The Jury

He also created the SFR Foundation for Equal Opportunity, of which he was the first administrator and one of the co-founders and administrators of the Collège des Directeurs du Développement Durable. Finally, he has entrepreneurial experience, having founded his own firm Imagin'able in 2008, which focuses on positive innovation strategies and approaches. In 2021, Thomas joins Frédéric Rodriguez to join the R3 Group - an ecosystem of independent entities with complementary expertise to bridge the gap between economy and ecology. It is at this moment that Imagin/able becomes R3 Imagin/able, within the R3 Group.

Hervé
Pignon

He graduated from the University of Artois in 1981 with a degree in civil engineering and began his career as a project manager in a building and public works company. In 1983, he joined the French Agency for Energy Management (AFME). In 1992, whenADEME was created, he became head of the Development, Buildings and Transport unit within the Nord-Pas de Calais Regional Directorate. He was appointed Regional Director of ADEME Nord-Pas de Calais on July 17, 1998 and then appointed Regional Director of ADEME Hauts-de-France on January 1, 2016.

Niki
de Schryver

Niki de Schryver, founder of COSH! is incredibly motivated to accelerate the transition to a more eco-friendly, circular and ethical fashion industry by empowering consumers, brands as well as local boutiques through her COSH! platform. Niki has 15 years of experience in production and strategic consulting for luxury fashion brands (such as Bruno Pieters Antwerp and NEHERA Prague). She created the first 100% transparent company Honest by bruno Pieters in 2010. She then guided several companies in their digital transformation and gained experience in e-commerce.

Two powerful foundations, on which she built COSH! Small, local SMEs and fashion entrepreneurs are increasingly overshadowed by the false sustainability claims of large fashion retailers. The COSH! online platform makes conscious shopping easier for consumers while providing visibility to genuine local and sustainable boutiques. On COSH! consumers can easily find sustainable fashion items that fit their style and budget in eco-friendly stores. COSH! vets brands with precision and has a thorough methodology for selecting fair trade and circular brands. The platform recently received the European DigiCirc award and funding for its new sustainability algorithm for local stores.

Malika
Bohem

Malika BOHEM, has been working at the European Metropolis of Lille since 2014 within the economic development pole where she was in charge of the economic strategies, SSE and employment department for 4 years. For the past 2 years, she has been working with the Deputy Director General on the definition of public policy support axes in favor of new economic models, in particular the circular economy. Previously, she managed the development of the SSE within the city of Lille for 4 years.

Elisa
Yavchitz

Elisa Yavchitz directs Les Canaux, an association that supports an economy committed to the environment and solidarity and assists citizens, companies and local authorities in implementing projects in favor of the social and solidarity economy, the circular economy, territorial development and social innovation. In particular, the association has developed the ESS 2024 platform to enable SSE companies to win contracts related to the Olympic and Paralympic Games with Paris 2024. Previously, she worked at the World Health Organization, the Ministry of Health, and spent 12 years advising organizations on change management. She was also the economic advisor to the Mayor of Paris.

Hélène
Daret

Trained in Innovation Management, passionate about the world of "Made in France" consumer goods and after more than 20 years of experience in marketing strategy and innovation management, Hélène joined Refashion to work with the eco-organization to meet the environmental challenges that make the issues of the Textile Sector even more exciting today. The environmental impact of the Textile Sector is today undeniable. Within the framework of the missions Refashion, it is by the sensitizing, the formation, the accompaniment of the actors of the Branch that will be able to be drawn the new diagram of a Textile and Shoes economy 100% circular. Ecodesign, responsible consumption, recycling innovation and much more are the pillars to build the bases of a new sustainable Sector.

Ludovic
Grousset

Ludovic GROUSSET is Deputy Director General in charge of Economic Development and Employment at the European Metropolis of Lille. He has worked for 20 years in the field of economic development and attractiveness in various local authorities as well as in France Urbaine, the association representing the major French inter-municipalities, of which MEL is an active member. "The circular economy is an essential lever for moving our economy towards more sober and virtuous models, its development is a strategic priority for MEL."

