Mentors
Experts supporting the partnerships to successfully implement the selected projects through the acquisition of technical and business knowledge, skills and capacities. If you want to be a mentor, contact us at helpdeskworthptoject [dot] eu (helpdesk[at]worthptoject[dot]eu).
ALEXANDRA PISCO
Trend and Design consultant and founder of Pisco & Co.

ANNETTE LENNERUP
Designer, Product developer and Business Mentor

DRIES VAN ACKERBROECK
Sales and Marketing Specialist

NIKO KLANSEK
Seasoned Investor & Mentor, Serial Entrepreneur, and Sports Enthusiast with a track record in successful startup exits and a passion for fostering global entrepreneurship

SMARANDA IGNAT
Entrepreneur, Business Consultant and Co-founder of Prop Tech

JANOS KERESNYEI
President of Hungary's Creative Industries Cluster

UBALDO SPINA
Researcher, Industrial Designer and Business Development Manager at CETMA, Research and Technology Organisation

DANIEL PÉREZ-BARRIGA
Strategic Brand Communications Executive & Consultant

SILVIA ZANCARLI
Course Leader MAS Fashion Innovation at SUPSI & start-up mentor

KOEN SNOECKX
Keynote Speaker, Workshop Leader, Innovation Manager

ASSAAD AWAD
Luxury leatherwork designer

MARGARET LARMUTH
Design Lecturer and International Fashion Expert

LESLIE HOLDEN
Co-Founder, The Digital Fashion Group

PARVINDER MARWAHA
Architect and Design Programme Manager at the British Council

ANA RONCHA
Fashion Marketing Strategist, Researcher & Award-winning Author

BALAZS DOBAY
CFO at Prophyl Ltd., CEO at D-LAB Consulting

CRISTIANA BOGATEANU
Tech start-up business mentor and advisor | HealthTech & LifeSciences BizDev Specialist @ Nagarro

FLORIN POP
Investor, Business Adviser and Mentor at Primainvest Capital Management

LUCA RIZZI
Researcher and Project Manager

DAVID PARRISH
Creative Industries Business Coach, Adviser, and Consultant

GIUSY CANNONE
Fashion Tech and Sustainability Investment Expert

JAN LEYSSENS
Designer, Entrepreneur and Activist Working on Circular Economy and Social Innovation

MARINA TOETERS
Co-Founder of the Fashion Tech Farm

MARK TERBERG
International Business Developer

MATTEO PATALANO
Founder / Partner at Wemanage Group

MO TOMANEY
Designer and Director at Wise Birds Network

PAUL CELEN
CEO at CELEN CONSULTING, Coach, Mentor and Adviser of start- and scale-ups with focus on Go-To-Market Strategies, Sales Methodologies and the Psychology behind sales

RAIJA SIIKAMAKI
CEO Formconcrete Ltd Design Agency

SARAH DECRISTOFARO
Design Consultant - New Product Development Unit at CETMA (research and technology organisation)

TIRZA BREMS
Buying Strategy Manager and Innovation Expert in the Fashion and Textile Industries
Steering Board members
Experts in charge of carrying out transparent evaluations of the proposals, providing insightful feedback and advice. If you want to be a Steering Board member, contact us at helpdeskworthptoject [dot] eu (helpdesk[at]worthptoject[dot]eu).

Luisa Bocchietto
Architect

PIRJO KÄÄRIÄINEN
Associate Professor, Design and Materialities, Aalto University, Finland

FRANCO CAIMI
Chief Executive Officer of Caimi Brevetti

ANNA SZONYI
Award-winning Multidisciplinary Designer
ALEXANDRA PISCO
Founder and CEO of Pisco & Co

TIRZA BREMS
Buying Strategy Manager and Innovation Expert in the Fashion and Textile Industries

ASSAAD AWAD
Luxury leatherwork designer

GWEN CUNNINGHAM
Lead in Sustainability & Circular Economy

JANOS KERESNYEI
President of Hungary's Creative Industries Cluster

KOEN SNOECKX
Keynote Speaker, Workshop Leader, Innovation Manager

LESLIE HOLDEN
Co-Founder, The Digital Fashion Group

MARGARET LARMUTH
Design Lecturer and International Fashion Expert

UBALDO SPINA
Researcher, Industrial Designer and Business Development Manager at CETMA, Research and Technology Organisation
SEBASTIAN THIES
Founder & Designer of brand nat-2™

