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25 years of experience in all forms of textile dyeing. Expert in yarn, loose fibre dyeing. Expert in finishing technologies. Ran an automotive dyeing process producing 100 tonnes per week on a right-first-time basis. Set up colour palette for high-quality knitwear producer. Recently consultant to World Bank projects for cleaner production in Bangladesh.

Expert studied textile chemistry, textile engineering, colour management, and dyehouse management with the internationally renowned Society of Dyers and Colourists (SDC) as an undergraduate in the 90’s and attained his CText ATI from the prestigious Textile Institute in 2011 and Fellowship of the Textile Institute CText FTi in 2019. He is currently working towards an MBA with Open University. Having worked for 12 years within dyehouses and vertical mill operations in both team leader and dyehouse manager roles at British Mohair Spinners and Milliken, in 1997 Expert’s career developed into technical sales for Roaches International, a textile laboratory machinery manufacturer, with an in-house research and development facility, advising on market trends and current technology requirements for the textile industry.

Expert has been the managing director of a textile consultancy practice that offers project support and project management to the wider textile industry in the areas of Textile Wet Processing ~ Textile Sustainability ~ ZDHC/REACH ~ Colour Management ~ Fabric Construction. He is a Trustee on the Board of Directors for the SDC (since 2012) and is also a voting member of the BSI (British Standards Institute) and ASTM (American Society of Testing Materials), and a member of the AATCC (American Association of Textile Color Chemists).

Consultant to major Fashion brands on their range of printed/coated fabrics. For colour processing and production control. Workshops with technical team to develop new fabric technologies and deal with issues. Consultant to $100 million textile business, supplier to UK Retailers. The focus of the consultancy was on Laboratory to Bulk correlations. Revisions of Laboratory processes lead to savings of $30,000 / month. Consultant to the world bank, on cleaner production within the textile industry. Production Efficiency / Pollution Prevention Factory Assessments For Fabric Mills and Dyehouses in Bangladesh - Ref WB2695-778/10 Assessment of 25 companies. Consultation criteria covered Water, Energy, Chemicals, Expert consultation to Independent Testing Laboratory - Underwriters Laboratories as their Textile Wet Processing expert dealing with the dyeing and finishing issues of UL Clients Dyehouse Bench Marking Audit, for NSL Textiles India, Subject Best Practice in Textile Wet Processing. 5 Day audit in India delivering process savings and efficiencies relating to savings of $20,000 / month