Consumer, Retail & Hospitality
Hiring leaders across consumer brands, retail, travel, and hospitality.
Rachel Allen
7-Eleven
Carrie Ariniello
Reser's Fine Foods
Whitney Bardeleben
Blain's Farm & Fleet (Blain Supply, Inc.)
Tamina Becker
Blue Light Card
Blair Bennett
PepsiCo
Kaitlyn Borea
Vivrelle
Kori B. Brown
SharkNinja
Malak C.
Canada, Skip
Andrea Carenini
Europe & Pacific, Reckitt
Michelle Cash
Paramount
Kelsey (Knight) Cera
True Religion
Nathan Craigie
Raffles London
Essence Dashtaray
Paramount
Emily Dias
Aritzia
Chris Dobbins
Jack Archer
Kiran Fraser-Neve
HEINEKEN UK
Ben Gano
Milan Laser Hair Removal
Becky Gavin
Bose
Shelly Grange
Chipotle Mexican Grill
Martin Haywood
Sainsbury's
Ashley Hever
Enterprise Mobility
Lauren Holzer
The Knot Worldwide
William Huffaker
Newell Brands
Joseph Ilarraza
Reckitt
Elizabeth Lee
LIV Golf
David Leech
Wayfair
Jerrilynn Lind
Revlon
Taryn Little
Paramount
Deanna Lloyd
Patagonia
Meghan Magette
Hilton
Fabio Massei
Flix
Natalie McGuinness
Busy Bees
Stef Nikitas
Ace Hardware Corporation
Charlotte Pattison
Reckitt
Meghan Rhatigan
Marriott International
Jill Roe
goop
Zack Rome
NBCUniversal
Ryan Saab
RWS Global
Heather Stanton
Shutterfly
Justin Victoor
Create Music Group
Michelle Weber
Gap Inc.
Simon Wedlock
The Wolseley Hospitality Group
Mat Wisner
Walmart
About this category
Consumer, Retail & Hospitality recognizes up to 100 honorees each year. The Class of 2026 includes 43 leaders in this category, put forward by peers or by our selection committees for the work they have done. They lead talent and recruiting work at organizations including Paramount, Reckitt, 7-Eleven, Ace Hardware Corporation, and Aritzia. Each profile covers how they got into recruiting, how their team hires today, and what they think is changing about the work.
Honorees are selected through a dual-path process: about half are nominated directly by fellow people and recruiting leaders, and the rest by selection committees of senior talent practitioners and industry advisors who seek out leaders who may be under-recognized. Nominations are free and selection is based on merit. See the Talent 100 overview for the full process, or browse every category of the class.
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