Dominique Lebigot is the Chief Procurement Officer for LVMH Wines and Spirits

Darcy Gilbert is Vice President of Global Food and Beverage Sourcing at McDonald’s, where she leads more than $30 billion in annual spend across 40,000+ restaurants, 100+ markets, and a global network of supplier partners. She is responsible for bringing together commercial sourcing, sustainability, and supply chain resiliency to ensure long‑term access to safe, affordable food for the business and its customers.

Darcy leads teams that make complex tradeoffs every day—balancing cost, availability, risk, and long‑term supply health in a highly volatile global environment. Her work focuses on building sourcing strategies that are commercially disciplined while strengthening supply continuity, farmer viability, and system resilience over time.

With experience spanning operations, supply chain, and supplier strategy, Darcy works closely with franchisees, markets, and suppliers to navigate disruption, manage risk, and support growth across diverse geographies. She is particularly focused on modernizing sourcing capabilities to improve cost predictability, strengthen decision‑making, and embed sustainability and resiliency into core commercial processes rather than treating them as separate objectives.

Since joining McDonald’s in 2010, Darcy has held leadership roles across U.S. and global supply chain functions. She began her career on the supplier side of the QSR industry, shaping a practical, partnership‑driven leadership style grounded in mutual accountability and shared outcomes.

A committed people leader, Darcy is passionate about developing talent, building inclusive teams, and creating environments where diverse expertise comes together to solve complex global challenges.

Darcy holds a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, Food Science from the University of Georgia and is based in Chicago, Illinois. She also serves on the Advancement Council of the Midtown Metro Achievement Center, supporting the development of future female leaders.

Eric Gorlier is the Global Head of Procurement for Commodities and Sustainability at Nestlé.

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Ian Amin is the Vice President of Strategic Sourcing at Lipari Foods, a regional full-line deli, bakery, packaging, and grocery distributor, headquartered outside of Detroit, MI. He focuses on $1B+ in cost of goods optimization, growing strategic supplier partnerships, private label expansion, and leveraging data to drive category excellence.

Earlier in his career, Ian held sourcing and category management roles at Home Chef (part of the Kroger Company), Aryzta, US Foods, and Gordon Foodservice Canada. Ian holds a B.A. in Business Management and French from Hope College. In his spare time, he enjoys spending time with his family (including his two daughters), traveling, and cooking.

Sanjay Setty is currently the Chief Procurement Officer at TKC Holdings, a St Louis-based foodservice company owned by HIG Capital. He also serves as an Advisory Board Member of CoreTrust. He served previously as an Advisory Board Member at Mintec, a global price reporting agency for agricultural commodities. Prior to TKC Holdings, he led the procurement and supply chain team at Freshly, a DTC prepared meal company that was purchased by Nestle in 2020. Prior to that, he was the head of procurement at KIND and held numerous regional and global procurement and supply chain leadership roles at Mondelez. Finally, Sanjay was a management consultant at Kearney earlier in his career. He has a B.S. in mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan and an MBA from Columbia University. Sanjay resides in New York City with his family.

Ryan has spent the past 25 years with StoneX and currently leads the Agricultural Commodity group out of Kansas City.  In that capacity, he is responsible for the structuring and execution of commodity price risk management programs for producers, processors, and end users across the Food, Ag, and Beverage space.      

Steve Tucker began his procurement career at 18, leaving school to join Mars as a category manager trading commodities—cutting his teeth on the volatility, complexity, and margin pressure that define direct materials sourcing. That early, hands-on experience became the throughline of a 30-year enterprise software career, including scaling Evisort ahead of its acquisition by Workday.

Today, Steve is the Founder and CEO of Kodiact, an AI-native procurement intelligence platform purpose-built for direct materials in food & beverage, CPG, and manufacturing. Kodiact combines contextual reasoning, should-cost intelligence, and human judgment to help procurement leaders navigate commodity volatility, resolve materials at scale, and make sharper sourcing decisions—turning fragmented data into defensible strategy

A British-American dual citizen, Steve pairs deep category expertise with a builder’s instinct for translating hard procurement problems into practical AI. He’s a frequent voice on the future of direct materials sourcing, the economics of commodity risk, and what it takes to make enterprise AI genuinely useful to the people running procurement.

As Associate Vice President at Independent Purchasing Cooperative (IPC), Erick Rodriguez leads Commodity Risk Management, Sourcing Strategy, and Supply Chain Analytics for Subway® restaurants. He focuses on optimizing COGS, enabling data-driven decision-making, and improving restaurant-level unit economics.

