Laura Connell

Laura Connell currently serves as the Senior Solutions Consultant Manager at GWI, where responsibilities include leading the Subject Matter Expert function of the Solutions Consultant team since January 2022. Prior experience includes roles at Cobalt Fashion as Senior Trends Manager, Consumer Trends Manager, and Trend & Concept Designer from April 2018 to December 2021, along with multiple positions at ANN INC., including Associate Designer and Assistant Designer focused on sweater design. Earlier roles involved design coordination at LF USA for womenswear and sweater apparel and an internship at House of Sunny for womenswear tailoring. Laura holds a Bachelor of Arts in Fashion Knitwear and Knitted Textile Design from Nottingham Trent University and is pursuing an Executive MBA at Quantic School of Business and Technology.