Don Hellier:

5 Year Apprenticeship Bespoke Cutter/ Trade Certificate

30 years industry experience including Supervisory/Managerial experience.

20 years full-time teaching as a senior pattern making lecturer in Fashion Studies at the Auckland University of Technology.

Holds a Distinguished Teaching Award for excellence, awarded 2003.

Jenny Osborne:

Trained Home Economics Teacher

5 years secondary teaching experience.

London College of Fashion City&Guilds Certificate

30 years industry experience including 9 years manufacturing under own Label

10 years tertiary teaching

Benson &Hedges winner