Bringg adds former Co-op E-commerce Director Chris Conway as Senior VP and GM for EMEA region

Last mile solutions specialist, Bringg, has appointed Chris Conway as Senior Vice President and General Manager, EMEA. Conway will lead its commercial strategy, customer relationships, and go-to-market operations across the region.

Most recently, he served as Managing Director of Quick Commerce and Food Operating Board Member at Co-op, where he helped build and scale a £500 million-plus q-commerce operation delivering from nearly 2,000 stores.

Conway also founded Peckish, a rapid delivery app that gave independent retailers access to q-commerce technology. Ane he led Asda's online grocery business and ran the online commercial team at Morrisons.

“Chris built one of the UK's most successful delivery operations as a Bringg customer and decided to come over and build it for others,” says Guy Bloch, CEO at Bringg. “EMEA retailers are making increasingly complex delivery decisions, and Bringg is building AI capabilities that help them get those decisions right. Chris knows what that looks like from the operator's seat. That firsthand experience is exactly what the market needs to scale their last-mile capabilities.”

“On the retail side, I spent years trying to make last mile delivery a competitive advantage rather than a cost,” says Conway. “I know what it takes because I lived it. I've also seen how Bringg does it, starting from deep understanding of customers' problems and using automation and AI to improve last mile performance. That's the conversation I want to have with the market.”

2026 RTIH Innovation Awards

Last mile delivery will be a key focus area at the 2026 RTIH Innovation Awards.

The awards are now open for entries and celebrate global retail technology innovation in a fast moving omnichannel world.

Our winners will be revealed at the 2026 RTIH Innovation Awards Ceremony, taking place at The HAC in Central London on Wednesday, 4th November.

Check out our 2025 winners here.

Our 2025 hall of fame entrants were revealed during a sold out event which took place at The HAC on 16th October and consisted of a drinks reception, three course meal, and awards ceremony presided over by award winning comedian, actress and writer Tiff Stevenson.

In his welcome speech, Scott Thompson, Founder and Editor, RTIH, said: “This is the awards’ fifth year as a physical event. We started off with just 30 people at the South Place Hotel not far from here, then moved to London Bridge Hotel, then The Barbican, and last year RIBA’s HQ in the West End.”

“But I’m conscious of the fact that, to quote the legend that is Taylor Swift, You’re only as hot as your last hit, baby. So, this year we’ve moved to our biggest venue yet, and also pulled in our largest number of entries to date and broken attendance records.”

He added: “This year’s submissions have without doubt been our best yet. To quote one of the judges: The examples of innovative developments across both traditional and digital retail spaces were truly remarkable.”

Congratulations to our winners, and a big thank you to our sponsors, judging panel, the legend that is Tiff Stevenson, and all those who attended our 2025 gathering.