Yolande Letshou is a British London based entrepreneur with over 15 years experience of working within the luxury fashion and media sectors. She has successfully directed numerous high profile events, catering to an audience of up to 30,000 guests. This includes a range of international fashion projects across four continents including North America/the Caribbean (New York & Jamaica,) Europe (Paris, Romania, Poland), Asia (China), and Africa (Democratic Republic of Congo).

Yolande has a passion for promoting and raising the profile of emerging and independent designers, who are often struggling to gain exposure due to financial constraints/lack of professional direction. As a result she has been fortunate to work on some unique projects and with some fabulous brands and organisations including The Caribbean Export Development Agency (CEDA), Nolcha, UsTrendy, Fiore, Dermalogica, Yonka, Quick Energy, collection 2000, Perrier Water,itsocks.co.uk and Hush Puppies among many others.

In 2009 she was invited by the British Fashion Council CEO’s Caroline Rush and Simon Ward to discuss the various channels available for promoting emerging designers who lack exposure, with a  particular focus on those from ethnic backgrounds.