Poppie Foakes

Poppie Foakes is currently the Director of Product and Innovation at Retail Trust, focusing on leveraging data to enhance the happiness and wellbeing of retail employees. Prior to this role, Poppie served as Group Event Director for the RWRC at Ascential, leading global events including the World Retail Congress and overseeing business strategy for growth. Poppie's extensive experience in event management also includes positions as Director of Events at Retail Week, Head of Conference at Retail Week, and roles at Hanson Wade and i2i Events Group, where responsibilities ranged from community management to content production for major industry events. Poppie holds an MSc in Psychological Research and a BSc in Psychology from The University of Sheffield.