Renée is an advisor to business leaders and entrepreneurs on purpose, resilience and strategy.

She has 30 years’ experience in values-led business and has been nominated 50 Most Impactful Social Innovators, Britain’s 100 Most Entrepreneurial Women, London’s 1000 Most Influential People, Businesswomen of the Year and more.

In 1995, Renée pioneered Planet Organic, the UK’s first organic supermarket, and changed the way the UK thinks about food. With her mission to promote health in the community, Renée challenged conventional retail and showed that values-led, commercially-driven business is Good Business. Today Planet Organic is a beloved, successful multi-million pound brand.

At Planet Organic, Renée discovered tools along her roller-coaster entrepreneurial journey for living and working better that led to her second wellbeing business in 2017. Beluga Bean is a wellbeing enterprise, championing whole person wellbeing – personally and professionally. 

Her business acumen is coupled with a whole person approach of supporting people to overcome fears and limiting beliefs. Her gift is creating clarity and empowering people. She understands what it means to juggle work and home, and recognizes the vital balance between them.

Renée has volunteered at the Soil Association since 1999 as a crusader for sustainable agriculture and better food. She is author of cutting-edge cookbooks, a prolific corporate and public motivational speaker and a full-on mom of three.