Barbara Shepherd
Commercial Director and Academic, with board level experience of working in British fashion across all major UK high street retailers.
Recognised as a sector specialist for garment manufacture and with an experienced understanding of both UK and global supply chain management. Chair of the Steering Group for the E- Textiles network www.e-textilesnetwork.com and a Reader in Fashion Business at Manchester Fashion Institute https://fashioninstitute.mmu.ac.uk/ working with the textile and fashion sectors to support and develop business and to deliver research expertise that transfers cost benefits for this industry sector.
Recent work on the response for UK manufacture of PPE has seen Barbara appointed to the PPE workstream of the Greater Manchester Recovery plan and also to the working group for the NHS England Make and Innovation Team.
- Listing ID: 3397
- Contact: Barbara Shepherd
- What are your aspirations and plans for the future?: To develop collaborative bid opportunities for the development of the sector
- What types of projects are you interested in working on through Future Fashion Factory?: All that involve funded research opportunities.