Jury for the selection of finalists

The members of the pre-selection jury will carefully analyze the applications to choose the finalists of the European Circular Fashion Awards - 2nd edition.

where he was head of marketing and business development, implementing enterprise solutions to accelerate innovation in the field of advanced textiles. He was also a member of the AGILE corporate team (ORACLE), and of the LECTRA management team leading the PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) business unit. Pascal Denizart was also Associate Professor at the University of Strasbourg, teaching Environmental Marketing and Product Development methodologies.

She has supervised 10 doctoral theses focused on reducing the environmental impact of the textile industry and has written some thirty scientific articles. She is also a University Professor at the Ecole Normale Supérieure des Arts et Industries Textiles.

Jeanne
Meillier

Jeanne Meillier is specialized in the circular economy and the promotion of local natural fibers in Hauts de France. She has a master's degree in management and a background in textiles. She has a very good vision of the textile industry, thanks to her experience as marketing manager of a fiber brand (Meryl Fiber), as product manager in the textile and clothing sector (Chargeurs), and as a network coordinator within the CLUBTEX technical textiles club. She is now in charge of business at Euramaterials

Michiel
Scheffer

Michiel Scheffer, who comes from a family of textile entrepreneurs, became interested in this sector during his geography studies. His doctoral thesis dealt with the relocation of the textile/clothing sector in four European countries, including France. From 1991 to 2000, he worked for the Dutch Federation of Clothing Industries, which he represented at EURATEX. He is also a lecturer at fashion schools in Amsterdam (AMFI), Paris (IFM) and later a professor in textile economics and management in Saxion (NL).

He founded his own consulting firm in 2000 and until 2015 set up consortia of companies, researchers and regions in the textile sector. Elected Regional Councillor and later Vice President of the Region of Gelderland, he applies his learning to regional economic policy, also at the European Committee of the Regions. Resuming his consulting activity in 2019, he sets up a sustainable textile program at Wageningen University.

Philippe
Switzerland

Philippe Suisse is in charge of the "circular economy" project within the Third Industrial Revolution Department of the Hauts-de-France Region. A chemist by training, his various scientific and technical professional experiences in the public (University of Lille) and private (Séché Environnement, Schneider Electric) sectors have led him to take an interest in research issues, particularly in the field of materials. He has been working for several years on innovation issues related to the life cycle of materials and sustainable production and for the last two years on the issue of the circular economy of plastics.

Catherine
Dauriac

Catherine Dauriac is President of the NGO Fashion Revolution France, a textile expert, Editor-in-Chief of the magazine Hummade dedicated to Free Fashion and recently author of the book "Fashion" published on April 14 by Tana in the collection Fake or Not. Her work embraces all issues related to the textile industry, from workers' rights to a living wage to innovations that will allow the textile industry to progress for more transparency, traceability, social and environmental justice.

Nolwenn
Touboulic

Nolwenn Touboulic is in charge of textiles atADEME, particularly in terms of recycling and eco-design. She is involved at the national level, particularly in supporting innovation, in studies of sectors, and in partnerships with stakeholders, in conjunction with the various ADEME teams (communication, consumption, bioeconomy, EPR sectors, etc.), to reduce the environmental and social impacts of the textile industry. It is also involved in the recycling of paper/cardboard and wood.

Christelle
Demaretz

Christelle Demaretz is in charge of the "Circular Economy" project within the Third Industrial Revolution Department of the Hauts-de-France Region. For more than 10 years, she has been interested in eco-design, life cycle thinking, and new economic models. She has been working for almost 2 years on the transition to a circular economy in the textile and clothing industry. Before joining the Hauts-de-France Region, she carried out various missions as a project manager in different organizations such as Cd2e, Aéroport de Paris, Renault or the CNRS.

Malika
Bohem

Mr. De Muelenaere is a director in a number of associations related to the sectors' activities and is present in various employer bodies. In his activities, he pays special attention to the transition of companies to a circular economy.