John Wilson is Professor of Business History at Northumbria University Newcastle, UK. He has published extensively on the evolution of British business, including (with Tony Webster) a history of The Co-operative Group for its 150th anniversary.

Anthony Webster is Professor of Business History at Northumbria University. He has researched and published widely on the history of business in the British Empire, and the international co-operative movement. He works closely with the Co-operative Group, is a Trustee of the Co-operative Heritage Trust and convenes the Co-operative Research Network (CoRNet) for the Co-operative College in Manchester.

Espen Ekberg is Professor of Economic History and the current Head of the Centre for Business History at BI Norwegian Business School, Oslo, Norway. His main research interests include financial history, maritime history, the history of retailing and historiography. He has published several books, book chapters as well as articles in leading journals such as Business History, Journal of Global History and International Journal of Maritime History.

Samuli Skurnik was Managing Director of Pellervo Coop Center in 1989-2003 (https://pellervo.fi/en/) and Research Director of Pellervo Economic Research Institute 1979-89 (www.ptt.fi). He is former vice-president of the Finnish Strategic Management Society (2003-11).