GSSport24 Speaker

Joanna Czutkowna

Director - 5THREAD

Joanna is CEO of 5Thread, a consultancy company specialising in sports, apparel and education founded on 5 key principles of circularity, inclusivity, partnerships, transformation and leadership. She is a doctoral researcher completing her PhD on the circular economy within sports apparel. With over 20 years of international experience, based in China for 10 years, she has managed global sourcing strategy and innovation departments for some of the world’s largest apparel brands. Working across every part of the product development and production process she has extensive hands-on industry insight into systems change which she uses to support organisations’ transition towards more circular business models.