Tristan Kitchener

Director,
HARPS

Tristan is an ex-retailer, having previously held senior positions with Sainsbury’s (UK) and Coles supermarkets, and is now a management consultant providing advice and support along the grocery value chain, from major retailers through to manufacturers and primary producers.

Tristan has his own consulting business, Kitchener Partners Pty Ltd, focused upon providing strategic and advisory support. Increasingly Tristan assists businesses understand the implications of the changing retail and consumer environment and helps identify solutions to key business challenges.

In addition, Tristan has recently assumed the role of Course Director for the Produce Executive Program, a longstanding industry-led course that has been in operation for 25 years. He is also an Operating Partner for ROC Partners and a part-owner of Agricultural Networks.

Tristan manages and operates the Harmonised Australian Retailer Produce Scheme (HARPS) on behalf of the major grocery retailers in Australia (ALDI, Coles, Costco, Harris Farms, Metcash (IGA) and Woolworths) and Hello Fresh, Marley Spoon and McDonalds. HARPS is a retailer-led scheme designed to assist with compliance to food safety, legal and trade requirements for suppliers of fresh produce.