SOCiLA’s Ambassadors
COTTON VALUE CHAIN
Liesl Truscott
Director Textile Exchange
Europe and Farm Engagement
Bath, UK
ECOSYSTEMS
Markus Abrenz
Executive Director
IFOAM Organics International
Bonn, Germany
SUPPLY CHAIN DEVELOPMENT
Gonzales la Cruz
Director South America Region
Solidaridad Network
Lima, Peru
FAIR TRADE
Olga Segovia
General Manager
Aratex Orgánica
Asuncion, Paraguay
COTTON CROPPING
Jens Soth, Agronomist,
Senior Advisor Sustainable Commodities,
Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation
Zurich, Switzerland
NATURAL COLOUR COTTON
Maysa Gadhela
Founder and President
Natural Fashion and
CoopNatural
Campina Grande, Pb, Brazil
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
Felipe Arango
Partner of BSD Group,
Switzerland, and Founder of BSD
Consulting in Colombia and USA
Miami, USA
MICRO FINANCE
Helmut Grossmann,
Agronomist, International Consultant (GIZ, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management),
Bogota, Colombia
SOURCING
Jorge Hernàn Olarte,
Executive Director,
Diagonal
Medellin, Colombia
US MARKET
Maximilian Grisar
CEO
La Siesta Inc.
Miami, USA
SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT (CSR)
Carlos Manuel González,
Technical Manager
Industrias Fatelares
Medellin, Colombia
ORGANIC TEXTILES
Carlos Tonon
Founder and CEO
Verde Textil
Buenos Aires, Argentina