Glenn | OUR FOUNDER
The Orchard Retail Group Founder with nearly 18 years at Cotton On Group.
Glenn played a pivotal role in growing the brand from 178 local stores to over 1,500 stores worldwide operating in 26 countries and still growing. In his last role as Chief Operations Officer, he led all operational support functions including Technology. His success in that role enabled Cotton On to grow and scale rapidly through rock solid foundations.
Glenn realised through his later days at Cotton On that his real passion was helping others be successful. He believed his experiences could assist other retailers to grow sustainably by being operationally sound. He decided to set up Orchard Retail Group.
Whether it was through ensuring their Supply Chain can cope with growth or transforming their Network, reviewing a Technology stack to ensure its solid, or creating the capability to grow through having the right support partners in place.
Countless experiences in new markets, with not much more than a mobile phone for support, has ensured a deep understanding of what it takes to open in a new market.
He loves nothing more than seeing a business evolve or transform to be successful, or open in a new market - in his words "that’s the fun stuff"
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Brent | Head of Americas
Brent is a seasoned executive with over two decades of international experience in building and optimizing global supply chains.
He excels at fostering strong partnerships with vendors and suppliers while driving operational excellence through strategic recruitment, team development, and meticulous planning.
Throughout his career, Brent has led transformative supply chain initiatives across retail, food and beverage, and third-party logistics. His work has included scaling national distribution for a premium coffee brand, spearheading U.S. expansion efforts for a fast-growing international retailer, and managing high-volume operations in a global 3PL environment. These roles have honed his ability to design agile, customer-focused networks that deliver both cost efficiency and service excellence.
Brent’s deep understanding of end-to-end supply chain dynamics—combined with a strong command of budget management, labor planning, and operational execution—has consistently produced measurable results. His track record reflects a commitment to excellence, innovation, and sustainable growth across all initiatives.
He has successfully partnered with teams and stakeholders across six continents, including Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America—bringing a truly global perspective to every project.
Claire | Head of UK/Europe
Claire is a seasoned supply chain leader with over 30 years of experience, driving operational excellence across global markets. She spent a transformative decade offshore in Asia, where she first worked with members from the Orchard Retail Group, a team that sparked a deep alignment in values and vision, resulting in the successfully delivering Cotton On’s expansion plans.
Now based in the UK for the past 10 years, Claire has continued to lead large scale logistics operations, 3PL contract management, and business expansions for a major off price retailers. Her expertise lies in delivering sustainable growth through successful teams, blending strategic insight with hands on, results driven execution.
Claire is now bringing her expertise and deep knowledge of the UK, European and Asian supply chain networks. A full circle moment in a both my career and personal life, having once lived not far from Orchard Rd in Singapore, the very road this organisation is named after.
Defined by trust, energy, and purpose. Optimised, efficient supply chain networks excites her. She is especially passionate about creating inclusive environments and championing women.
Barnaby | Senior Consultant
Barnaby is a Successful Senior Executive with extensive Global Supply Chain Management experience gleaned across sectors including Retail, FMCG and 3rd Party Logistics services. Celebrated for leading and developing teams with a natural drive and demonstrated ability to continuously improve all aspects of the Supply Chain. Stakeholder engagement a key competency enabling successful commercial outcomes and goal delivery.
A hunger for details and curious mind lead Barnaby to graduate with an honors degree in Mechanical Engineering.
Supporting this however saw him moonlight in Retail logistics for a major retailer in Australia that quickly once graduated saw him move into operational roles leading to solid career leading retail logistics and 3PL operations in Australia and the UK. When it came time for a Global 3PL to set up a pioneering Lean program in Europe his curious and questioning nature came into its own (He’d always known he wasn’t happy with a just a couple of “whys” now he was vindicated with LEAN and the famous five why’s!). This then saw a Global program rolled out in Logistics with a Lean focus that would see Barnaby apply these skills to over 60 Warehouse sites across the world through many industries in his career. Barnaby has Lead LEAN cultural improvements across Automative, Retail, Mining, FMCG and Electronics with three employers and now continues in our Orchard Engagements.
Who doesn’t like a good plan?
Still curious on the mechanics of businesses, and following rolling out a Logistics Improvement program for a Global Australian Beer, Wine and spirits business, Barnaby was asked to then then moved into Supply Chain Planning leading the Planning and Inventory functions, and supporting Program management activities for key Supply Chain Change Projects. This theme continued back into Retail where for a Global Retailer again saw his skills applied initially to resetting processes and building an improvement function for Logistics onto a build and reset of its 9 distribution centers across the globe. This involved complex WMS implementations and automation uplifts. Subsequently Barnaby has written the playbook on moving large footprint multi channel customer focused DCs successfully at least cost and minimal impact.
Planning, Program management and right sized logistics solutions is now where Barnaby is focused with our Orchard Customers.
Travis | Head of Global Transport
Travis Robertson has spent the last 25 years working in Logistics Operations and Project Management within two companies that were both on the growth trajectory. Over the past 5 years of his Cotton On journey he managed the International Freight function including a global tender that managed vendor change for the first time in 13 years. Through a variety of roles Travis has gained significant experience in understanding what is required to create strong commercial results to complement these growth strategies.
In a global business this has provided opportunity to experience different cultures through being on the ground for projects or managing teams geographically separated. It is Travis’ professional compassion combined with his love of just getting stuff done that has consistently created strong internal and external relationships that delivers results. Travis helps businesses achieve their goals and strategy by focusing on what is important and how that can be executed through collaboration and expertise learnt over success and failures in his career.
Travis has spent 30 years within community and semi-professional sport that drives his motivation to improve team and business performance as he simply loves to deliver successful results - all done with a smile, whilst having fun on the journey.
Leigh | Consultant
Leigh is a seasoned logistics and operations leader with a strong focus on warehouse design, network optimization, and distribution efficiency.
With extensive experience at Cotton On Group, Leigh has played a pivotal role in shaping global supply chain strategies, overseeing large-scale warehouse builds, and supporting operational transitions across international markets. His ability to streamline complex distribution networks has helped businesses scale efficiently while maintaining high standards of safety, automation, and cost-effectiveness.
Throughout his career, Leigh has successfully designed and implemented greenfield distribution centres, refining layouts to maximize throughput, reduce bottlenecks, and enhance overall operational flow. His expertise spans end-to-end project management, stakeholder engagement, budget planning, and tender processes for international expansions, ensuring seamless execution and integration with evolving retail demands. By leveraging data-driven insights and advanced automation solutions, Leigh has optimized warehouse functionality across multiple regions, leading to measurable improvements in efficiency and service delivery.
Beyond the technical aspects of supply chain management, Leigh is deeply committed to fostering collaboration, mentoring teams, and driving cultural excellence within organizations. He excels in engaging cross-functional teams, partnering with key stakeholders, and navigating complex logistical challenges with a strategic yet hands-on approach. His leadership extends beyond logistics, making him a valuable asset in any operation striving for innovation, resilience, and long-term success.
Outside of his professional endeavours, Leigh remains actively involved in community initiatives, volunteering in various organizations and contributing to grassroots sports development. His passion for leadership, operational excellence, and positive impact continues to shape the future of supply chain and logistics.
Ben | Consultant
Ben has many years of supply chain experience across Freight Forwarding, 3PL, transport and Information Technology. Ben spent 15+ years in China setting up global freight forwarding and contract logistics operations.
Ben focuses on helping clients to smoothen their overall supply chains, with a particular focus on order, supplier, inventory and warehouse management. He also runs our technology and origin logistics businesses.