Appointed Managing Director of Damm UK in October 2024, Luke White brings extensive knowledge of the UK beer industry and a proven track record in building high-performing teams. He leads the strategic, operational and commercial direction of the business, driving growth across the branded portfolio that includes Estrella Damm, Damm Lemon, Victoria Malaga and Complot, while ensuring strong customer relationships, building a sustainable co-packing business and championing the hospitality industry.
Luke began his career in hospitality at 16 before moving into tourism marketing and sales, later joining AB InBev. During a decade with its UK arm, Budweiser Brewing Group, he progressed through the business running multiple commercial functions and growth projects, demonstrating expertise in leading and coaching ambitious commercial teams.
At Damm UK, he has overseen the final development of its Bedford Eagle Brewery site, secured exclusive UK distribution for Kirin Ichiban and Northern Monk, and led the global-first launch of Estrella Damm 0.0% in the UK. Focused on sustainable growth, Luke aims to double UK output and further establish Estrella Damm as the super premium Spanish lager of choice in an increasingly competitive market.
Ramon Agenjo Bosch (Barcelona, 1957) is a board member and Secretary of the Board of Directors of Damm, Chairman of Grupo Cacaolat since 2022, and a board member of several Damm group companies. The great-grandson of Damm’s founder, Joseph Damm, his professional career has been developed primarily within the brewing group for more than four decades.
He holds degrees in Economics and in Business Administration and Management from the Abat Oliba University, as well as a diploma in Business Studies from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. He also holds several postgraduate qualifications and the title of Commercial Expert (Perito Mercantil) from the University of Barcelona.
Agenjo is also Trustee-Director of the Damm Foundation and Chairman of the Estrella de Levante Foundation—which channel the company’s patronage and philanthropic initiatives in the cultural, sporting, and social spheres—as well as Chairman of Club de Fútbol Damm; Pickle Pro Tour, a national pickleball circuit; Barcelona Global, with which he has been associated since the organization’s inception; and the Ramon Llull ETHOS Chair. He also serves as First Vice President of the Fundació Orfeó Català – Palau de la Música Catalana. In addition, he is Treasurer of the Catalan Academy of Gastronomy and Nutrition and is a member of the boards of trustees of the country’s leading cultural, educational, and social institutions.
Maria is a legally qualified financial services professional with a background spanning law, government
and regulatory practice. Before joining PIMFA, she built her career across Westminster Parliament,
the civil service and the private sector, including Thomson Reuters, bringing together legal expertise,
strategic thinking and the ability to navigate complex and fast-moving regulatory landscapes.
At PIMFA, Maria leads on operational policy, regulation and innovation, covering areas including
artificial intelligence, cyber and operational resilience, transaction reporting, CASS, operational tax,
digital assets and the modernisation of market infrastructure.
Marie Grønkjær van Es, Partner within digital transformation and leadership; specialises in driving digital transformations in regulated contexts across the Financial Services & Pharma – translating strategy into practice and embedding new ways of working at scale.
With 14+ years of experience, she has led complex, global change programmes focused on the human side of digital change: building ownership across executives, managers, frontline teams, and shifting behaviours and culture to enable adoption.
In recent years, Marie has worked particularly with AI transformations and is currently focused on AI in leadership: what it requires of leaders to unlock AI’s transformative potential. In Marie’s experience, embedding AI responsibly and effectively demands clarity of direction, trust by design, and leadership that clears structural and cultural barriers to scale.
Monika Rappe is Head of Tech at SPP, where she drives the company’s evolution to a fast‑moving, tech‑driven organisation. With roots in product management at Siemens and nearly a decade as management consultant at McKinsey, Monika brings a mix of strategy and execution. Since joining SPP, she has held roles spanning Product, Operations and Innovation leadership. Today she focuses on scaling modern engineering, responsible AI, and rapid experimentation to unlock new growth.
Donald MacArthur is an oil and gas professional with over 25 years’ experience in the UKCS, specialising in late-life asset management and well decommissioning. As Operations Director and Wells Technical Authority at THREE60 Energy, he leads the safe and efficient management of wells and pipelines, with a strong focus on integrity and end-of-life delivery. Donald has progressed through a range of technical and leadership roles within the company since 2004, including Drilling Superintendent and Well Engineering Manager, building extensive experience in well operations, integrity management and abandonment across the full asset lifecycle.
“Genady Chybranov heads a dedicated BFSI Centre of Excellence, leading a specialist team with deep financial‑services expertise. He brings 20+ years of hands‑on experience designing and operating data and AI systems in regulated environments, with a sharp focus on agentic AI, model risk and controls, and enterprise architectures that are compliant by design (AI Act, DORA, NIS2).
Genady has held senior technology roles at Barclays and served as CTO for Financial Services at Hitachi, where he built and scaled production systems across banking and insurance. He is an active member of the Open Finance and Smart Payments working groups at the European Banking Association, where his current work explores Agentic Finance—from customer‑owned agents to machine‑to‑machine transactions and the governance patterns that make them safe.
