Wendy Woods 1 Wendy Woods named chair of the Fashion for Good BV Board

Wendy Woods, chair of the Fashion for Good BV Board

Wendy Wood has been announced as the new chair of the Fashion for Good B.V. Board.

Ms Woods bring more than 30 years of experience advising businesses, investors, governments, and social sector organisations, and is vice chair for Social Impact, Climate & Sustainability at Boston Consulting Group, where she is also a managing director and senior partner.

Based in Boston, she has worked extensively across Europe, Africa, and Asia. She is a member of the Executive Committee of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, and serves on the boards of the Elevate Prize Foundation and TENT Partnership for Refugees.

Katrin Ley, managing director for Fashion for Good, said: “I am excited to welcome Wendy as chair of Fashion for Good BV’s Board. Her global perspective, her belief in business as a driver of systemic change, and her deep expertise in scaling sustainable business and cross-sector collaboration make her the right partner for Fashion for Good’s next chapter.”

Wendy Woods, chair of Fashion for Good B.V. Board, said: “Much of my career has been spent on the question: how do we rethink business’s role in society, create sustainable, inclusive strategies, and build collaborations to drive positive change at scale.

“I look forward to working with Katrin and her team, my fellow board members, founding partner Laudes Foundation, and the wider ecosystem of partners and innovators to help drive the next phase of this exciting work.”

Fashion for Good extends its deepest thanks to Jill Beraud for four years of leadership, whose chairmanship represented a period of real growth for the organisation.

Fashion for Good was founded with a bold mission to make all fashion good. With the visionary guidance of William McDonough and the support of founding partner Laudes Foundation, Fashion for Good began the deep work of building a community, sparking collaboration, and enabling the disruptive innovation needed to steer the industry on a trajectory towards circularity.