
Samson Sohail
Samson Sohail has been working with Cobra Beer for the last 25 years. He has been instrumental in the success of Cobra’s reputation as the best beer to complement food and as one the most loved beer brands in the country.

Mustafa Topkaya
Mustafa Topkaya has over 40 years of experience in the hospitality and catering sector and is a pioneer of the kebab restaurant business having opened his first shop in 1984. He now runs several successful restaurants and has continued to lead the industry by introducing several modern innovations.

Steve Turner
Steve Turner is Assistant General Secretary at Unite the Union, responsible for 400,000 members in manufacturing industries alongside the unions community and retired members strategies.

Lucy Horobin
Lucy Horobin is the host of the Heart Dance drive time show and former presenter of the British Kebab Awards.

Shany Gupta
Shany Gupta is founding director and C.E.O of Duncan Lewis Solicitors, whose ethos of “giving people a voice” has seen it grow from one office in Hackney to a nation-wide operation.

Nadhim Zahawi
Nadhim Zahawi is a former MP for Stratford-on-Avon, who served in various ministerial positions under the Conservative government.

Sharon Hodgson
Sharon Hodgson is a Labour MP for Washington and Gateshead South and Chair of the Finance Committee. Before becoming an MP, Sharon worked as a bookkeeper, a Labour Party organiser and a Political Officer for UNISON.

Metin Pekin
Metin Pekin is the founding director of Paragon Quality Foods. His hard work and passion for producing the highest-quality products have led Paragon to become the leading burger and kebab manufacturer, supplying Cash & Carries, Foodservice Wholesalers and Pub Groups across the UK and Europe.

Rory Sutherland
Rory Sutherland co-founded Ogilvy’s behavioural science practice, enhancing consumer behaviour strategies with small contextual changes. He writes for The Spectator and speaks at TED. He’s the author of “Alchemy” and “Transport For Humans.” He hosts the “OnBrand with ALF” podcast.

Kate Nichols OBE
Kate was appointed CEO of UKHospitality, the powerful voice representing the broad hospitality sector, in April 2018, having previously worked as CEO and Strategic Affairs Director of the ALMR.

Mark Wallace
Mark Wallace is an experienced communications and campaigns director, turned political journalist, turned media business Chief Executive and Non-Executive Director. Regular guest on TV and radio and Sky News paper reviewer. Weekly columnist for the i paper, and opinion contributor to a range of newspapers including The Guardian, The Times, Financial Times, Daily Telegraph, The Sun, and The Times. Fellow of the British-American Project.

Sam McAlister
Sam McAlister is a highly experienced EMMY&BAFTA-nominated producer, speaker, and former barrister, known for her engaging storytelling and versatility in approach. Played by Billie Piper in the Netflix hit film “Scoop”.

Tim John
Tim John is a Managing Editor, LBC News & Global’s Newsroom

Sam Coates
Sam is Deputy political editor of Sky News, reporting on breaking news, delivering exclusive interviews and providing analysis from Westminster. He joined Sky News in June 2019, after 19 years at The Times. Sam has worked in Westminster since 2005, apart from a year getting to know the city as Banking Editor of The Times in 2012. He won the Laurence Stern fellowship in 2005, working at the Washington Post covering the George W Bush White House and in New Orleans on Hurricane Katrina.

Ben Kentish
Ben Kentish is a journalist and broadcaster who is currently one of the main presenters on leading speech radio station LBC.

Darren Bown
Darren Bown is Customer Director Booker Catering and a former judge of British Takeaway Awards. Darren has been in food wholesale for 30 years in a variety of roles and enjoys spending time with customers understanding their business.

Caroline Nokes
Caroline Nokes is a Conservative politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Romsey and Southampton North since 2010

Bill Esterson
Bill Esterson is Labour Party politician who has served as Member of Parliament for Sefton Central since 2010. He has been Shadow Minister for Roads from 2023 to 2024, and was Shadow Minister for Small Business from 2015 to 2020.

Dawn Butler
Dawn Butler is a British Labour Party politician who is Member of Parliament for Brent East. Butler served prior to entering politics as a trade union officer and adviser to the Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone.