CROSSING

THE POND

Speaker Profile

Our host for the event, Leo Eckley, is a Strategic Account Director here at J&J Global Fulfilment. Leo works directly with J&J's biggest eCommerce brands to identify opportunities for growth, optimise their fulfilment strategies, and ensure they receive long-term value from our partnership.

Business Profile

J&J Global Fulfilment is a technology-led eCommerce fulfilment partner helping ambitious brands store, pick, pack and ship orders to customers around the world. Its cloud-based platform gives brands visibility and control over inventory and orders, while a network of fulfilment centres supports confident international growth.

From fast, accurate dispatch and returns management to operational insight and dedicated account support, J&J combines fulfilment expertise with proprietary technology to help growing retailers deliver a consistent customer experience at scale.

Speaker Profile

Emre has accumulated over 15 years of professional experience at the intersection of strategy and execution. His notable roles include tenure at Microsoft and Ericsson, in addition to leading multi-million-dollar sales across the UK, UAE and Switzerland at one of MENA's fastest-growing digital commerce platforms.

In 2021, Emre established Metheus Consultancy with the specific objective of addressing the issue of established companies encountering challenges as they enter new markets. At Metheus, his specialisms include market entry and revenue growth, building go-to-market strategies, closing the first customer network on the ground and scaling across regions.

He also provides mentorship to startup founders at the Dubai International Financial Centre and global accelerator and early-stage VC Tenity, applying the same data-first, execution-focused mindset to early-stage growth challenges.

Business Profile

Turning Ambition into Global Growth

Most growth strategies fail not from lack of ambition, but from lack of execution. Metheus is a London-based market expansion consulting firm that bridges the gap, combining data-driven strategy with results-oriented delivery for B2B companies, SaaS scale-ups, e-commerce brands and Private Equity firms. Metheus is ranked among the top 10 boutique consultancies in the UK.

Its consulting services include:

• Market Expansion Strategy: entering new markets with precision and speed
• Go-to-Market Strategy: scalable GTM frameworks for B2B sales and marketing
• Growth & Scale Operations: aligning sales, marketing and data for scalable growth
• Digital Automation: AI-driven process optimisation for commercial teams
• Strategic Partnerships: structured programmes to build and scale partner channels

Every engagement is built around measurable outcomes: pipeline created, markets entered and revenue grown. Based in London, Metheus works globally.

Speaker Profile

Imran Gulamhuseinwala OBE is a recognised leader in financial services, fintech and digital transformation. As CEO of Tax Desk, he advises businesses on tax technology, compliance and international growth strategies. He is best known for serving as the UK Government-appointed Trustee responsible for implementing Open Banking, helping position the UK as a global leader in financial innovation. With extensive experience across banking, regulation and technology, Imran works closely with corporates, regulators and growth-stage businesses to navigate complex operational and compliance challenges. He is a frequent speaker on fintech, digital identity, payments and the future of financial services.

Business Profile

Tax Desk is a global VAT and indirect tax compliance provider supporting businesses of all sizes, from Fortune 500 companies to independent online sellers. It was created following the acquisition of a VAT compliance business from KPMG, formed originally to create a VAT compliance solution for Amazon.

Tax Desk combines leading technology that automates VAT registrations, submissions and payments with a team of country experts who are always available. Its global reach across more than 60 countries combines responsiveness with deep technical expertise to make indirect tax compliance simple.

Speaker Profile

Simon Dixon is CEO and founder of Hatmill, a hands-on supply chain and logistics consultancy. He established Hatmill in 2009 after leading PwC's logistics consulting practice and building industry experience at Asda Walmart. Simon advises retailers, e-commerce businesses and consumer brands on practical ways to scale operations, improve warehouse and transport performance, strengthen inventory discipline and protect customer experience. His style is direct, commercially focused and grounded in operational reality, helping leadership teams make better logistics decisions as growth creates complexity.

Business Profile

Hatmill is an employee-owned supply chain and logistics consultancy helping retail, e-commerce and consumer businesses improve how products move from forecast to fulfilment. The team works hands-on across warehouses, transport, network design, forecasting, inventory and sustainable logistics, turning operational complexity into practical, measurable improvement.

With roots in the UK and a growing international presence, including America and the Netherlands, Hatmill supports scale-up and established businesses that need logistics operations capable of protecting margin, service and customer experience as they grow.

Speaker Profile

Martijn Wiktor-Wagemans is an eCommerce strategist and entrepreneur with over 17 years of experience helping brands grow across marketplaces and digital retail channels. Having worked for brands, technology companies and agencies, he brings a practical understanding of what drives online sales and digital shelf performance. Martijn is the Chief Strategy & Operating Officer of The Agency, where he helps brands optimise their presence on platforms such as Amazon, Allegro, Walmart, Bol and other leading eRetailers. His work focuses on marketplace strategy, AI-driven eCommerce transformation, digital merchandising, content optimisation and accelerating sustainable online growth.

Business Profile

The Agency is an international eCommerce and digital merchandising consultancy that helps brands improve visibility, conversion and sales across marketplaces and online retailers. Combining experienced specialists with AI-enhanced workflows, the agency supports clients with marketplace strategy, content creation, SEO, digital shelf optimisation, localisation, advertising support and website development.

The Agency works with brands across Europe and North America, helping them scale efficiently on platforms such as Amazon, Allegro, Walmart and Bol through a combination of expertise, technology and commercially focused execution.

Speaker Profile

Emma Jones is the Founder & CEO of AMPD and author of Cracking the Code: Generating Sales through ChatGPT and More. She is a recognised authority on cross-border digital commerce via first-party data lead generation, and an SEO professional who has helped over 5,000 businesses expand sales globally.

Emma was an early adopter of Generative Engine Optimisation and Answer Engine Optimisation, using that experience to build AMPD: an end-to-end platform helping businesses, brands and products win brand citations across 10 LLM platforms in 18 languages. She is on a mission to move brands from zero AI visibility to trusted and consistently measurable citation-led sales leads through evidence-based content creation, and she is driving AMPD's strategic expansion into the US market.

Business Profile

AMPD is an AI-first optimisation platform built for a world where discovery, recommendation and purchase decisions are increasingly made inside AI chat LLMs. As buyers and customers shift from search engines to ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Perplexity and Copilot, AMPD helps brands become the answer.

The platform analyses how AI systems perceive, cite and rank a business, then delivers actionable recommendations, AI-ready content, schema and optimisation strategies to improve visibility, authority and conversion. Unlike traditional SEO tools, AMPD closes the loop from insight to action: Analyse, Map, Produce and Deploy. If a brand is not cited by AI, it risks becoming invisible to tomorrow's customers.