Faculty & Guest Speakers
ELLE education is made up of professionals from the Fashion, Lifestyle, and Innovation sectors, as well as professors from prestigious and leading universities including Complutense University of Madrid and MIT in Boston.
Our programs offer a 360°vision of the areas in each course, combining theoretical knowledge with practical experience.
We seek excellence in our classes, thus we want our students to live it through the quality, career, and dedication of our faculty. We create unique academic experiences for our students in the most complete manner. Get to know your future professors.
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Faculty
Frank Ravanelli
GLOBAL HEAD OF AFFILIATES
FOREO
Frank Ravanelli has been in digital marketing since 1995, working remotely since 2003, lecturing and presenting at digital events since 2004. He has been developing an in-depth experience with digital strategies, tactics, campaigns, metrics and teams in APAC, Americas, EMEA markets. He works for FOREO, a Swedish skintech Company.
Charmaine White
FOUNDER & CREATIVE DIRECTOR
THE WHITE HOUSE INTERIORS
Coming from a creative family with professional roots in design and build, Charmaine discovered her unique flair and entrepreneurial vision for interior design at an early age. With a friendly, personalised and creative design service, The White House Interiors draws on the dreams and aspirations of its clients to create beautifully bespoke interiors, from concept to final installation. The design studio manages and curates full renovation projects for fine homes throughout London and the Home Counties.
Jonathan Forster
DIRECTOR
MULTI STORY THINKING
Jonathan is an award-winning designer, educator and consultant and host of the Multi Story Thinking podcast. With over 25 years of experience, Jonathan has designed ground-breaking spaces for individual and blue-chip companies.
As the Award Leader of the Interior Design course at the University of Plymouth, Jonathan has been passing on his knowledge to the next generation of designers, forging links between emerging talents and industry, while remaining at the forefront of design methodology research.
Tash South
OWNER OF INTERIORS AND RENOVATION CONSULTANCY
SOUTH PLACE STUDIO
Tash South has worked in the design industries for over 20 years. Starting in advertising and graphic design in Cape Town, South Africa, she then branched out into interiors and renovation consultancy. She now lives in London, where she runs
South Place Studio.
The South Place Studio philosophy is to design beautiful, liveable, modern spaces with a highly functional base, which brings ease to their clients’ busy, daily lives.
Simon Hamilton
FOUNDER
DESIGN CAREER CONSULTING
Simon Hamilton gained his Interior Design B.A. (Hons) degree from Nottingham Trent University. During a career spanning 30 years, Simon has specialized in design recruitment for leading agencies in London. He combined his interior design expertise, extensive professional knowledge and industry guidance to establish Design Career Consulting.
Simon is also a visiting tutor at a selection of London design schools such as Central Saint Martins, University of The Arts London, Chelsea College of Art, London, Istituto Marangoni, London and The Interior Design School.
Charlie Jameson
ENTERTAIMENT SPECIALIST
PUSH THE BUTTON
Charlie Jameson works with international promoters, brands and venues, to book entertainment and produce live shows for festivals, club nights, brand launches, award shows, sporting events and corporate functions.
He has 13 years of experience in live show production and entertainment booking, and has recently worked with acts as diverse as Mick Fleetwood, Chaka Khan, Noel Gallagher, Steven Tyler, Tom Grennan, along with brands such as Heineken, Birra Moretti, Sky, Netflix, Facebook and Tinder.
Daniel Johnson
MENSWEAR STYLIST
Originally from Yorkshire, Daniel became a menswear stylist through the dramatic transformation of his own image following the break-up of a long-term relationship. This very personal experience for him was where he began to learn the fundamentals of style through trial and error.
In the 11 years of being in business he has trained with bespoke tailors on Savile Row and luxury retailers on Bond Street, taught personal styling at some of London’s best fashion colleges, has made numerous TV appearances discussing menswear style trends.
Rossella Oppes
INTERNATIONAL IMAGE CONSULTANT
Rossella is Italian. She is a Certified Image Consultant graduated from the London Image Institute, the most important name in Image training. She has achieved top qualifications in Advanced Image Consulting, Personal Development and Advanced Colour Analysis.
With a profound passion for her job, she travels all over the world meeting with her clients located in different countries. Rossella is also a corporate trainer, and she works for internationally acclaimed luxury fashion and beauty brands.
Guest Speakers
Tara Swennen
FASHION STYLIST
Tara Swennen is a Los Angeles-based fashion stylist. A graduate of the fashion design program at Cornell University, Swennen kickstarted her career by assisting two of the industry’s biggest names: Andrea Lieberman and Rachel Zoe. Her client list includes Kristen Stewart, Julie Bowen, Allison Janney, Lana Condor and Matthew Mcconaughey.
She has worked on major campaigns with Chanel, Ralph Lauren, Neutrogena, E!, Target, and Netflix, and her work has appeared in Flaunt, InStyle, Nylon, Teen Vogue, Esquire UK, Maxim, and more. Tara was inducted into the Costume Designers Guild after collaborating on NBC’s primetime show Cane.
Roger Graell
Global E-Commerce Director
MANGO
Graell is the Global E-commerce Director, and part of the executive committee, at Mango since 2010. Previously, Roger worked for 6 years at Redcats (ex-home shopping division of Kering Group) in different senior positions in marketing and operations, developing the business for brands like La Redoute, Vertbaudet and EmpireStores, across various European countries.
Roger Graell holds a diploma from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia on Mathematics and Statistics and a Management Development Program (PDD) at IESE Business School.
Gabriela Hearst
FASHION DESIGNER
Born in Uruguay, she is a real woman, alluring and powerful, but there is much action in her life and these clothes are her uniform, her armor.
She launched in 2016 her Nina Bag which started as a limited edition series bag and now has an extensive waiting list.
Gabriela is the winner of the 2016/17 International Woolmark Prize for Womenswear and the 2018 recipient of the Pratt Institute Fashion Visionary Award.
Stuart Vevers
Creative Director
COACH
Born in South Yorkshire, England, Stuart Vevers moved to London at the age of 18 to study Fashion Design at the University of Westminster.
After graduating in Womenswear in 1996, Vevers started his career at Calvin Klein in New York, and then moved on to successful roles at Bottega Veneta, Givenchy and Louis Vuitton.
Stuart Vevers joined Coach as Executive Creative Director in September 2013 to lead all creative aspects of the Coach brand.
Maddison Lynn
Founder
Maddison & Company
Maddison is an innovative leader within the fashion industry. Being the Ambassador for ELLE Education is a complete honour where Maddison is excited to play a role in how fashion education is welcomed, shared, and delivered. Maddison obtained her degree in psychology and sociology at Western University.
Maddison is also a graduate from ELLE Education where she studied Marketing and Communications for Fashion & Luxury Brands. She graduated at the top of her class. Now Maddison has recently launched her own education and consulting firm for fashion models called Maddison & Company.
Maddison has developed strategies to help change a models trajectory, break through career barriers, and improve their overall industry performance. She mentors models from all avenues. Maddison is trailblazing a new path in the fashion industry to create ever lasting change.