Veronica Denner

Head of Loss Prevention and Risk

APG & Co

Veronica has been working in Loss Prevention for 10 years now with almost 20 years experience in multi branded Apparel Retail. Previously at the Just Group looking after NSW/ACT for 7 brands. Now Head of Loss Prevention and Risk for APG & Co which has Sportscraft, SABA and Jag brands.

Her team has achieved the lowest Shrink results in the company’s history and has a passion for educating and coaching store teams to be pro active and service focused.

She won the Highly Commended Award for Fraud Woman of the Year in last years Fraud Awards.

She is also a big advocate for collaborating for success and has just recently joined the steering committee for the Profit Protection Future Forum.

Rob Evans

Senior Manager, Asia Pacific

Burberry

Robert started in Loss Prevention at an early in the UK with department store BHS before moving to American retailer Gap, where for 5 years he worked across high profile stores such as High St Kensington and Oxford Street. After moving to Australia he took up the role of Loss Prevention manager for David Jones in Bourke St, Melbourne, overseeing a long period of refurbishment.

He has now been at Burberry for over 8 years starting as APP manager for Australia. Now, as a Senior Manager he oversees the Asia Pacific market where he is responsible for managing the shrinkage of over 250 retail outlets in the luxury market as well overseeing a holistic approach to all security matters. This includes implementing strategies, the required security systems and controls, investigations and education of employees across retail, corporate offices and supply chain.

Colin Stewart

Senior Director of Asset Protection

Abercrombie & Fitch

Colin Stewart is the Senior Director of Asset Protection at Abercrombie and Fitch, with responsibility for nineteen Countries in Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Colin has oversight over loss prevention, investigations, business continuity and crisis management programs within these markets.

Prior to joining Abercrombie, Colin worked in various security and investigations management roles, all the way from “grass roots” security” to modern day loss prevention. Colin graduated law school, before spending some time in criminal defence litigation where the allure of LP became too great, and was given an opportunity to help develop Abercrombie and Fitch’s asset protection program internationally.