Speakers

Sharon Bligh is the Director of Health & Sustainability at The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF), leading global business collaboration on building healthier lives, reducing food waste and accelerating decarbonisation.

Sharon works with CEOs of the largest consumer goods retailers and manufacturers globally, accelerating actions to ensure better lives through better business. She leads the CGF’s Healthier Lives, the Food Loss & Waste and the Net Zero Coalitions of Action.  Working closely with global CEOs who form the CGF’s Board of Directors on coalition progress towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals is a key part of her role.

Having joined the CGF for over two decades, Sharon is passionate about the power of collaboration as a catalyst for change. She actively engages with experts from the retail and manufacturing sectors, as well as multi-stakeholder groups, to craft solutions that benefit people and the planet.