was in this role that Sarah honed her passion for driving collaborative change, mobilising the food and consumer goods sectors as a force for good, and working to improve the food system for the long term.