Agile Retail Team
Our people
It's no secret; our people are our strongest asset.
We are proud to boast an experienced, passionate team of highly qualified individuals, each of whom is an expert in their field. Our team have worked with and for some of the biggest and best retail brands, and we bring that collective experience to bear with each of our partners
CEO
Marcus Fox
Marcus is the CEO at Agile Retail and has developed our retail business for the last 7 years. Marcus has direct strategic experience in leading the development and execution of innovation and new market led retail entrance for some of the world’s biggest businesses Before leading our business, Marcus led stores, regions and online operations for Sainsburys and Morrisons for 15 years, responsible for CAPEX budgets of £70m and areas delivering £500m of annual sales.
Project Director
Tamara Pfaunmann
Tamara leads our new retail ventures practice, ensuring that experimentation, agility and customer-led learning and insights informs and drives our retail stores. Tamara has extensive EMEA and Americas experience, having led projects across Germany, Singapore and Americas Tamara has previosuly led change programmes for brands including Accor and IHG in multiple countries
Managing Director Retail
Simon Blunt
Simon is the Managing Director of our retail business and oversees all of our retail stores activity. Prior to joining iD, Simon was the Head of Retail at Samsung, leading the brand’s retail function in the UK. Simon also has deep knowledge of some of our retail experimentation work, building programmes in retail to ensure l ventures have the best chance of succeeding!
Creative & Build Director
Owen Arundell
Owen is the Creative & Build Director at Agile Retail and is responsible for the design, build and execution of all of our retail environments. In addition, Owen leads our Property function, supporting with location searches, site and area analytics, and property completions. Prior to working at iD, Owen spent 10 years leading creative functions in fashion and luxury brands, including Links of London and TM Lewin
Senior Operations Director
Olivier Van Den Putte
Olivier leads our Operations function including property and facilities management, health and safety and legality, consumer engagement, compliance, stock and logistics. He also manages our Insights & Reporting teams. Olivier is responsible for ensuring our Agile Retail stores operate safely and legally, as well as provide meaningful data and insights to customers. Prior to working with Agile Retail, Olivier spent 15 years leading ops functions at fashion retailers including Ted Baker, DAX and Religion.
Managing Director Strategy
Richard Palmer
Richard leads our strategic growth practice, helping brands and retailers uncover new opportunities for growth. For the last 20 years, Richard has shaped and led strategic innovation practices for global agencies and consultancies, working with leading brands to explore adjacent value pools and compound their advantage.
Senior Customer Director
Nick Rose
Nick leads our account teams & customer relationships, ensuring that everything we do is in the interest of driving long-term strategy, innovation & thought leadership, and growth for our partners. Prior to joining Agile Retail, Nick spent 11 years in field sales & marketing, leading consumer engagement & growth for some of the world's biggest FMCG brands across grocery, convenience & B2B sectors.
Brand Experience Director
Zaine Venter
Zaine leads our Brand Experience business, responsible for our experiential and shopper marketing activities with brands including PepsiCo, Just Eat and Britvic. Zaine has spent nearly 20 years leading some of the biggest brand campaigns designed to create memorable and impactful experiences on target consumers.
Commercial Director
Dana Pickering
Dana leads our commercial team at Agile Retail and is responsible for ensuring that both our business finances and trading are robust, but also our commercially-focused work with our customers. Dana and his team monitor the commercial success of our Agile Retail stores, in particular with regards to trading performance and new ventures projects. Prior to joining Agile Retail Dana was Finance Director for a number of retail and creative industries businesses, including time at Snowzone and Grey a WPP company
Group Account Director
Sarah Mcvey
Sarah is our Group Account Director. She is responsible for ensuring our retail and field teams exceed our customer targets and works closely with our customers to implement the right strategy to grow their business and with our internal people, operations & finance teams to ensure we are delivering to our customers. With over 20 years client services experience in retail marking and experiential & traditional field marketing Sarah has a wealth of experience in executing sales & marketing campaigns, managing budgets and providing valuable insight to customers. In previous roles she ran field teams for United Biscuits, Storck and General Mills, as well as running a small country restaurant/pub in the Cotswolds.
Staffing Operations Director
Lee Strickland
Lee oversees recruitment, onboarding, and training processes for our partners across both our retail and promotional channels, including digital innovation and automation, while also fostering the growth of our talent pool with top-tier candidates on a national scale. Additionally, Lee is responsible for crafting and implementing tailored 'people' strategies for new customers, ensuring that our staffing solutions seamlessly integrate with their company culture, remain cost-effective, and deliver a measurable return on investment.
Agile Retail Advisors
Strategic Advisors
In addition to our core team, our Agile Retail proposition is supported and developed by an unparalleled network of experienced industry experts – from seasoned executives to innovation experts, our strategic advisors champion the benefits of agile retailing for brands, and can lend their collective expertise to your business to ensure we succeed.
Paul Ephremsen
Paul was a co-founder of our Group company iD, the UK's leading experiential marketing specialists back in 1994. He has been at the forefront of the growth of the brand experience industry. Paul now performs an advisory role, and was heavily involved in the evolution of iD’s new Agile Retail service.
An entrepreneur at heart, Paul has also founded a number of successful retail and media businesses, and was co-founder of Worth Capital – a business that runs competitions to unearth smart entrepreneurs with bright ideas, often in the retail space.