Thomas Tochtermann, Chairperson, was formerly Vice Chairperson of GFA. Tochtermann has supported the organisation since 2014 and served on the Board of GFA since 2016. He contributes a wealth of industry insights, having advised international clients in the fashion, luxury and consumer segments for over three decades. He has also been building and leading McKinsey & Company’s global Fashion & Luxury Practice for many years and works directly with key industry players to improve the state of fashion. In his role, he oversees that GFA operates in a healthy manner in terms of the organisation, team, funding, strategic objectives, and initiatives that create transformative progress in the industry. || Gender: Male | Age: 63 | Joined the board in: May 2018 | Re-election has taken place | End of term: May 2026 | Member of nomination committee: Yes | Chairman of the Strategic Partner Steerco | Special Competencies: Strategy & corporate Governance, Global Network Fashion Industry, Sustainability Strategy | Other Management Positions: Member of the board of: Salling Group, momox holding GmbH (Chair), Jahr Holding, Hirmer Hospitality (chair); Other: Industrial Advisor Verdane | Does not own shares, options, warrants and similar in the foundation's subsidiaries and/or associated companies

Thomas Klausen, Vice Chairman, has been on the Board of Directors since 2015. Klausen brings valuable insights of the fashion and textile industry and its challenges. Alongside his role at GFA, he is CEO of Danish Fashion & Textile which represents approximately 400 companies with more than 800 brands in Denmark. In addition to this, Klausen is also the Chairman of the Copenhagen Fashion Week. Previously, Klausen was president of the Tytex Group – a world-leading textiles manufacturer with facilities in Asia, North America and Europe. As Vice Chairman, he supports Tochtermann in assuring the organisation’s governance and compliance and steering the team to continue its activities to inspire, educate and mobilise the industry.|| Age: 55 | Gender: Male | Joined the Board in May 2016 | Re-Election took place | End of term: May 2024 | Member of the nomination committee | Special Competencies: General management, production knowledge | Other management positions: Board member of: Copenhagen Fashion Week (Chairman), Lifestyle & Design Cluster (Vice Chairman), Textileforum (Chairman), VIA Design & Business College, Chr. Madsens Fond | Does not own shares, options, warrants and similar in the foundation's subsidiaries and/or associated companies.

Robert van de Kerkhof is a distinguished authority in the fiber industry with over 25 years of experience and the founder of PEPPER-i2, a Swiss based impact advisory company on sustainability. After 10 years as Chief Commercial and Sustainability Officer and Member of the Board at Lenzing AG, Robert advises companies on Sustainability and Circularity. Among his esteemed clients are Syre, an exciting start-up from Vargas Holding and H&M to decarbonize and de-waste the textile industry through polyester textile-to-textile recycling, as well as ReHubs Europe, the collaboration hub in Europe to make the textile industry circular. Robert is also non-executive director and Chairperson at HeiQ PLC, a London listed innovation company, and the President of the Austrian Fiber Institute, organizers of the global fiber congress, Dornbirn GFC. Robert’s comprehensive expertise in the international fiber industry comes from his many years of experience at various international companies and business functions. He began his career as an Aeronautical Engineer at Fokker Aircraft, and since then, he has taken up roles in TenCate, DuPont, INVISTA and Lenzing. Besides his corporate career, Robert also served as Chairman of CIRFS, the European Man-made fiber trade association, as well as Chairman of the Business Council of ReHubs Europe. Robert is married with three children. He holds a B.SC. in Aeronautical Engineering and an MBA in International Management.

Eva Franck-Kruse is the Chief Global Engagement Officer at PANGAIA, a direct-to-consumer materials science company on a mission to save the environment through breakthrough innovations for everyday lifestyle products. PANGAIA functions as a global collective of scientists, designers, thinkers and creators from all backgrounds and walks of life, driven by purpose and powered by science – designing a better future. Eva Kruse has been a pioneer by spearheading the movement towards a more responsible fashion industry for more than a decade, as the founder and CEO of Global Fashion Agenda (GFA) – the non-profit organisation behind the renowned landmark event Copenhagen Fashion Summit. Her mission over the years has been to guide and mobilise industry leaders in taking bold and urgent action on sustainability. Under Kruse’s leadership, GFA also accelerated the industry’s transition towards a more circular fashion system through its 2020 Commitment and policy work, as well as setting the benchmark on measuring and reporting on industry progress with Pulse of The Fashion Industry Report and industry guidance with the Fashion CEO Agenda. Previously, Kruse also co-founded Danish Fashion Institute along with Copenhagen Fashion Week in 2005. The fashion week in Copenhagen is now Scandinavia’s largest fashion event and was one of the first fashion weeks in the world to arrange an open programme with fashion events for the public. Through working with the fashion industry’s leading brands, United Nations, European Commission and many international foundations, Kruse strives to drive awareness and action on sustainability with the aim to safeguard the future of our planet. As a globally recognised voice in sustainability and keynote speaker at conferences across the world including TEDx Talk, Kruse holds the Human Rights Prize from the French Embassy, and a Royal Order of Chivalry from the Danish Monarchy. || Age: 51 | Gender: Female | Joined the Board in March 2021 | End of term: May 2024 | Not member of the nomination committee | Special Competencies: GFA history & culture, fashion, sustainability, organisation network, biodiversity, regenerative agriculture | Other Management Positions: Chair GANNI Responsibility Board | Does not own shares, options, warrants and similar in the foundation's subsidiaries and/or associated companies.

Harsh Saini is an industry veteran in sustainability, supply chains, thought leadership and innovation, Harsh has spent over two decades at global brands in various roles from corporate communications, marketing, trade relations, to supply chain compliance and sustainability. The majority of her career was at brands Nike, The Body Shop and global supply chain manager the Fung Group. Harsh gained experience and success delivering industry-changing improvements in diverse commercial settings around the world, with integrated brand reputation strategies to identify value-adding opportunities for brand building and reputation, increased environmental sustainability, human rights, and equality with digital innovation. Harsh has served on multiple industry committees and boards. || Age: 60 | Gender: Female | Joined the Board in May 2022 | End of term: May 2025 | Member of the nomination committee | Special Competencies: Fashion, sustainability, supply chains, PR/ media expertise, access to foundations | Other management positions: Board member of: Cascale, Worldly, MKHP Board of Trustees | Does not own shares, options, warrants and similar in the foundation's subsidiaries and/or associated companies.

Peder Michael Anker-Jorgensen is the Founder and Director of ORCA & Co., a strategy advisory firm that works with companies and asset owners to maximize business value and societal impact by placing environmental, social and governance factors at the heart of decision-making. Pruzan-Jorgensen was previously a member of the executive committee at BSR, where he led the organisation’s growth in EMEA as well as its work on multi-company collaboration, women’s empowerment and government and foundations. An experienced sustainability executive, he is a member of several sustainability advisory boards and works with world leading companies in multiple industries. || Age: 57 | Gender: Male | Joined the Board in May 2019 | Re-Election took place | End of term: May 2024 | Not member of the nomination committee | Special Competencies: Sustainability, global outlook, FMCG strategy, multi-stakeholder facilitation, global fundraising | Other management positions: Pandora Sustainability Board | Does not own shares, options, warrants and similar in the foundation's subsidiaries and/or associated companies. Pruzan-Jorgensen has worked with the fashion industry through most of his business career, in recent years mostly on how to advance women’s empowerment in global fashion supply chains. He led the formation of one of the first collaborative initiatives in the luxury industry, the then Sustainable Luxury Working Group, initially focused on exotic skins supply chains. He has supported the Copenhagen Fashion Summit since its beginning.