With over a decade of experience, Erick specializes in food cost management, sourcing transformation, and AI-enabled analytics to enhance financial performance across complex, multi-unit systems. He oversees approximately $3.8B in annual spend and has delivered more than +$300M in cost value through strategic sourcing initiatives, commodity risk management, and cross-functional commercial integration.

Prior to IPC, Erick held leadership roles at Stable, Ventura Foods, and Restaurant Supply Chain Solutions (Yum! Brands). He began his career at Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), where he led sales and commodity trading with global food companies. At Stable, he played a pivotal role in commercializing first-of-their-kind hedging solutions for non-traded food, energy, & packaging commodities, helping food companies manage price volatility in previously illiquid markets.

Erick holds a Bachelor of Science in Food Industry Management with a specialization in Agricultural Economics from Michigan State University and an MBA from the University of Illinois.

Joe joined Expana as part of Mintec’s acquisition of Urner Barry. After starting his career at Urner Barry in sales, Joe held several reporting, management, and leadership positions within the organization, before becoming CEO. He has a strong track record in utilizing his deep experience in price reporting to initiate benchmark coverage in high-value, opaque markets. He also possesses rich expertise in working with organizations to align their reporting practices in order to become IOSCO-assured (the gold standard for Price Reporting Agencies). Joe holds a B.S. in Business Administration from Siena College. In his spare time, he enjoys surfing, fishing, skiing, off-road motorcycling, and spending time with family and friends.

Jamie Chadwick is Managing Editor, directing the company’s news division in the Americas. She leads an elite team of writers, analysts, and global correspondents responsible for delivering the latest in breaking agricultural and food industry news to our network of subscribers. Serving previously as a livestock analyst for Urner Barry, she developed the framework for reporting impactful and objective intelligence for those operating throughout the entire agri-food space. Jamie has authored numerous educational resources on behalf of the protein industry and her experience has made her a sought-after speaker at industry events in the U.S., Canada and in Europe. She is a champion of the Women in Food and Agriculture initiative, serving as the Summit Chairman and campaign spokesperson.  

As Director of Market Reporting, Tosin has extensive experience in analysing, interpreting, and communicating commodity and agricultural market intelligence across various markets within the food and beverage supply chain. Leading a skilled team of market reporters, she ensures the delivery of reliable commodity prices, insightful market data analysis, and evaluation of critical event impacts on market dynamics. Beyond overseeing day-to-day operations, she provides invaluable specialist knowledge and actionable insights for stakeholders in the food and agriculture industry.  

 

Tosin has a degree in Agricultural Economics from the University of Ibadan and a Master’s in International Economics, Finance and Development from the University of Surrey. 

Amanda Rastovic is a Senior Forecasting Analyst with Expana. Prior to Expana, she spent 10 years as a Risk Management Consultant at StoneX. She has worked closely with a wide variety of companies to open markets, educate, and support their growth. She has been involved in the National Grain and Feed Association, most recently as a Finance & Administration Committee member for several years. She holds an undergraduate degree from Purdue University in Agricultural Business Management and an MBA in Finance. 

Russ Whitman is Director Market Reporting for Urner Barry by Expana and oversees all of the company’s protein market reporting initiatives in the Americas. Russ joined Urner Barry in 1986 and was initially involved with COMTELL sales and support. He also served as Manager of the Instant Market News Department and coordinated the company’s marketing efforts. By providing oversight to the PRA team, Russ helps ensure that all market researchers, reporters and managing editors are fully in-line with Expana’s methodology while observing IOSCO compliant reporting guidelines. As one of our most tenured team members, Russ holds prestigious, industry-wide recognition and often presents at events and conferences.  

Whitman graduated from Washington & Lee University, Lexington, Virginia, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration with special attainments in Commerce. 

Marcel joined Expana in 2019, bringing a wealth of experience in price reporting, analytics, and risk management. At Expana, Marcel leads the proprietary agri-food and industrial coverage, empowering stakeholders across the value chain to make informed business decisions and mitigate risks through best-in-class price benchmarks, news, and analytics. Since joining, Marcel has been instrumental in transforming Expana into the largest IOSCO-assured Price Reporting Agency (PRA) in the agri-food sector, leveraging advanced in-house capabilities and strategic M&A.

Marcel’s expertise in enhancing transparency within physical commodity markets stems from his outstanding achievements at global firms such as S&P Global. Marcel holds an MSc in Energy, Trade & Finance from Cass Business School and outside of work, Marcel enjoys spending time with his family and playing golf.