Mareile Osthus | Fashion360 Ambassador

‘Mareile’s customer-centric focus drives her passion for scaling and enabling fast growing online retail destinations through exceptional brand and product curation.

With over 15 years experience in fashion and 10 years in fashion e-commerce, Mareile has a deep understanding of what influences retail buying behaviour. Her data-driven approach to product and brand curation, as well as brand development, ensures her team remains agile when it comes to closing the gap between supply and demand.  

In her previous role at Australia and New Zealand’s leading online fashion and sports destination, THE ICONIC, Mareile lead a team of 150 buyers, planners, account managers and strategists, as well as THE ICONIC’s sustainability and ethical sourcing team.

Mareile was also positioned within THE ICONIC’s Executive team whom she worked with closely to ensure that sustainable long-term growth is achieved by balancing business priorities while having THE ICONIC’s customers, employees and partners in focus.’

Mareile has recently taken a board position with corporate advisory firm, Grevillea Capital.

Judith Kingston | Fashion Retail Mentor

With over 25 years’ experience in the Australian and international fashion retail landscape, Jude has built a great reputation as a formidable and sought-after global fashion expert where she brings her wealth of knowledge and expertise to her clients which include designers, retailers, start-ups, industry advisory boards and panels. Jude is a highly strategic and creative retailer who started her career in retail buying and then moved into senior roles where she worked with leading fashion retail brands both in Australia and Overseas. A regular panel expert for Fashion Designers, Jude is highly regarded for her industry knowledge and insights. As an independent strategic consultant and mentor, Jude is passionate about scaling businesses and taking them to the next level. She works with clients around the globe specializing in Business Collaborations, Business Strategy, Buying, Product Development and Management, Marketing and Brand Strategy, Customer Insights, Pricing Strategy, Financial Costing and Planning. Inside Edge – Jude is passionate about seeing businesses evolve and succeed in this highly competitive market place. A wealth of knowledge and expertise when it comes to understanding retail both here and overseas. Sharing her extensive knowledge in a practical and solutions-based focus, ensuring businesses can implement new ideas and processes according to their business model and resources.