The PCIAW® Board
César Araújo
ANIVEC President
Calvelex CEO
Calvelex CEO
Having more than 30 years of experience in the textile and clothing industry. César, descendent of a tailoring family, founded his company in 1985 with only 20 employees.
Ed Grigg
Incorporatewear Ltd
Managing Director
Managing Director
Heading up one of Europe’s leading corporate clothing suppliers with over 25 years’ experience in the clothing and textile industry, Ed is ideally placed to help influence this industry body for the benefit of its members.
John Miln
PCIAW®
Chairman
Chairman
Renowned industry leader, former CEO of the UK Fashion and Textile Association (UKFT) and now PCIAW® Chair, John Miln was instrumental in the growth and success of the UKFT.
Jonathan McKendry
Cooneen Group
Business Development Director
Business Development Director
Jonathan is the Business Development Director for Cooneen Group and has over 20 years of experience in the professional clothing industry. Leading the business development of the Cooneen group across the workwear, defence and protection sectors gives Jonathan the ability to offer guidance and advice to the PCIAW®.
Natalie Wilson
SHIELD360
managing director
managing director
With 15 years’ industry experience Natalie brings a wealth of knowledge, including overseas production management, technical PPE design and product development
Simon Hunter, MBE
Hunter Apparel Solutions Ltd
ceo
ceo
Simon Hunter, MBE, B.A. (Hons), FIoD, C Dir. is a third generation CEO of his family company, Hunter Apparel Solutions Limited (Hunter).
Yvette Ashby
PCIAW®
CEO
CEO
Known throughout every element of the supply chain, Yvette has built a business that has both lead and supported the professional clothing sector over 25 years.
Karen Burrows MBA
Madeira
UK Managing Director
Sales Director Northern Europe
UK Managing Director
Sales Director Northern Europe
Karen leads the Madeira teams for the Coloreel and Wear2Go projects, being a founder member of the consortium involved with concept for Wear2Go and is involved with strategic development concepts for the global Madeira organisation.
Paul Farrell
Carrington Textiles
Sales Director
Sales Director
A sales and marketing professional of over 30 years’ experience, with a career to-date following a natural line of progression through to senior leadership roles within both national and international businesses.
The PCIAW® is governed by a non-executive board comprising experts from within the global industry representative of its breadth and cross-section of membership, ensuring your association truly represents all sectors within it.
Through the board, the strategic direction of the association is set and performance monitored ensuring its mission is achieved for our members and the industry as a whole. 4 board meetings per year will be held across the country, bringing a skill set together that has been hand-picked to ensure the PCIAW® not only has some of the best minds in the business as the driving force behind its mission, but that it very quickly establishes itself as the single collective voice of the industry, strengthening the future for everyone involved.