Doreen has a MA in Fashion from the Royal College of Art in London. She worked for Liberty of London, Harvey Nichols, and multinational companies including Courtaulds Textiles as a designer and trend forecaster for many years. Doreen has evolved to become an educationalist and creative business strategist.

Her journey has involved many successful firsts within the UK including, developing targeted programmes to win the UK Government’s National Skills Challenge Award competition. This led to the establishment of the Fashionworks’ programmes, which support employment and sustainable growth within the fashion and manufacturing sectors in London.

In the last 20 years, Fashionworks has established an excellent track-record and is well-known within the wider creative industry for its inclusivity in delivery. Fashionworks has supported over 5000 new and established businesses and social entrepreneurs with a range of industrial training and consultancy services to achieve sustainable growth.

In recognition of these high impact programmes and initiatives, Doreen was awarded an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honour List in 2006 for services to the Fashion industry.

Doreen is the first black woman on the MA in Fashion degree course at the Royal College of Art. She was a Commissioner on the Mayor of London’s Creative Industries Commission to support the regeneration and growth of the creative industries in London.

Further to her recognition within the UK creative industries, Doreen is now working internationally and helping to develop creative and lifestyle craft SMEs in Ghana, West Africa into high value international markets.