Jan Miller Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

London, United Kingdom

Working within the Directors Team, managing the company's finances, business plan, operations, HR and legal aspects.

• Strategic Advisor to Goethe Institut for the Sudan & Europe Creative Connections project 2019-20• Consultant and Research Coach for Kenya Creative DNA and Needs Analysis research 2019-20• Entrepreneur In Residence 2019-21, and business coach at InnovationRCA start-up incubator 2017-18• Researcher & Author of Fashion DNA R&D 2018, and Lead on Fashion DNA Ukraine for British Council 2017-19• Strategic business planning and finance consultant to the Centre for Fashion Enterprise… Show more • Strategic Advisor to Goethe Institut for the Sudan & Europe Creative Connections project 2019-20• Consultant and Research Coach for Kenya Creative DNA and Needs Analysis research 2019-20• Entrepreneur In Residence 2019-21, and business coach at InnovationRCA start-up incubator 2017-18• Researcher & Author of Fashion DNA R&D 2018, and Lead on Fashion DNA Ukraine for British Council 2017-19• Strategic business planning and finance consultant to the Centre for Fashion Enterprise (CFE) incubator structure and programmes (2004-17), securing all core public funding; mentoring London Fashion Week mens & womens labels, including Mary Katrantzou, Erdem, Peter Pilotto, J W Anderson, Craig Green, Wales Bonner, Simone Rocha, Rejina Pyo, Phoebe English, Christopher Raeburn, Molly Goddard, Phoebe English• Fashion East mentor 2017• Strategic Advisor to the Mayor Of London’s East London Fashion Cluster project 2016-2018.• Access To Finance advisor to creative and cultural industry SMEs for Arts Council - Prosper and Creative Industries Finance• Project Manager of DCMS feasibility study to increase UK high-end fashion production capacity;• Manager for DIT International Business Course - sector training for Commercial Officers• Advisor to London College of Fashion's project to up-skill women offenders at HMPrison Send;• Toolkits Author: For British Council, NESTA and Fashion Alliance - Fashion Designer Ecosystem Needs Analysis; High-end manufacturing; Fashion production management;• Led successful application for Centre for Fashion Curation’s application for research centre status;• Fashion Sector Needs Analysis in Antwerp/Belgium, Bilbao/Spain, Doha/Qatar, Kyiv/Ukraine, Leeds/UK;• Portfolio of business growth diagnostics/consultancy support for creative businesses : digital businesses, high-end labels, sales agents, wholesale labels, and e-commerce companies;• Author of inception business plan for IMA (Istanbul Moda Academy) and Incube fashion incubator; Show less

London, United Kingdom

University of the Arts LondonExcellent track record of identifying creative industries and fashion sector knowledge, infrastructure and skills gaps, and developing solutions to meet these gaps. Includes securing major funding awards for international trade activities, business growth support programmes, knowledge transfer activities, incubator services, manufacturing support, showcasing facilities and intellectual property protection. Expert bid writer, with approx £10million value… Show more University of the Arts LondonExcellent track record of identifying creative industries and fashion sector knowledge, infrastructure and skills gaps, and developing solutions to meet these gaps. Includes securing major funding awards for international trade activities, business growth support programmes, knowledge transfer activities, incubator services, manufacturing support, showcasing facilities and intellectual property protection. Expert bid writer, with approx £10million value projects secured to support the UK fashion sector early on from the LDA and then latterly from the European Commission's ERDF, H2020 and other programmes, and which secured the CFE's core external funding from 2006 to 2019. Project management, monitoring and impact evaluation are additional strengths embedded into all activities.European CommissionRegularly contracted to assess EC projects including the EIT (European Institute of Innovation & Technology) 2016, the TWINNING programme 2015. Also assessing Horizon 2020 SME Instrument I and II grant applications in the advanced manufacturing and nano technology themes.Innovate UKAssessor for the following digital competitions:• Emerging & Enabling Technologies (2017)• Women In Innovation (2016)• An Integrated Future For Cities (2015);• Urban Living: Integrated products and services (2015);• Re-Imagining The High Street (2014);• SMART competition applications in the Creative Industries categories (ongoing annually since 2010). Show less

• Presentation of paper ‘The emergence of Fashion Tourism as a valuable city asset’ at the Bilbao Fashion Forum, May 2015• Member of the expert pool for the Panel for the European Commission’s ‘European Capitals of Culture’;•Strategic advice to City of Antwerp (depts of Tourism + Economy) on the fashion marketing strategy for the city, including an assessment of the assets and opportunities to create a new Masterplan for the fashion tourism image and eco-system within… Show more • Presentation of paper ‘The emergence of Fashion Tourism as a valuable city asset’ at the Bilbao Fashion Forum, May 2015• Member of the expert pool for the Panel for the European Commission’s ‘European Capitals of Culture’;•Strategic advice to City of Antwerp (depts of Tourism + Economy) on the fashion marketing strategy for the city, including an assessment of the assets and opportunities to create a new Masterplan for the fashion tourism image and eco-system within Antwerp;•Author of Feasibility Study to Leeds City Council for developing the fashion eco-system and launch of a fashion incubator; Advisory Committee member of RODA Cultural Association, Las Arenas (Vizcaya, Spain), supporting the creative and cultural industries vision for Bilbao, UNESCO City of Design;• Scoping consultancy to Enterprise Qatar for a design and fashion incubator to develop a new creative economy for the region;• Project Manager of 'The Designer Fashion Economy' research commissioned by NESTA;• Strategy for the development of Incube, the fashion incubator in Istanbul;• Member of Bath In Fashion Festival Steering Group. Show less

• Strategic business planning and finance consultant to the Centre for Fashion Enterprise (CFE) 2004 to 2017, strategic planning for the CFE incubator structure and securing all UK and european funding in that time, and mentoring London Fashion Week emerging menswear and womenswear labels. Client list includes Mary Katrantzou, Erdem, Peter Pilotto, J W Anderson, Craig Green, Faustine Steinmetz, Wales Bonner, Rejina Pyo, Simone Rocha, Phoebe English, Meadham Kirchhoff, Molly Goddard and… Show more • Strategic business planning and finance consultant to the Centre for Fashion Enterprise (CFE) 2004 to 2017, strategic planning for the CFE incubator structure and securing all UK and european funding in that time, and mentoring London Fashion Week emerging menswear and womenswear labels. Client list includes Mary Katrantzou, Erdem, Peter Pilotto, J W Anderson, Craig Green, Faustine Steinmetz, Wales Bonner, Rejina Pyo, Simone Rocha, Phoebe English, Meadham Kirchhoff, Molly Goddard and Christopher Raeburn.• Partnership building and consultancy for the CFE, including projects in Qatar, Leeds, and Istanbul to assist these regions to develop their strategies to develop the fashion and creative economies, and to develop new models of fashion incubation relating to their specific fashion eco-systems and challenges. Show less