Devan Hughes, CEO & co-founder of buymiebuymie is Ireland and UK’s fastest-growing same-day large basket grocery delivery service. Founded in Dublin in 2016, buymie is now expanding rapidly, allowing more customers to order from their favourite large retailers and have their items delivered, store to door, in as little as an hour. Consumers have come to expect same-day grocery delivery and traditional retailers are constrained by marginal costs. Through the use of platform economics, buymie accelerates delivery while owning no vans, no stores or holding any stock. buymie raised €8m during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic and launched its service into Cork, Limerick and Galway as well as Bristol in the UK. The buymie service has now been used by 1 in 10 households in Dublin.
Devan Hughes has extensive experience in commercial and operational efficiency with specific expertise in platform economics and architecture.
Having also held the role of Chairman for Sharing Economy Ireland, Devan is a recognised thought leader in the Platform Economy and FMCG industry.
David Ryan CEO Sendoso
David Ryan, Head of Sendoso Europe, is leading Sendoso in becoming the leading corporate gifting platform that empowers revenue-driven teams to stand out at strategic points throughout the customer journey.David is a highly successful CEO/COO with a continuous track record of driving growth and shareholder value across a diverse range of e-Commerce, Financial, Online and Business Services organizations. A leader with Director, INED and Chairperson experience spanning 25 years, including Nasdaq and European quoted company roles at country or divisional level.David originally first entered the workforce by collecting cheques for his fathers’ company Bryan S Ryan. He has experience working in many notable companies such as Leaseplan, Goa Games, Electronic Arts and Jet.com which was acquired by Walmart for their Smart Cart.
Sonya Lennon, Founder, Lennon Courtney
Sonya Lennon has over thirty years of experience in business as a creative director, designer, broadcaster, entrepreneur, strategic consultant and speaker. A multi-award-winning Social Entrepreneur, Sonya founded the global not for profit initiative Dress for Success in Ireland in 2011 which has successfully supported over 3,000 women into employment and economic independence. In 2021 it rebranded as Work Equal to better reflect the advocacy role of the organisation.Through her advocacy work, she has campaigned at a European level for gender equality in the workplace by addressing the Gender Pay & Opportunity Gap. Since 2016, Sonya has led the highly publicised #WorkEqual campaign in Ireland. Through this campaign, she has spearheaded public awareness, highlighted legacy and cultural issues that prevent workplace equality and focussed on solutions to address them. Sonya has presented the issue on multiple occasions to the Irish Government and at the European Parliament. Recent wins saw the Gender Pay Gap Bill brought into legislation following a five-year campaign.The inaugural #WorkEqual Conference in 2019 saw her bring together international speakers and diverse stakeholders to ratify priority issues and recommendations. This culminated in a post-conference report titled Practical Steps to Workplace Equality co-authored with Professor Michelle Millar NUIG. This document has been submitted to the Irish government as a framework to accelerate positive change.