David Ramsay

David is from Edinburgh and is a Graduate of the Scottish College of Textiles. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society Of Arts, a Member of the Licensing Executives Society and a Chartered Associate of the Textile Institute.

He has extensive experience of design, branding, marketing, licensing and business development gained by working in over 35 countries stretching from the Middle East, Asia, India, Australia, USA, Canada and Europe for major corporate organisations such as Adidas, Wrangler, Coats Viyella and the Tootal Group.

During his career he has been involved in many aspects of the textile and clothing industries including worsted and woollen woven manufacture, warp and weft knitting, fully-fashioned and cut and sew knitwear and performance textiles. He has an in-depth commercial understanding of textile manufacturing techniques.

As a former Guest lecturer at UMIST, Durham Business School and guest speaker at international conferences in Sun City, Taipei, Hong Kong, Istanbul, Bangkok and Phuket he has influenced developing minds. He has organised major licensee conferences in Singapore, Jakarta, Malacca, Stockholm, Dubai and Amman and conducted joint seminars with major organisations such as PriceWaterhouseCoopers.
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Personal website
www.davidjramsay.co.uk

Sean Chiles

Sean is from London and is a fashion graduate of St. Martin’s School of Art. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a Flying Start Mentor for the National Council for Graduate Entrepreneurship and a Visiting Professor in Fashion at The Domus Academy in Milan. He is based in Barcelona and London.

On leaving St. Martin's he worked as a menswear designer in Hong Kong and has since lived and worked in the USA, Australia, Japan, India and Turkey the UK and Spain. His career path has taken him from Assistant to Tommy Nutter on Savile Row in London, through Designer and on to Board level for high street retail groups handling brands such as Van Heusen, Viyella, and Aertex.

He has worked for some of the leading design, fashion, and textile business names and in fashion education and external assessment at Diploma, Degree and Masters level.

Sean has been involved with the Royal Society of Arts Student Design Awards as a judge and advisor on the fashion panel since 1993, and has been involved in judging the Marketing entries at Graduate Fashion Week in London.
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Personal website
www.seanchiles.net