I work in the fashion and luxury field, with my Co-Founder and/or Executive roles at a number of companies as my key experience and background. My main expertise in the industry would be brand identity development, brand platforming and communication -- however I am pretty much all-round, carrying broad experience with the 'fashion system' in terms of financial and business planning, merchandising, general operations, HR, supply chain, seed or "series a" investments, and so on. My educational background is originally in philosophy and history (MA, University of Amsterdam, MA). After a stint in politics at the European Parliament in Brussels, I was granted a scholarship in the field of political science and entered Université libre de Bruxelles as a PhD Candidate and lecturer. Towards the end of this period I co-founded MARINE SERRE SARL, of which I also became its first CEO. In this role I would manage three years of business development under hypergrowth: we started from zero turnover in early 2017 to well above 10M by the end of 2020. While immersing myself in the creative process, I ensured the brand's identity and overall strategy remained conceptually aligned and choherent, meanwhile crafting and securing operational planning, commercial development, finances, HR and supply chain. In 2020 I started fully for myself, with an independent Bureau under which I mostly assist emerging designer labels. As such I collaborate or have collaborated over the past years with a range of creative directors, brands, and institutions in and out Paris Fashion Week. Intermittently, I have also taken up Executive positions again, at Ludovic de Saint Sernin in 2022 and at Carven in 2023.Starting 2024, I commenced the structure Altered States with Violette Stehli, carrying and developing her eponymous jewellery brand. I further love to teach, covering seminars or workshops, today mostly in entrepeneurship and brand development in fashion or related fields.