Brian McBride

Managing Director, Amazon.co.uk

Brian is Managing Director of Amazon.co.uk, one of the UK's leading online retailers. Founded in 1998, Amazon.co.uk provides millions of customers with the largest selection of books, music, dvd's as well as electronic goods, toys and games, sporting goods, watches, jewellery, clothing and shoes, kitchen equipment and appliances Amazon.co.uk is owned by Seattle-based Amazon.com. The publicly-quoted company now operates in seven countries andnow has an annual turnover of $20 billion (2008)

Brian is 53 years old, married with two daughters and lives in Camberley, Surrey. He has an MA (Hons) in Economic History from the University of Glasgow. He is based at the company's UK office in Slough, Berkshire

Brian joined the company in January 2006, bringing with him more than 25 years experience in the IT industry. He began his career with Xerox and subsequently worked at IBM, Crosfield Electronics, Madge Networks, Lucent, Dell Computers as Vice President, Northern Europe and as Managing Director of T-Mobile (UK)

Brian is also a Non-Executive Director of Celtic Football Club PLC, is on the Board of the British Retail Consortium and is a trustee of In Kind Direct, a charity which redirects surplus products to the needy.

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David Rennie

Managing Director, Nestle

David Rennie is Managing Director of Nestlé Confectionery in the UK. He leads a £1bn business and is responsible for some of the UK's biggest, oldest and best loved brands - Kit Kat, Aero, Milky Bar and Quality Street to name a few.

David joined Nestle from Procter & Gamble in 2005 where he held a number of senior marketing and general management roles in the UK, Belgium and Switzerland. In his time with P&G he led the flagship brands Ariel and Fairy Liquid in the UK, developed and launched two new global brands - Febreze and Swiffer - and ran the Western European Dish and Air care business.

Born in Glasgow and a graduate of Glasgow University, David is married and has two daughters aged 12 and 10.

Andy Mooney

Chairman, Disney Consumer Products

Andy Mooney was named chairman of Disney Consumer Products in May, 2003, after having served as its president since joining The Walt Disney Company in December, 1999.

Mooney oversees the worldwide day-to-day operations of Disney Consumer Products, which extends the rich Disney entertainment experience to a broad selection of merchandise ranging from toys, apparel, home décor and books to interactive games, food and beverages, electronics and fine art. This is accomplished through several business lines: Toys, Fashion & Home, Stationery, Food, Health & Beauty, Disney Publishing Worldwide, and The Baby Einstein Company.

Under Mooney's management, Disney Consumer Products' business has turned around through a variety of initiatives. He and his team have strengthened the Disney brand at the retail level, encouraged product innovation in the licensing business, and developed strong relationships with many of the world's largest and most trusted retailers.

Mooney spent 20-years with Nike, Inc., originally joining the company's United Kingdom division as chief financial officer. He transitioned to marketing in 1982, holding several senior positions before becoming chief marketing officer for Nike in the United States in 1994.

Immediately prior to joining Disney, Mooney was chief marketing officer and head of Nike's $3 billion Global Apparel organization with additional responsibilities for worldwide marketing strategies for the Nike and Jordan brands. He led the reorganization of Nike's brand marketing activities and introduced new advertising strategies.

A native of Whitburn, Scotland, Mooney holds an Accounting Certificate in the United Kingdom.

Jimmie Stone

Partner and Chief Creative Strategist, Green Team

Originally from Venezuela, Jimmie began his career at McCann-Erickson Uruguay as an Art Director, leading the team on brands such as Coca-Cola, Nestlé and Hilton Hotels. He has won numerous awards throughout his career, including the UN Integrity in Advertising Award, and the prestigious International Design Review from ID Magazine.

For the past decade at Green Team, Jimmie has helped shape the agency's mission of awakening brands - from Johnson & Johnson, Lindblad Expeditions and Mars to WWF, Smithsonian Institution and VisitScotland - and positioning them for success in a new world that demands authenticity and responsibility.

As a Planetarian, Jimmie understands the urgency of waking up to the interconnectedness of our economy, our environment and our well-being, and he sees that, while we are all one, each particular place in the world has a distinct story that connects the fabric of our human race.

He is a university professor and sought-after speaker, and was a judge at the inaugural Green Effie Awards in 2008. At his core, Jimmie is an insightful conceptual thinker and devout student of Sun Tzu, drawing inspiration from Marcel Duchamp, Marshall McLuhan and Tibor Kalman. He is also the proud owner of a 21st Century Kilt.