Profession / role:

Business Development

Company / organisation:

Ecoboard: bio-degradable and recyclable presentation board made in the UK

Website (if you have one):

www.eco-board.co.uk

My primary role in relation to fashion is:

Supplier, Consultant

I am looking to discover or buy

people in creative / retail / fashion sectors who use foam / polyboard and would like to get the environmental edge with Ecoboard.

About me / About business or organisation:

I'm a freelance marketing, sales and business development person. I work with environmental, ethical, entrepreneurial and 3rd sector organisations - so I wear 'a few hats'. As I write this I'm wearing my Ecoboard hat. Ecoboard's a brand new product developed by my client EBP (UK) Ltd. Do you know what Polyboard / Foamcore / Foamex board is? Well, Ecoboard is a sustainable alternative developed by EBP that's both recycled, recyclable and bio-degradable. Ecoboard looks great, works well, and is cost-effective. And unlike polyboard that takes 400 years to break down in landfill, Ecoboard can go out in your recyling bin, and only takes 4 weeks to decompose. Ecoboard's a sponsor of EFF... and hope to make it easy for the fashion industry to reduce its use of poly and foam board - and start using Ecoboard.

Career history / Company history:

2001 - 2003 - Head of Marketing, Financial Times Business
2004 - 2008 - Established, ran and sold promotional merchandise companies, including the environmentally-friendly promotional pioneer Carbon Clever Promotions.
2008 - 2009 - Launched stepUP Foundation UK - a not-for-profit that inspires teenagers about entrepreneurship and life.
2009 - Retained by EBP (UK) Ltd to launch and sell Ecoboard, the unique bio-degradable and recyclable presentation board.