Umar Faruk Chowdhury, Global Wool, Leather and Viscose Material Supply Chain Manager for H&M.
Umar is from Dhaka, capital city of the beautiful country Bangladesh, the land of rivers and a strong cultural heritage & a whole lot of warm hearted people. He studied Textile Engineering and have an MBA, passion for a better world, encouraged him to study further on Environment Management. Currently pursuing a yearlong certificate course on “Commodity Management” from University of Liverpool.
Umar has over seventeen years of experience in different roles in Textile and Apparel industry and been with H&M for the last twelve years, carrying out different responsibilities with strong leadership, improvisation & strategic supply chain management. His role as a Material Manager enabled to connect & work with material suppliers across the globe, role of Product Manager for Denim introduced him to the beautiful blue ocean of creativity and the current role, Global Material Supply Chain manager comes with the challenge of helping the wool, leather and viscose industry taking a strong step towards sustainability along with a business case.
Umar is currently based in Shanghai, a numismatic by hobby & spends most of the free time with his lovely family.

Catherine Stewart, Senior Corporate Campaigner, Canopy.
Catherine has worked in the environmental not-for-profit sector for close to 30 years. Her focus has included forest and ocean conservation and improved sustainability mechanisms for fisheries, aquaculture and forestry operations. Ms. Stewart was a lead negotiator for the environmental sector in the precedent-setting Great Bear Rainforest Agreements in British Columbia, Canada, served as an NGO delegate at United Nations High Seas Fisheries Treaty negotiations and has worked closely with governments, indigenous peoples and industry in crafting solutions that work for business and the environment. Catherine has been with Canopy for five years, with a focus on increased conservation of ancient forests through constructive engagement with forest product customers including viscose producers.

Susan Yang, fabric merchandising Manager for woven fabric, C&A
Susan Yang: Major in Textile Engineering . Have been working for C&A 18 years in the fabric dept. Current rule is fabric merchandising Manager for woven fabric.
Mainly for all types of woven fabric sourcing, development , order following up etc.





Xinxin ZHANG, China Country Rep Rainforest Alliance Certification
Xinxin Zhang has been working as a consultant for Rainforest Alliance since 2013 and is responsible for representing Rainforest Alliance certification and assurance services in China including coordinating certification client portfolios and for servicing present and prospective clients in all matters related to FSC certification, SAN certification and verification programs and services. She is a forestry focal person of the Asia Pacific region. Xinxin holds double master degrees, MSc in Natural Resource and Forest Management from Goettingen University, Germany and Msc in Conservation and Land Management, Bangor University, Wales. Prior to joining Rainforest Alliance, Xinxin spent over 10 years working in forestry including working with WWF China as a senior forest officer, IKEA as a forest coordinator, and China Academy of Forestry as a research assistant. She is an ISO 9001 approved lead auditor, as well as FSC FM/CoC lead auditor.