Petra Schweiger is the Project Director of Accelerating Circularity for the region ofEurope. Accelerating Circularity is a nonprofit organization with the mission to create circular systems for textile-to-textile recycling of post-consumer spent textiles to turn these waste streams into mainstream raw materials. Through their pre-competitive work, the team of Accelerating Circularity coordinates and facilitates among numerous value chain stakeholders to build new supply chains and business models.

Petra has held leadership roles with European and global retail and fashion brands across China, Bangladesh, and Hong Kong for the past 20 years. During her career from quality control to product development to sourcing and buying she has experienced the industry’s impacts first-hand which made her focus on sustainability and circularity early on. She now passes on her in-depth knowledge and expertise to clients across the world. Petra exemplifies a holistic and collaborative approach in delivering transformational solutions. She now lives in Austria.