The Business of Fashion is pleased to announce the early speaker lineup for BoF VOICES 2024, uniting the movers, shakers and trailblazers of the global fashion, luxury and beauty industries with the thought leaders, entrepreneurs and inspiring people shaping the wider world.
Taking place from November 12 to 15 in Oxfordshire, the three-day gathering will bring together leaders and disruptors from the worlds of science, technology, health and wellness, food, film, politics, the arts, philosophy and philanthropy – and, of course, fashion, luxury and beauty – to promote cross-industry discourse and spark innovation.
Speakers confirmed so far include:
- Simon Porte Jacquemus, founder and creative director, Jacquemus
- Michael Kliger, chief executive, Mytheresa
- Jens Grede, co-founder and chief executive, Skims
- Lauren Santo Domingo, co-founder and chief brand officer, Moda Operandi
- Bethann Hardison, fashion advocate, documentarian and luxury brand consultant
- David Allemann, co-founder and executive co-chairman, On
- Salman Toor, visual artist
- Sven Smit, senior partner and chair of the McKinsey Global Institute
- Jeremy Jauncey, founder and chief executive, Beautiful Destinations
- Gemma D’Auria, senior partner, global leader of apparel, fashion, and luxury, McKinsey & Company
- Ravi Thakran, founder and managing partner, Turmeric Capital Holdings
- Julia Sarr-Jamois, stylist, fashion director and co-founder, Best Represents
A limited number of invitation-only tickets remain to join us in person at Soho Farmhouse in Oxfordshire. To request an invitation, please complete this form.
BoF VOICES 2024 is made possible in part by our partners McKinsey & Company and Getty Images. If you are interested in learning about partnership opportunities, please contact us here.
Simon Porte Jacquemus is a French designer and the founder of Jacquemus, a ready-to-wear and accessories label. Jacquemus’ collections are inspired by fine art, photography, sculpture, French culture and the designer’s own life. Throughout the trajectory of the label the brand has challenged marketing norms in fashion, staging runway productions in unexpected locations including a Parisian swimming pool, a lavender field in Provence or a wheat field outside of Paris. Jacquemus’ career milestones include self-publishing the coffee table photography books “Marseille Je T’aime”(2017), “Images” (2020), and “Le Chouchou” (2023), shot by Martin Parr.
Michael Kliger is the chief executive officer of Mytheresa, a position he has held since 2015. In this role, Kliger has assembled a leadership team dedicated to driving growth for the Munich-based luxury e-tailer. Under his leadership, Mytheresa completed its listing on the New York Stock Exchange. Kliger also sits on the company’s management board. Prior to joining Mytheresa, Kliger was the international vice president for eBay Enterprise. He has also held managing director roles and executive positions at Accenture, First Capital Partners and Real Holding, as well as serving as the former principal of McKinsey & Company, where he headed the consultancy’s German retail practice.
Jens Grede is the co-founder and chief executive of viral lingerie and loungewear brand Skims, currently valued at $4 billion. The brand’s innovative approach to the intimates and lounge category has amassed millions of customers since its launch in 2019. He is also the co- founder and chairman of Frame and a prolific investor in retail and media through his holding company Popular Culture. Prior to partnering with his wife Emma Grede and Kim Kardashian to launch the business in 2018, Grede founded Los Angeles-based Frame with Erik Torstensson in 2012. Before that, the duo spent years working in fashion and media, serving as editors-in-chief of magazine Man About Town and launching Industrie magazine, before co-founding the marketing agency Saturday Group in 2003.
Lauren Santo Domingo is the co-founder and chief brand officer of luxury e-commerce platform Moda Operandi. Moda Operandi launched in 2010 with a runway pre-order model and a focus on emerging designers and brands. In 2023, Santo Domingo was named artistic director of Tiffany’s home collection. She currently sits on the Board of Directors for Moda Operandi and Save Venice Inc., a non-profit dedicated to the conservation of the arts in Venice, Italy. She previously served as an editor at American Vogue.
