TSR Rajaguru Raja
CEO,
Arise Textile Parks Division
Arise IIP, TOGO & Benin
Speaker Profile: Rajaguru Raja has 37 years of experience managing textile plants globally. He has advised leading mills in India, Indonesia, Africa and Bangladesh to develop growth strategy and execute. He has planned, developed business models, raised capital, built large scale textile plants in Africa, Indonesia and Bangladesh.
Niranjali Weerasekera
Assistant Secretary General
Joint Apparel Association Forum (JAAF)
Sri Lanka
Speaker Profile: Niranjali Weerasekera, is the Assistant Secretary General of the JAAF the apex body that represents the entire textile and apparel industry in Sri Lanka. Before joining the JAAF, Niranjali was an Executive Director of the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka.
Juliana Bora Kang
Business Development Manager
KOTRA (Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency),
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Speaker Profile: Bora Kang joined KOTRA Colombo in the year 2018. She is a specialist and looks after business development matters at KOTRA’s office in Sri Lanka.
Suresh Kotak
Chairman,
Kotak Commodity Services Pvt Ltd.
India
Speaker Profile: Mr. Suresh Kotak has been serving Cotton and Textiles Business & Industry & its research in various capacities since last sixty years. Mr. Kotak is currently Chief Mentor of Textile Forum, Indo-American Chamber of Commerce.
Martin Cieslik
CMO & Head of Marketing & Sales,
Hohenstein
Germany
Speaker Profile: Martin Cieslik has been with Hohenstein since 2013 and directs Strategic brand management. Since 2019, he holds the position of Chief Marketing Officer, Head of Marketing & Sales, where he is responsible for the sales strategy and align global sales and marketing activities.
Cinzia Gremmo
CEO, Mktg. & Sales Manager
Italtex Srl
Italy
Speaker Profile: Cinzia Gremmo is the CEO of Italtex, the leading Italian trend studio specializing in colour and fabric fashion trends set up by her father in 1959. Italtex trend books help fabric designers and stylists plan their new collection providing the latest inputs on colours, constructions, materials, patterns and finishes.
Peush Narang
Representative - India & Sri Lanka
COTTON USA
India
Speaker Profile: He has been associated with Cotton Council International since 10 years. He has more than 20 years of work experience span across various domains - Textiles, Renewable Energy, Consumer goods, Food and Ag products and business consulting. In his earlier role with Textile mills in India, he has marketed cotton fabrics to the leading brand/retailers in India, U.S. and Europe.
Renzo Bazzarini
Key Account Manager
QIMAone
Hong Kong
Speaker Profile: Renzo Bazzarini is currently a Key Account Manager at QIMAone. In this role, he assists European Brands & Retailers create new global QC/CSR strategies, helping to implement and control them in the most efficient and costeffective way with the help of QIMAone resources and technology.
Charo Izquierdo
Fashion Journalist
Spain
Speaker Profile: Non-Executive Director, Advisor and Consultant. Former General Manager in Prensa Ibérica Group, former General Manager of Madrid Fashion Week and Fashion and LifeStile Trade Shows in IFEMA. She was also founder and director of several magazines, like Yo Dona or Grazia.
Dr. Austin Au
Managing Director,
Ocean Lanka
Sri Lanka
Speaker Profile: Dr. Austin Au was drawn to the textile manufacturing and apparel industry from the very beginning of his professional career. While completing his tertiary education at University, he received a comprehensive academic background in textiles.
Mr. Ritesh Sharma
Head Retail,
R|Elan
India
Speaker Profile: Mr. Ritesh Sharma is the Head Retail - R|Elan™: Fabric 2.0, the next generation fabric range from Reliance Industries Ltd. He is responsible for spearheading the R|Elan™ initiative encompassing performance and sustainability concepts and forging partnerships with various global and domestic brands. He has 20+ years of experience in the Textile Industry working in fiber, fabric and apparel sectors.
MeiLin Wan
Vice President, Textile Sales
Applied DNA Sciences
USA
Speaker Profile: MeiLin leads the team to create commercial solutions under the CertainT platform for products that utilize materials such as cotton, synthetics, recycled PET, wool, viscose, leather, down andfeather, and specialty coatings.