Ethical Fashion Consultancy
Ethical Fashion Consultancy
The Ethical Fashion Consultancy (EFC) was founded to enable the Ethical Fashion Forum to deliver services to businesses and organisations.
The EFC is fully owned by the Ethical Fashion Forum (EFF) with all profits dedicated towards the EFF.
The EFC has orchestrated training programmes and delivered projects to a wide range of international clients; from fashion houses and the International Trade Centre (ITC) to the BBC and many more.
The EFC is governed by an expert board. Listed below are the Ethical Fashion Consultancy Board member profiles.
Please visit the Consultancy of this website for more details on the work of the Ethical Fashion Consultancy.
You can also go to the Consultants Pool for profiles of other experts we work with on EFF and EFC projects.
Clare Lissaman
Clare Lissaman is a consultant on ethical and fair trade. She has a particular focus on labour standards in global supply chains, helping disadvantaged producers to access mainstream markets and exploring the impact of trade on poor communities. Clare works with business large and small, NGOs and innovative projects. Clare is also an experienced trainer, developing and implementing training courses on social accountability and ethical trade to several UK retailers. Clients include Adili.com, Gap Inc, Bureau Veritas, the Fairtrade Foundation (where she helped launch Fairtrade cotton), Traidcraft and 21st Century Leaders.
Clare was formerly the UK director for RUGMARK – the certification, labelling and development initiative working to end exploited child labour in south Asia’s rug industry. She read Oriental Studies (Chinese) at Oxford and previously worked in Hong Kong and China, first with a Belgian trading company, then moving to the aid and development agency, Crossroads International. She also ran the Hong Kong Asian Conservation Awareness Programme.
A trained social and environmental auditor, Clare has a breadth of knowledge and experience in the challenges of building up sustainable supply chains, the ins and outs of standards and certification and a passion and belief that trade can, and should, benefit rather than exploit poor communities.
Diana Bonham
Diana is a highly experienced industry professional with 20 years senior buying experience in fashion multiples. She has notable proficiency in developing, sourcing, launching and building brands.
Most recently as Brand Manager for Aurora Intimates, developing and launching lingerie, nightwear and swimwear collections for Odille and Karen Millen.
Diana is an experienced manager having recruited, developed and mentored teams of designers, buyers, merchandisers and technologists; as well as PR and marketing teams.
Previously Diana was Head of Buying at Oasis, managing buying teams on clothing, shoes and accessories. She has implemented sourcing strategies for all product areas, in countries including Far East, India, Turkey, Europe and Africa; working both directly with factories, also through agents and on a CMT basis, she has developed supplier quality and performance standards in line with various brands’ requirements.
Diana also has project management experience in launching products and brands in retail, wholesale and online.
Elizabeth Laskar
Elizabeth Laskar has worked in the non profit sector for 13 years. A Founder of the Ethical Fashion Forum, she has been involved with international development projects in Ghana, South Africa and the Commonwealth. Clients have included the BBC (TV and radio), V&A London, Paris Ethical Fashion Show, Ecologist, Bangladesh British Chamber of Commerce, and V Inspired with Ben de Lisi.
She founded SARI DRESS in 2005 as a means to raise awareness amongst young designers/adults about sustainability issues in fashion. She regularly speaks and writes on ethical fashion.
EL actively sits on the Steering Committee for the Young Leaders Integrity Alliance (YLIA), an global multi faith, multi cultural organisation which focuses on the recognition and development of young leaders. She is a Visible Woman Ambassador and in 2008 became a Trustee for World Emergency Relief, UK.
Elizabeth is currently working on opening and building links with Sri Lanka’s apparel sector. The Academy of Design, based in Colombo, is a pioneering young design school that has shown great interest in establishing an ethical school of design and seeks to partner with EFF. At this early stage the aim of the EFF Sri Lanka project will be to initiate dialogue, conduct research and explore a common strategy. Elizabeth will be making a research trip in November 2009 to meet manufacturers, designers, students and local artisans.
