Meet this year’s judging panel

Jennifer Brandeen

Chief revenue officer, International Franchise Association

Jennifer Brandeen joined the International Franchise Association (IFA) as the Chief Revenue Officer in November 2019. Prior to joining the IFA, Jennifer served in a variety of roles ranging from sales and marketing to finance and consulting, most recently leading strategy and business development for Sylvan Learning.

Alisdair Gray

CEO, European Franchise Federation

Alisdair was appointed executive director of the European Franchise Federation in 2021. Based in Brussels since 1997, he has advised companies and trade associations on political campaigns and engagement in both the UK and EU legislative environments. He has over 15 years’ experience working with retailers and that has included overturning the payment card monopoly at EU level, by reducing interchange fees on transactions both in-store and online. Alisdair also helped bring about a reform of the EU's trade defence instrument regime following a series of trade disputes between the EU and China.

Pip Wilkins

CEO, British Franchise Association

With 20 years' experience in the franchise sector, Pip represents the U.K. at both the European Franchise Federation and World Franchise Council. The bfa has grown to be one of the largest franchise associations in Europe, and one of the most successful associations in the world.

Andrew Brattesani

Head of franchising, HSBC UK

Andrew Brettesani has held a number of managerial roles within HSBC, including his last role as senior area commercial director, leading the largest commercial banking team in the U.K. out of HSBC Headquarters in Canary Wharf with a portfolio of some 4,000 SME clients.

Dr. Ljiljana Kukec

President, Croatian Franchise Association

Dr. Ljiljana Kukec, has a Ph.D. in Franchising and has taught at several European Universities. As a franchise expert and the president of the Croatian franchise association, vice president of the Franchise Center/Croatian Chamber of Economy, board of directors’ member of the European Franchise Federation, and member of the World Franchise Council, she is often a guest lecturer at various business schools, conferences, and events worldwide.

Farrah Rose

Head of international development, The Franchising Centre

Farrah has unrivalled experience in international franchising and has been operating in this field since 1984. Initially working for major corporations, such as Burger King and Arcadia Group Plc, Farrah began advising businesses as a consultant in 1996. She has worked closely with non-profit making organisations such as the Department of Trade and Commerce in Guernsey, UKTI retail London, and was the advisor on international franchising and licensing to a Maltese Government body, commissioned by the Commonwealth Secretariat.

Pertunia Sibanyoni

Chairperson, Franchise Association of South Africa

Pertunia Sibanyoni was appointed as the new chairperson of FASA for 2021/2022 effective March 2021. She has 17 years’ experience in franchising, 12 of them spent in the oil and energy sectors with Shell and currently four in the automotive and financial services as the CEO of InspectaCar (Pty) Limited, the only used car franchised business owned by WesBank.

Callum Floyd

Managing director, Franchize Consultants and long-term board member, Franchise Association of New Zealand

Callum has more than 25 years of experience in franchising, commencing with Masters of Commerce and PhD theses researching franchising. Franchize Consultants is New Zealand’s leading company supporting new and established franchisors with franchise strategy, structure and management consulting, training and research.

Platinum Sponsor

Kay Ainsley

Managing director, MSA Worldwide

Kay provides franchise feasibility assessment and franchise program development, structure, and strategy that enable clients to meet their objectives. She also provides valuable expertise to established franchisors on system expansion, enhancing franchisee performance, franchise relations, profitability, system compliance, and effectively instituting change.