The Enterprise of Trend is happy to announce the early speaker lineup for BoF VOICES 2023, our annual gathering for giant thinkers, the place we unite the movers, shakers and trailblazers of the worldwide style {industry} with the thought leaders, entrepreneurs and galvanizing people who find themselves shaping the broader world.
Throughout three days, from November 28 to November 30, at Soho Farmhouse in Oxfordshire, we’ll convene professional audio system from the worlds of science, expertise, well being and wellness, meals, movie, politics, the humanities, philosophy and philanthropy – and, in fact, style – to unlock cross-industry collaboration, problem typical knowledge and encourage innovation.
For essentially the most up-to-date checklist of audio system, and to register for the BoF VOICES 2023 world livestream, please click on right here.
Audio system confirmed to date embody:
- Leena Nair – world chief government of Chanel
- Matthieu Blazy – inventive director of Bottega Veneta
- John C. Jay – president of worldwide inventive of Quick Retailing
- Jonathan Mildenhall – co-founder and chair of TwentyFirstCenturyBrand
- Misan Harriman – photographer, entrepreneur and social activist
- Charithra Chandran – actor
- Shiza Shahid – co-founder and co-CEO of Our Place
- Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy – filmmaker at SOC Movies
- Halla Bint Khalid – artist
- Abdulnasser Gharem – artist
- Dr Ahmed Zaidi – co-founder and chief government of Hyran Applied sciences
BoF VOICES 2023 is made doable partially by our companions Snapchat and McKinsey & Firm.
Leena Nair is the worldwide chief government officer at Chanel. Previous to becoming a member of Chanel, Nair spent 30 years at CPG large Unilever, together with as the corporate’s chief human sources officer and a member of its government committee from 2016 to 2021. Nair is a extremely revered visionary chief whose skill to champion a long-term, purpose-driven agenda is matched with a constantly sturdy document of enterprise outcomes.
Matthieu Blazy is the inventive director of luxurious style model Bottega Veneta. Blazy began his style profession as the lads’s designer for Raf Simons after which joined Maison Margiela to design the Artisanal line and girls’s ready-to-wear. In 2014, he turned senior designer at Céline, earlier than working once more with Raf Simons at Calvin Klein from 2016 to 2019.
John C. Jay is the president of worldwide inventive for the retail holding firm Quick Retailing, the mother or father firm of worldwide style manufacturers equivalent to Uniqlo, J Model, Comptoir des Cotonniers and Principle. He’s labored throughout manufacturers and businesses, together with at inventive company Wieden + Kennedy, the place he labored on Nike’s 1994 “Metropolis Assault” marketing campaign.
Jonathan Mildenhall is the co-founder and chair of TwentyFirstCenturyBrand, a consulting firm that helps founders and chief executives realise the total potential of their manufacturers via purpose-driven model positioning work and values-driven advertising. Mildenhall counts corporations equivalent to Pinterest, Instacart, Netflix, and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s firm, Archewell, as purchasers.
Misan Harriman is a Nigerian-born British photographer and social activist. In 2020, he turned the primary Black man to shoot the September concern cowl of British Vogue, with a ramification that includes mannequin Adwoa Aboah and English soccer participant Marcus Rashford. Throughout the Covid-19 lockdown in 2020, Harriman started his undertaking “Misplaced in Isolation,” the place he photographed neighbours in his hometown of Woking in Surrey, England. Harriman can be recognized for his pictures of the Black Lives Matter motion and Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex’s 2021 being pregnant announcement.
Charithra Chandran is an actor finest recognized for her performances in “Bridgerton” and “Alex Rider.” Chandran has been acting from a younger age, beginning out in touring productions of West Finish musicals. She graduated from the College of Oxford in 2019 with a bachelors in philosophy, politics and economics.
Shiza Shahid is the co-founder and co-chief government officer of Our Place, a mission-driven start-up reimagining kitchenware for the fashionable, multi-ethnic, world kitchen. Our Place was based in 2019 on the idea that residence cooking has the facility to convey individuals collectively.
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy is a journalist and filmmaker primarily based in Karachi, Pakistan. She is a two-time Academy Award-winner for her documentary shorts “Saving Face” and “Woman within the River: The Worth of Forgiveness.” In Hollywood, she has additionally directed two episodes of “Ms. Marvel,” a sequence in regards to the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s first Muslim superhero, and he or she would be the first lady and individual of color to direct a “Star Wars” film.
Halla Bint Khalid is an artist, kids’s ebook creator and illustrator primarily based in situated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Bint Khalid can be a associate in Gharem Studio, a non-profit arts organisation that encourages self-expression, with artist Abdulnasser Gharem. The Museum of Trendy Artwork in Tbilisi, Georgia hosted the artist’s first worldwide solo exhibition “Tasleemah” in 2019. That very same 12 months, Bint Khalid additionally showcased her art work on the Moscow Biennale of Modern Artwork.
Abdulnasser Gharem is a former lieutenant colonel within the Saudi military, founding father of non-profit arts organisation Gharem Studio. He’s additionally the co-founder of the Fringe of Arabia, an unbiased arts initiative focussed on appreciating Arab artwork and tradition. In April 2011, his set up Message/Messenger offered for $842,500 at a Christie’s public sale in Dubai. Gharem’s work is on show on the British Museum, the Victoria & Albert Museum, the Los Angeles County Museum of Artwork and the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Tradition and Info.
Dr Ahmed Zaidi is chief government officer and co-founder of Hyran Applied sciences, an AI platform that helps manufacturers and suppliers reply to client demand, enhance profitability and cut back waste. Zaidi’s ardour for fixing the style {industry}’s overproduction drawback, derived from his first-hand expertise together with his household’s knitwear manufacturing enterprise in Pakistan.
BoF VOICES 2023 is an invitation-only occasion. To request an invite to attend in individual, please click on right here.
Extra details about the BoF VOICES 2023 livestream for BoF Skilled members shall be introduced quickly.
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