Patrick is a London College of Fashion graduate – with more than 20 years as couturier and atelier with large fashion houses, shows include Tate Modern. In parallel with Patrick’s couture design practice he has been collaborating with High Commissioner of Mozambique supporting students in producing a sustainable fashion show. Patrick is the co-founder of Fit4Kidz (2001) a community sports company supporting children to play football particularly from low socio-economic backgrounds in London, leading him to work in Mozambique in Niassa Province setting up first football league amongst local communities providing coaching, training, and equipment, expanding his interest in Niassa, its people and the environment. In 2011 he founded Mozambique Renewables, with a strong lens on fashion education and corporate social responsibility working with government bodies, large corporations and local communities in the UK and in Mozambique.

Paul is the Chief Executive Officer of the Luxury Global Alliance, an international platform for the adaptation of new business models and leadership for innovation, creativity and sustainability in the luxury sector. Prior to this Paul was Associate Dean and Director Postgraduate Studies at Ravensbourne University London where he established the Institute for Creativity and Technology focusing on design, innovation and technology as drivers for leadership and wellbeing across the creative economy. Paul has held several senior leadership roles in companies such as Channel 4 Television Corporation, Business in the Community and the National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts (NESTA). He is also a social founder and philanthropist having been involved in setting up social ventures such as Action for Happiness, The Media Trust, Key4Life and the international arts programme, Arts Over Borders. Paul passionately believes that the luxury terrain is fertile ground for brand and service innovation and that courageous interventions in the headroom of the luxury industry can effect meaningful change for positive social good. Civic responsibility, ethical practices and care belong at the heart of business and the luxury brand.