Sathya Nandakumar is the Chief Technology Officer at Holland & Barrett with a remit to lead the tech transformation of the business, taking them from a well-known 150-year-old retailer to a global health and wellness business with tech and data at the heart of everything they do.  She has been instrumental in establishing the in-house software engineering, cloud platform and operations team that build and run H&B’s technology across UK/I and Benelux.

Since her first software engineering role, Sathya’s passion, energy and deep industry knowledge have been fundamental to her leading hugely successful turnaround initiatives for various well-known retailers. Sathya is a passionate believer in learning and career development and has supported various graduate and apprentice programmes to bring future talent to our industry.