Industry, finance, media and technology leaders lend their standing to the first edition.
An advisory board does two things for a first edition: it sets the standard for who is in the room, and it tells the market this is serious. FIA’s board spans design, payments, publishing and technology.
Why a cross-sector board
The conference argues that fashion’s problems are not fashion problems — they are financing, logistics and market access problems. The board is composed to match, with members drawn from outside the industry as much as inside it.
If the value chain is the subject, the value chain has to be in the governance.
Further appointments will be announced ahead of October as the programme locks.
