Retail risk never stands still. Neither do we.
Retail Risk – London returns this June. If you work in loss prevention, cyber, operations, logistics, investigations, or fraud prevention… you’ll want to be in the room. See below…
And yes – thanks to our sponsors – it’s completely free for retail delegates to attend. Can’t argue with that.
18 June 2026
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Your VIP pass includes:
- Full access to all sessions and workshops
- Complimentary refreshments throughout
- A genuinely delicious lunch
- Access to some of the sharpest minds and latest innovations in this space.
Why Retail Risk works
Retail Risk events are built around conversation. Open, frank conversation.
What challenges are we facing as an industry right now? How do we stay ahead?
Chatham House Rule helps us keep things real. And there’s no press.
With hundreds of industry leaders, security specialists, and solution providers together… you’ll be right at the heart of honest, handy discussions with people facing the same pressures you are.
Whatever you do, don’t come alone.
Retail risk touches every part of modern business – from Finance and IT to HR, Logistics, and Ops. So bring your colleagues along too – it’ll make a big impact on their day-to-day.
And just a friendly reminder: registration is essential…
100% Free. Always.
No Sales Pitch. Ever.
What About Lunch?
Our sponsors
Our sponsors help make the event possible, so please take the time to engage with them.
They too have skin in this game.
They’re developing some of the best retail risk solutions in the world.
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A message from our Chair
Scott Taylor
I am thrilled to be Chairing Retail Risk London - the 6th Retail Risk global location I have been fortunate to Chair or present at. Whilst the scenery for these events may vary from location to location, the core themes and benefits of attending remain constant. The Retail Risk conferences seamlessly blend global and local thought leadership and expertise, to provide an environment where individual professionals and practitioners, as well as organisations of all sizes, can benefit from new learning and new contacts.
On a personal note, I have spent over 31 years in the Security and Risk space, combining behavioural psychology, security expertise, and storytelling to decode human behaviour, reduce loss, and enhance safety. I will be holding my first book signing for “Before the First Handshake: from Digital Clues to Human Truths” at the conference, making it even more special for me! I look forward to learning alongside everyone attending, and having some thought-provoking discussions throughout the day.
Our featured speakers
We assemble industry-leading speaker line-ups featuring world-class experts, senior retailers, investigators, and frontline practitioners. Many appear exclusively at Retail Risk conferences, meaning you won’t hear these stories or insights anywhere else.
Everything you see and hear on the day is designed to help you stay ahead in an industry that never stops evolving. And again… the Chatham House Rule means delegates are able to speak openly in a stimulating, switched-on, and totally safe environment.
Here’s who you’ll be brushing shoulders with this time around:
Lois Savage
Senior Crime Investigator
B&Q Crime Centre
Lois is a Senior Crime Investigator at the B&Q Crime Centre, specialising in organised retail…
Simon Moss
Security and Commercial Stockloss Manager
B&Q
With nearly 40 years in DIY retail – almost 30 of those at B&Q – Simon brings deep operational and…
Dr Claire Norman-Maillet
Fraud Expert
Claire is a multi-award-winning counter-fraud expert with over a decade's experience in financial…
Simran Bharaj
Economic Crime Risk Management Expert
GKSB Consultancy
Simran is an expert in financial crime risk management. She has worked within the regulated FS…
Alan Ward
Partner
Stephenson Harwood LLP
Alan Ward is a partner at Stephenson Harwood LLP specialising in regulatory and criminal litigation
Ruth Dearnley OBE
President and Founder
Stop The Traffik
Ruth was born in Birkenhead UK, studied for a law degree at Newcastle University and moved to…
Alan Cotton
Loss Prevention and Security Manager, UK and Ireland
IKEA
Alan is an experienced and knowledgeable former detective, SIA licensed Investigations/Security…
Detective Inspector Jordan Ford
Head of the Business Engagement Unit
National Counter Terrorism Security Office (NaCTSO)
Detective Inspector Jordan Ford is the Head of the Business Engagement Unit in the National…
Yolande Frederick
Chief Operating Officer
Interr
As COO at Interr, Yolande brings over 12 years’ experience within the business, having progressed…
The agenda
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Agenda
Registration
Morning tea & coffee served, networking.
8:00 am
Welcome to Retail Risk – London
Paul Bessant, Founder, Retail Knowledge
8:55 am
Chair's opening address
Scott Taylor, Managing Director, Praesidium Risk and Resilience
9:00 am
Hidden in plain sight: modern slavery and human trafficking in everyday business
PresentationRuth Dearnley, Founder, Stop the Traffik
9:20 am
The new offence of “failing to prevent fraud”: how does it apply to retailers operating in the UK?
PresentationAlan Ward, Partner, Stephenson Harwood
9:50 am
Complete Risk Management
PresentationPeter Fisher, Director of Operational Risk, ASEL
10:10 am
Networking break
Morning tea & coffee served, networking.