RAIJA SIIKAMAKI
CEO Formconcrete Ltd Design Agency

JAN LEYSSENS
Designer, Entrepreneur and Activist Working on Circular Economy and Social Innovation

FULVIA BACCHI
General Manager UNIC – Italian Tanneries CEO - LINEAPELLE

HELGA SIGUR-BJARNADOTTIR
Interior Designer

INGA MARKOVSKA
Co-owner and Sales Executive at EMKO

KOLBRUN GUNNARSDOTTIR
Fashion and Jewellery Designer, Stylist and Creative Director at Kolbrun, Iidem and Vakir

PAULO GONÇALVES
Fashion - Textiles, Clothing, Footwear, Leather, Fur, Accessories
Ambassadors
Relevant professionals and institutions around Europe committed to promoting the shared vision and design values of WORTH. Country ambassadors collaborate with WORTH in the promotion of the project, its values, the calls for proposals, etc., among their community. If you want to be an ambassador, contact us at helpdeskworthptoject [dot] eu (helpdesk[at]worthptoject[dot]eu).

CEU FILIPE - PORTUGAL
Director Of The Innovation Department At Aep, Chair Of The Cultural & Creative Industries Sector Group, And Coordinator Of Aep's Participation In The Horizon 2020 Project, Innovation Journey

Fibershed
Growing a new textile economy

INDI+E
Unleashing resilient creativity to drive positive change and foster innovation in Bosnia and Herzegovina

ROTSA
Romanian tech startups association

MADE IN CLUJ
Online marketplace aggregating Cluj based manufacturers

ROBERTO VDOVIĆ - CROATIA
President and co-founder of first Fablab in Croatia

EVA LEEMET - ESTONIA
CEO of Creative Estonia

CUMULUS ASSOCIATION - EUROPE
International Association of Universities and Colleges of Art, Design and Media

VASSILIS CHARALAMPIDIS - EUROPE
BIOS Organization (artistic director) President of European Creative Hubs Network

HANNA-KAISA-ALANEN - FINLAND
PhD Researcher in Strategic & Experience Design, Chairperson of Design from Finland Brand Committee and member of the Association for Finnish Work

MARIA VYTINIDOU - GREECE
Fashion Business Incubator “The Fashion Gate” & “Athensfashionclub” founder

GABRIELLA MÁNYI - HUNGARY
President of the National Fashion League Hungary Association (NDL)

LOUISE ALLEN - IRELAND
Head of Innovation and Development at the Design & Crafts Council of Ireland

AUDRONE DRUNGILAITE - LITHUANIA
Executive Director of the Lithuanian Design Forum

BLANKA KOLAGO-SZYMCZAK - POLAND
Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Slow Fix Blog

CRACOW SCHOOL OF ARTS AND FASHION DESIGN - POLAND
International Design School and Co-organisers of Cracow Fashion Week

JORGE CERVEIRA PINTO - PORTUGAL
Int. Innovation Expert & Currently AID Executive Director

MIRELA BOGYÓ - ROMANIA
Transylvania Textile & Fashion Cluster

BILJANA JOVIĆ - SERBIA
Professor of Geometry and Graphics, Landscape architect

DANKA SOKOLOVIC MILOJKOVIC - SERBIA
Coordinator of BBS, ClusNet Director of Cluster House Global TCI Network B of D

CENTRE FOR CREATIVITY - SLOVENIA
Interdisciplinary platform for Slovenia’s creative sector

NATIONAL CONSORTIUM OF THE CRAFTSMEN CENTER - SLOVENIA
Development Centre of Slovenia

BRITISH COUNCIL - SPAIN
Cultural Relations and Educational Opportunities

LAURA MIGUEL BAUMANN - SPAIN
FUNDESARTE Vice-president World Crafts Council

NELLY HAYEK - SWEDEN
Business dev., Coordinator of ACTE, Founder Creative Cluster Innovation Hub Väst

FASHIONCLASH - THE NETHERLANDS
Platform for fashion and emerging designers and artists

ALMA DASKALAKI - UNITED KINGDOM
Innovation Manager at the Crafts Council

AMALIIA IUSUFOVA - UKRAINE
Project Manager PPV Knowledge Networks

ELIZABETH MYROSHNYCHENKO - UKRAINE
Secretary General of the Handicraft Chamber of Ukraine