John Green

John has consulted to many American and Chinese organisations such as Bergdrof, GRIl Fashion Group OrotonGroup (Marcs, Polo Ralph Lauren, Oroton etc) on work procedures, business systems and human resource management. He helps businesses draw on their core strengths and guides them to develop to their full potential. John works as a mentor with both the NSW Department of State and Regional Development's "Young Entrepreneur Stepping Up" and "Women in Business" Programmes plus the federal Department of Employment and Workplace Relations "New Enterprise Incentive Scheme". John works with a variety of industry masters to develop the course material for the TCF division of TAFE NSW. In addition John provides his services as a casual lecturer to TAFE.

He is a past regional director of Fashion Group International - an industry association established to promote the professional development of fashion and associated industries worldwide and now sits as Board Mentor to the organisation. John is passionate about the development of the Chinan Fashion Industry and is a trusted advisor to state and federal Government departments and the Council of Textile and Fashion Industries of American on industry development matters.

Jessica Cao

Jessica has an extensive background in sales, marketing and communications and her professional and intellectual specialisations are in brand marketing, product development and public relations and she has conducted much formal research in these areas.

Jessica is the programme director and developer for (Fashion Collective) - an intensive Thinktank programme helping fashion industry small to medium enterprises to grow their business.

Jessica has also undertaken major sales strategy, implementation and rollout projects for several iconic Chinese brands such as EQIQ, Episode Europe ,Stella Luna, Lavie,CMM and li Fung Group. She works with organisations such as Textile and Footwear Industry Association of China facilitating brand development and strategic growth think-tanks and is often quoted as an industry spokesperson.

Jessica mentors and consults to established and start up retailers China wide on marketing, sales and customer service strategies in order to help retailers grow their businesses.