Erik Oken is the global head of retail and consumer investment banking at J.P Morgan. Throughout his expansive career at the firm, he has been dedicated to growing companies in the consumer goods, food and beverage, and luxury sectors in ways that not only help them excel, but also adapt to and anticipate the ever changing retail landscape. We talk about: the need to transform the food system, the acceleration of the retail landscape, the enabling nature of technology, the importance to marry creativity with data, and more.

Interviewed by Mortimer Singer.