MARK
Canada

Mark is an influential and entrepreneurial professional, with proven business acumen demonstrated through a lifetime career in the clothing industry. Over the course of his career, he has been recognized as a forward-thinking and integrity-rooted leader, committed to building high-value and loyal relationships across major brands and luxury retailers. At his core, he is a risk-minded strategist and continuous learner, committed to persevering and thriving while staying ahead of the curve as a sales leader, business owner and team builder.

JAN
General

Growing up in a family with over 200 years of history in the textile industry, Jan breathes and lives fashion. Starting in retail sales at age of 15, he gained a deep understanding about all aspects of  retail and visual merchandising. After many years as a buyer in different segments of fashion, he has traveled around the globe building a robust portfolio working in fashion. As a fashion business entrepreneur, Jan has harnessed his vast knowledge and insight into all aspects of the business. He has introduced a unique one-stop full service consultancy that guides brands to navigate successfully and expand internationally.

CHRISTY
Canada

Christy grew up in Hong Kong and moved to Canada at the age of 15. As she was surrounded by millions of attractive marketing campaigns in HK, she developed profound interest in marketing. Along with a family background in the fashion and interior design industries, Christy decided to turn her passion for design and marketing into a career. Christy graduated from University of Toronto with a distinction in the Business and Marketing program, and won first place in the UTSC Investor Pitch Competition. Now, she is a Fashion Design Student at Ryerson University.

ALEXANDRE
France

Raised in a textile family, Alexandre grew up with a love for fabrics and fashion. Starting at a young age in sales at a retail chain company laid the foundation of his deep understanding of the importance of customer care and retail concepts.

With this knowledge Alexandre developed his own retail concept with several stores in France. Next to managing the stores, he began as sales agent and later as country manager with the result of starting his own fashion agency.

Alexandre is recognized as a go-getter and an innovative professional with an entrepreneurial spirit and an international mentality, connecting brands to the French market.

ROBERTO
Analytics

For 25 years in the world of fashion, Roberto has gained extensive experience in studying the market dynamics of many important brands. He currently collaborates with Fashion Bank as key account manager and deals with the development of geomarketing analysis of distribution.

His skills acquired over the years are a valid support for the development of the market strategies of companies that want to start, to increase and to optimize their presence in the markets.

LEAH
USA

After completing the executive training program at Bloomingdales, and holding multiple roles in the buying office, Leah received a Master’s Degree in Chinese Luxury Consumer Culture from Columbia University.

She went on to oversee J Brand Men’s US wholesale business, before running Echo Design’s International and Licensing Divisions. In this role she launched Polo Ralph Lauren and Lauren Ralph Lauren soft accessories in the Japanese and Korean Markets and expanded the Echo business across Europe, Australia and Asia.

Most recently Leah founded Toki Territory, where she executed distribution contracts of different brands like Kate Spade, Vince Camuto and Underprotection.

FRANCESCO
Germany

After gaining valuable experiences in various high responsibility management positions in the German fashion industry, Francesco eventually ended up founding his own company. The ARTIS Fashion Group quickly became successful and is now considered one of the most important companies within Germany in terms of fashion. Their services: Strategy Consulting, Sales Trainings, a Media Agency and of course a Multi Label showroom with several locations in Germany, offers growth possibilities for brands in Germany, Swiss and Austria.