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Panicko (Pan) Philippou ABOUT Pan has been at the forefront of global Fashion for many years. A qualified Accountant by trade Pan’s transition into fashion has made him an expert in this field. Pan was then CEO of Diesel and the OTB brands Margiela/ DSquared / Marni and so on for 14 years, responsible for North America and the UK. Many pioneering achievements were successfully implemented under his leadership including the opening of the first stores for Diesel / Margiela and 55DSL in Europe and the US. He was instrumental in setting up Diesel first e-commerce platform in the early 2000s. Pan moved back to the UK and was appointed CEO of the WDT group with brands such as Firetrap that won awards as the UKs most successful sell out brand for independent retailers. Appointed Global CEO of Ben Sherman Pan was the driving force behind the repositioning of the brand .GQ described it as the "best example of the reincarnation of a brand in decades " The branding process included the award winning redesign of Ben Sherman stores in conjunction with Brinkworth Interior Design. More recently Pan has turned his attention to start up brands and repositioning of distressed brands. He was a founder of JordanlucA which has been a phenomenal success and works closely with Gucci. Pan skills cover branding/ distribution/ e-commerce/ range planning / Marketing and strategy, this is in addition to his Financial skills. Winning many awards in the industry he was voted one of the top players in Fashion on numerous occasions by Drapers Some of the brands Pan has worked with: Diesel/ Margiela/ Dsquared / 55DSL/ Ben Sherman/ Firetrap/Full Circle/ Mimi Holliday Damaris/ Patrick Cox/ Jordanluca/Hentschman /The Content Store /Wax London Arlene Immersive Technology and so on. He had Chairmanship role with : Arlene. Some of the places/ events Pan has spoken at: • Central St Martin's London. • Columbia University: Branding • Hangzhou Fashion Conference • Drapers Record Conference • Erasmus Conference Cyprus • Malaysian Commercial dept • University of Hertfordshire • London Business School - interpersonal skills for senior Managers.