Inside the Walpole British Luxury Summit 2026

Walpole News
28th April 2026

On Monday 27th April, over 300 of the luxury sector's leading voices gathered at The Londoner for the Walpole British Luxury Summit 2026. Across a day of talks, panel discussions and in-depth conversations, some of our sector's most notable names explored the meaning of true luxury and how it's setting the course for our sector. You can see all of the expert voices who took to the stage by scrolling down.

If you couldn't join us in-person, you can watch every talk, panel and keynote by purchasing access on-demand (priced at £230 for members and £385 for non-members, plus VAT and fees). Please email our team for more information.

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Our expert voices

Thank you to all our speakers and moderators...

Amrita Banta, Managing Director, Agility Research & Strategy

Jodie Blake, CMO, Manolo Blahnik

Julie Bramham, Managing Director, Diageo Luxury

Michael Chalhoub, CEO, Chalhoub Group

Samantha Conti, London Bureau Chief, WWD

Monty Lowry Corry, Brand Director, Swaine

Paul Croughton, Editor-in-Chief, Elite Traveler

Foday Dumbuya, Founder and Creative Director, Labrum London

Gary Franklin, Senior Vice President, Trains & Cruises, Belmond

Jamie Gill, Founder & CEO, The Outsiders

Mathilde Haemmerlé, Partner, Head of Luxury Practice in France, Bain & Company

Jane Hamilton, Senior Business Journalist, The Times

Martin Kuczmarski, CEO & Founder, Difficult Name

Tom Athron, CEO, Fortnum & Mason

Freddie Sayers, Editor-in-Chief & CEO, UnHerd

Christopher Sanderson, Founder & CEO, The Future Laboratory

Victoria Siddall, Director, National Portrait Gallery

Andrea Steiner, Associate Partner, Fashion and Luxury Vertical, Bain & Company

Tammy Smulders, Founder & CEO, Trends & Culture

Divia Thani, Global Editorial Director, Condé Nast Traveller

Joshua Schulman, CEO, Burberry

Pernilla Nyberg, Senior Vice President & General Manager, The Estée Lauder Companies UK & Ireland

Innes McFee, CEO, Oxford Economics

André Maeder, CEO, Selfridges Group

Kate Reardon, Editor-in-Chief, Times Luxx magazine & Times Luxury digital channel, The Times

Marek Reichman, Executive Vice President & Chief Creative Officer, Aston Martin

Katy Wickremesinghe, Founder, KTW and The Wick

Thank you to our event supporters: Agility Research & Strategy, Beyondly, London Packaging Week 2026, The Londoner, and The Times & The Sunday Times.

With additional thanks to: Focus Productions, McQueens Flowers, Father, and Simpsons Wine Estate.

Photos by Philipp Ammon

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