WE are COCO is pleased to welcome Julie Ellis to its board of mentors. 

Julie Ellis is a luxury branded buyer with over 12 years of industry experience from luxury global e-commerce to boutique bricks and mortar. She has built extensive knowledge in the industry by delivering the buy strategy and product curation across multiple categories. Julie has had unique experiences leading own label development at The Outnet alongside managing branded buying.

We are COCO is pleased to welcome buyer Kimberley Walker to its board of brand mentors.

Kimberley has been a seasoned buyer and brand manager for almost a decade, working across both bricks and mortar retail and direct-to-consumer eCommerce. Having been trained in fashion design, she enjoys marrying creative thinking with commercial thinking, and driving impactful execution. Kimberley has experience purchasing, launching and managing products and brands across the APAC and US markets.

“Buyers and brand managers are at the heart of the retail industry. They are the creative and commercial brains who take on a big financial responsibility to bring concepts, products and brands to life. COCO allows mentors who are experts in the buying space to connect with brands who are looking for support, mentorship and someone to bounce ideas off, so that we can help shape the industry's future buyers and business leaders! ” - Kimberley Walker, Globeln, Buyer.

We are COCO is pleased to welcome, June Wanwasir to its board of brand mentors. June is currently working as retail merchandiser for leather goods and accessories at Prada. In the past she has worked with Alexander McQueen & Vivienne Westwood.

She has over ten years of experience as in-house buyer/merchandiser for designer and luxury brands, with extensive knowledge in the UK, China and Far East markets.

“I love supporting emerging brand or SMEs. They play a crucial role in the fashion industry and often find it challenging to manage production, design and sales. With this passion, WE are COCO has provided an ideal platform and opportunity to collaborate with emerging brands and share my skills, knowledge and experience” - June Wanwasir, Prada Group

June specialises in product assortment planning, sales analysis, OTB and seasonal strategy planning, and has a proven record of growing businesses with the strategies that she has implemented. She works closely with the designer, collection merchandiser, logistic, retail/e-commerce (both department store and own retail), marketing and PR and visual merchandiser teams in order to develop 360 strategies when launching a collection (both seasonal and perennial)