Ilaria Pasquinelli
Ilaria is an international Marketing Consultant for the textile and fashion industry. She has advised both private and public companies, including not for profit organisations, such as the International Trade Centre (UNCTAD-WTO agency), and Enterprise Mauritius, part of Trade and Industry Ministry.
Ilaria has a global network of contacts, including brands and retailers, trade and consumer magazines and governmental organisations. Currently, her focus of interest lies with facilitating business links between emerging countries and western buyers.
Ilaria has expertise in managing international marketing projects, namely supporting companies to form appropriate market entry strategies. Her strengths lie in her ability to effectively analyze markets and coherently manage marketing functions
After graduating from the University of Florence, Italy, in ‘Marketing and Internationalisation of Textiles and Fashion’; Ilaria is now completing a Master’s Degree in Marketing. She is also fluent in Italian, English and French.
Steve Lawson
Steve has 25 years experience working in the fashion industry, most notably managing ethical compliance for the Courtaulds Group.
Having previously helped Courtaulds to achieve both the ETI and WRAP requirements. Steve’s responsibilities also included working closely with Marks & Spencer in helping them develop and establish their ‘Global Sourcing Principles’. Since 2004 Steve has worked as a consultant, working with manufacturers abroad in order to meet M&S standards.
Over the last 4 years Steve’s time has been focused on working with retailers and suppliers, managing ethical compliance at both ends. This has involved up-skilling knowledge of retail representatives and advising suppliers on corrective and preventative actions required at their sites.
Current areas of focus include facilitating greater manufacturing efficiencies in order to reduce excessive working hours. He is also interested in working with retailers on how to establish efficient ways to manage Ethical Policies on suppliers.
Tamsin Lejeune
Director
Tamsin holds a masters in International Development with a focus upon fashion and fair trade, and is the author of “Can Fashion be Fair?” published in 2004. She founded and is strategic director for fair trade fashion label juste., developing a pioneering supply chain model for the production of designer womenswear to fair trade criteria. Tamsin launched and co-ordinated the first year of the Fashioning an Ethical Industry project on behalf of Labour Behind the Label.
Tamsin has led the initiation and growth of the Ethical Fashion Forum, from the first meeting around a table in 2004 to an international network of thousands.
She has secured funding from DfID, the LDA, UnLtd, the International Trade Centre, and a portfolio of corporate sponsorship and support for a range of groundbreaking projects from the RE:Fashion Awards to the INNOVATION and New Entrepreneurs projects, Fashion +, and the EFF role with Africa Inspires. She has led Ethical Fashion Consultancy projects with clients ranging from the BBC to the ITC and the Commonwealth Foundation.
Tamsin has led the development of the EFF’s Ethical Policy Framework, which through consultation with key stakeholders brings together existing standards available for fashion and textiles products. This tool forms the basis for the work of the EFF with business members.
Victoria Waugh
Victoria has worked as a senior Commercial Manager within the clothing supply chain for over 8 years, since completing her degree in Fashion Marketing in 2001. She has successfully brought product to market for some of the UK’s biggest fashion retailers, through supply platforms in China and India. She has sourced and produced both woven and jersey product, with a particular emphasis on hand worked embellishment and embroidery.
Specialising in supply chain management, Victoria has helped to streamline supplier set ups through sourcing producers, conducting audits, improving communications and implementing QC procedures. She has experience in developing strategic sales plans, which are both commercial and sustainable, and is well practiced in opening wholesale, retail and online sales opportunities. Victoria has worked to develop ethical policy frameworks for established businesses, as well as providing in-house training on buying practices and analysis of existing policy.
Victoria is currently working with the EFF as Project Co-ordinator on several key developments surrounding ethical fashion. She also works as a Business Development Manager for the Fairtrade Foundation, where she specialises in Fairtrade certified cotton product.
In addition, Victoria writes professional practice literature for individuals starting out or looking to set up a new business in the fashion industry and is currently developing a resource to help ethical fashion entrepreneurs find market access for their designs.
