Highly experienced consultant in European retail and global manufacturing.

Appointed as Chairman of the UK Fashion and Textile Industry in May 2015. The UKFT has 2,500 members they represent within the UK manufacturing and textile sector. The board are heavily involved in Brexit negotiations to ensure the industry maintains a strong voice within the Government and are passionate about developing a growing trade for fashion and textiles in the UK and export.

Non Executive Director representing Bain Capital

Founding partner of Prominent Europe in conjunction with Itochu Corporation (founded in 1992). Prominent Europe specialises in fashion apparel supply, serving a broad client base offering men’s shirts, suits, womenswear and casualwear to retailers across Europe. It also owns the Savile Row tailor brand Chester Barrie and holds the menswear licence for Richard James Mayfair line. Instrumental in instructing offices across Europe, now found in Barcelona, Paris and Milan as well as London. Became Group Chairman in 2001.Restructured and merged Quantam Clothing Group into the Prominent Europe business after acquiring it in 2012. Key role in the company’s development from shirt specialist to the leading garment importer in Europe it is today. Extensive experience of Asian manufacturing having controlled owned factories in shirts, tailoring, lingerie and hosiery with a workforce of 8700 people .Lead Prominent Europe into the branded market, made strategic purchase of Chester Barrie in 1997, increasing the footprint from one store to 13 shop-in-shops in the UK and Italy as well as a healthy wholesale business and licences in China and Korea.Lead Richard James Mayfair licence from 2012, growing into 12 shop-in-shops in the UK and France.