Bethann Hardison is a model, documentary filmmaker and activist. Hardison became one of the first high-profile Black models when she walked in the historic 1973 Battle of Versailles fashion show. She is also the founder of her namesake modelling agency, which has guided the careers of young models with a focus on diversifying the fashion industry. In 1988, alongside model Iman, she founded Black Girls Coalition to advocate for equal pay for Black and minority ethnic models and has garnered accolades including the CFDA’s Founder Award for her advocacy. Hardison made her directorial debut in 2023 with “Invisible Beauty,” a documentary that chronicles her career and has won awards including the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Documentary Film.
David Allemann is the co-founder and co-chairman of Swiss sportswear company On, which he founded alongside Caspar Coppetti and Olivier Bernhard. Allemann leads On’s product, marketing and direct-to-consumer teams. Previously, he served as chief marketing officer for furniture brand Vitra, and advised global clients in sports and media at McKinsey, where he also supported entrepreneurs through the McKinsey start up accelerator programme. Allemann holds a master’s degree in law from the University of Zurich.
Salman Toor is a Pakistani visual artist based in New York City. His work, which depicts the lives of imagined young, brown and queer men, can be found in the permanent collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Whitney Museum of American Art, as well as the Tate in London and the Pinault Collection in Paris. Currently, his work is on view in the 60th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia.
Sven Smit is a senior partner at McKinsey & Company and the chairman of the McKinsey Global Institute, the firm’s business and economics research arm. As chairman of MGI, Smit leads research and authors reports on global economic trends and topics such as productivity and growth, urbanisation, innovation and technology, and the future of work. He’s also the co-author of two books: “Beyond the Hockey Stick” and “The Granularity of Growth.” Smit previously led McKinsey’s western Europe region and its global strategy and corporate finance practice. He holds a degree from Delft University of Technology and an MBA from INSEAD.
Jeremy Jauncey is the founder and chief executive of Beautiful Destinations, a strategy and creative agency servicing travel companies including hotels and airlines. In 2017, Beautiful Destinations was named as one of the most innovative companies in travel by Fast Company. Jauncey is also an ambassador for World Wildlife Fund, Panerai and Technogym.
Gemma D’Auria is a senior partner at McKinsey & Company and the global leader of its apparel, fashion and luxury sector. Based in Milan with over two decades of consulting experience across the US, Middle East and Europe, D’Auria partners with company executives to create lasting change through holistic growth strategies, digital transformations, and capability building at scale. She regularly publishes insights relevant to the fashion, retail, and luxury sectors including McKinsey and BoF’s annual State of Fashion report, which she leads and co-authors.
Ravi Thakran is the founder and managing partner of Turmeric Capital Holdings, a Singapore-based private equity firm focussed on investing in Asia’s consumer sectors. Thakran served as group chairman of LVMH Asia as well as chairman of L Capital Asia (now L Catterton Asia), which he founded in 2008 and grew into one of Asia’s largest consumer-focused growth investment firms. In his two decades at LVMH Asia, Thakran held top roles across the likes of Sephora Asia and LVMH Watches & Jewellery Asia before serving as group president in 2008 and group chairman in 2014. Alongside his involvement with museums, global tourism boards and animal conservation charities, he serves on Harrods’ board of directors and is involved in the Saudi Fashion Commission.
Julia Sarr-Jamois is a stylist, fashion director and co-founder of talent management agency Best Represents. Raised in South London, Sarr-Jamois began her career as a model before joining the editorial team at i-D at the age of 19. In 2018, Sarr-Jamois became fashion editor-at-large at British Vogue and later became the youngest and first ever Black fashion director in the publication’s history. A founding member of the Mentoring Matters and Rubric mentoring initiatives, Sarr-Jamois has also participated in Africa’s Guaranty Trust Fashion Weekend. Her work has been featured in publications including T Magazine, Self Service and M Le magazine du Monde, and she has collaborated with photographers such as Tyrone Lebon and Alasdair McLellan. Sarr-Jamois’ client roster includes the likes of Dolce & Gabbana, Hermès and Chanel.
