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Gary Mortimer is a Professor of Marketing and Consumer Behaviour at the QUT Business School. Prior to joining QUT, Professor Mortimer spent over 25 years working with some of Australia’s largest general merchandise and food retailers. In 2021, he was appointed as the Chair of the Consumer Research Advisory Committee for the Australian Retailers Association and to the Expert Advisory Group for the NSW Department of Planning, Industry & Environment. He seeks to bridge the gap between industry and academic research by working closely with industry partners to deliver high impact, relevant research that informs the retail sector. His current research looks at pro-social rule breaking and consumer oriented deviance in retail and service settings.

Dr Arpita Mukherjee is a Professor at ICRIER. She has over 25 years of experience in policy-oriented research, working closely with the government in India and policymakers in the European Commission and its member states, United States (US), Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and in East Asian countries. She has conducted studies for international organizations, Indian industry associations, non-government organisations and companies.

Her areas of expertise include trade and investment; trade agreements; services; special economic zones; economic corridors; retail and food supply chain; start-ups, entrepreneurs; e-commerce and cross-border labour mobility.  She specialises in sector and product-specific market trends, go-to market strategy, and government policies.

Dr Mukherjee has a PhD in Economics from the University of Portsmouth, UK, and prior to joining ICRIER she worked with the UK-based think tank - Policy Studies Institute and taught at the University of Portsmouth. She has over 80 publications including national and international referred journals, books and book chapters and government reports. Dr. Mukherjee is a member of various government committees and policy panels and is in the editorial board of 10 journals. She has presented her work in various conferences and seminar and is in the advisory board of industry associations and non-government organisations. She is a regular contributor to newspapers and magazines.

She can be reached at arpita@icrier.res.in.

Skander Negasi worked for Messe Frankfurt from 2001 to 2010 before opening his company Trade and Fairs Consulting GmbH (TFC) in January 2011. Since then, TFC represents various large trade fair companies in diverse African countries. 

Since 2013, TFC organises various own trade fairs in East Africa with its own Kenyan company "Trade and Fairs East Africa Ltd" (based in Nairobi / Kenya). In addition, the TFEA organizes delegation trips and B2B meetings for German companies / associations and advises German companies in African affairs.

Lucy Newton is Professor in Business History at Henley Business School. Her research interests include UK retail bank history, a history of UK corporate governance and the history manufacture and marketing of pianos, all in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Her work on corporate governance has examined share ownership and patterns of female investing in the nineteenth century. In terms of methodology, Lucy is currently particularly interested in the use of objects and artefacts in banking history, such as art, portraiture, architecture, bank notes, war memorials and uniforms.

Quynh Do Nhu is Assistant Professor in Logistics and Supply Chain Management in the Department of Management Science at Lancaster University. Research interests in circular economy and sustainable supply chain management in fashion and textile sector.

Idar Nouti is a supply chain consultant with more than 15 years of hands-on experience in diverse industries including manufacturing, utility, oil & gas, aviation, government, and infrastructure. Idar possesses extensive expertise in optimising supply chain efficiency, sustainability, and innovation. His skill sets include strategic sourcing, procurement management, contract management, supplier relationship management, and supply chain risk management. Complementing his industry experience, Idar holds an EMBA in Supply Chain Management and several professional designations, further enhancing his qualifications to deliver exceptional results.

Marie-Agnes Parmentier is Associate Professor of Marketing at HEC Montréal.

Dan Patterson, the chief executive officer at Silverleafe Global Ag Tech LLC, has developed an advanced agricultural technology platform that creates a digital geospatial footprint for verifying machine-harvested cotton in the textile supply chain. 

Germantown, Tennessee-based Silverleafe Global, also known as Silverleafe Cotton Tracing, claims to have developed the first digitally verifiable, machine-harvested cotton using patented technology integrated into John Deere machinery. This innovation captures live geospatial data to verify cotton origins. Tested in various regions, including the US, Uzbekistan, and Australia, limited US implementation began in 2024.

Its Digital Ag Track & Trace (DATT) solution provides an end-to-end verifiable chain of custody for every cotton batch, ensuring transparency from farm to textile mill. It prioritises ethical sourcing by working only with partners who adhere to strict standards, ensuring that all Silverleafe-certified products are free from forced and child labour.

A seasoned business executive and entrepreneur with over 30 years of experience spanning multiple industries, including investment management, real estate, defense, healthcare, agriculture, and logistics, Dan’s leadership roles have involved structuring complex business transactions, developing innovative technology solutions, and overseeing operations to drive value and growth. He has founded and managed successful enterprises across diverse sectors and has a strong track record of creating partnerships, optimising operations, and leading strategic initiatives.

Alice Payne is an Associate Professor in Fashion in the School of Design, Queensland University of Technology. Her research centres on environmental and social sustainability concerns throughout textile and apparel industry supply chains. Alice has examined perspectives on sustainability along the cotton value chain, the cultural and material flows of post-consumer textile waste, and design processes of mass-market product developers, independent fashion designers, and social entrepreneurs. She is co-editor of the book Global Perspectives on Sustainable Fashion (Bloomsbury 2019).

Alida Payson is a lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies in JOMEC. Her research interests are in everyday life, second-hand economies, and material culture. More widely, she is interested in the cultural politics of migration, gender, race, and disability, and in visual, creative and participatory research methods.

Payson have been working to build a network of second-hand studies researchers and practitioners. You can find more about our projects and activities on the Secondhand Cultures blog, available here: https://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/secondhandcultures/

She recently finished a three-year project, Charity shop country: conviviality and survival in austerity Britain, funded by the Leverhulme Trust early career fellowship, and exploring how charity shops matter as sites of everyday living together and getting by in an austerity economy.