10:30 am
Retail outlook, risk & resilience
PresentationNicholas Found, Head of Commercial Content, Retail Economics
11:00 am
How Morrisons built a winning security strategy in 18 months
Fireside chatEllen Dick, Director of Retail Partnerships, UK & Ireland, Auror & Hannah Cleary, Senior Manager of Crime & Security, Morrisons
11:20 am
From intelligence to outcomes: how good evidence and collaboration delivers results
PresentationLois Savage, Senior Crime Investigator, B&Q Crime Centre & Simon Moss, Security and Commercial Stockloss Manager, B&Q
11:40 am
How the S12 are redefining guarding
PresentationPaul Fullwood, Chief Operating Officer, S12 Security Guarding Leadership Group & Paul Evans, Chair, S12 Security Guarding Leadership Group
12:00 pm
Lunch & networking break
During lunch, Scott Taylor will be signing copies of his book Before the First Handshake: from Digital Clues to Human Truths.
12:20 pm
Protecting our people, and preparing for Martyn’s Law
PresentationReena Appadoo, Risk Director, Moto Hospitality
1:20 pm
NaCTSO – protecting venues and public spaces
PresentationDetective Inspector Jordan Ford, Head of the Business Engagement Unit - National Counter Terrorism Security Office (NaCTSO)
1:40 pm
Internal fraud in plain sight: culture, risk and the blind spots in practice
Fireside chatDr Claire Norman-Maillet, Fraud Expert & Simran Bharaj, Economic Crime Risk Management Expert, GKSB Consultancy
2:00 pm
Introducing the Retail Defence Alliance
Panel discussionPaul Bessant, Founder, Retail Knowledge; Debora Edwards, Managing Partner, Cotton Associates; Tracy Bessant, Managing Partner, Cotton Associates
2:20 pm
Networking break
Coffee & tea served
2:50 pm
Intelligence, the foundation of a successful security and loss programme
PresentationAlan Cotton, Loss Prevention and Security Manager, UK and Ireland, IKEA
3:20 pm
Beyond lockdown…why retail needs a smarter response to modern incidents
PresentationPhil Dolby, Founder, Smarter Response
3:40 pm
Chair's closing message
Scott Taylor, Managing Director, Praesidium Risk and Resilience
4:00 pm
Round Table Agenda
Round table: session 1
Delegates can choose from the following discussions:
Presentation TBC
Rob Bradley, Protective Security Operations, National Counter Terrorism Policing HQ
Failure to prevent fraud: assessing fraud risks and designing and implementing reasonable fraud prevention procedures
Alan Ward, Partner, Stephenson Harwood
Disrupting the resale market: SelectaDNA supports major Met police bust
Clair Frame, Director UK Sales and Business Development, Selectamark
How AI can turbo charge your incident reporting, the next chapter
Peter Fisher, Director of Risk & Intelligence, ASEL
11:00 am
Round table: session 2
Delegates can choose from the following discussions:
The power of partnership “delivering bespoke retail security solutions”
Yolande Frederick, Chief Operating Officer, Interr
Internal fraud
Dr Claire Norman-Maillet, Fraud expert & Simran Bharaj, Founder & Compliance Strategist, GKSB Consultancy
Turning threats into opportunities and opportunities into innovation
Dave Dalton, Sales Director, All-Tag
Carl Probert, Senior Loss Prevention Manager, Morrisons
Finding the “needle in the haystack”: tackling repeat offenders with computer vision AI
Eyal Ben Ari, Chief Business Officer, Trigo Vision
12:00 pm
Round table: session 3
Delegates can choose from the following discussions:
Intelligence at the heart of enforcement…a B&Q case study
Lois Savage, Senior Crime Investigator, B&Q Crime Centre
Simon Moss, Security and Commercial Stockloss Manager, B&Q
Beyond deployment: keeping body cameras activated at scale
Dinesh De Silva, Head of UK Retail, Reveal Media
Ollie Tebbutt, Project Manager for Shrink and Security, Tesco
From store visibility to store action: how retailers can turn in-store activity into better decisions using AI
Som Sinha, CEO, SAI Group
From cost to revenue: turning assets into profit centres
James Della Valle, CTO & Co-Founder, BoxxDocks
1:30 pm
Round table: session 4
Delegates can choose from the following discussions:
From storefront to server room: protecting retail’s physical and digital frontlines
James Blake, Solutions Architect, Synology UK
Retail realities: the human cost of the empty minute
Ian Fox, Co-Founder, Safer Spaces for All
Smarter shutters, safer stores
William Waller, Managing Director, Trellidor
The power of intelligent video and data integration: uncovering hidden retail fraud
Wayne Pearce, Key Accounts Manager, March Networks
3:10 pm
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