Mike Rushforth - Curriculum Vitae

2003 to date:  Director, Global Textile Associates Ltd.

• Technology transfer and product development projects through to retail with mills in China and India.
• Audits of Chinese and Turkish mills with recommendations for quality improvement and identifying opportunities for product inovation.
• Implementation of whole company, quality improvement programmes for a UK garment retailer and a UK weaving company.

1994 - 2003:  Technical and Quality Director, Parkland Fabrics and Drummond Parkland, Huddersfield, UK.

• Responsible for fabric development, technical innovation and the implemention and management of the whole-company quality assurance programme.

1992 - 1994:  Senior Technical Advisor, EBRD - TAM Programme.

1965 - 1992:  Director Operations, Research and Technology (final position), International Wool Secretariat (IWS), Ilkley.

Qualifications:

• Doctor of Philosophy, Leeds University Textile Department, 1977.
• Chartered Chemist: Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.
• Chartered Textile Technologist: Fellow of the Textile Institute.