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Barjis Chohan          

Fashion Designer, Social Entrepreneur, Advocate for Diversity

Barjis Chohan is a UK-based fashion designer, social entrepreneur, and professional keynote speaker known for her advocacy for diversity and inclusion in business. She has chosen a career in fashion after studying at the London College of Fashion and interning with designer Vivienne Westwood, rather than pursuing medicine. Chohan no longer holds fashion shows, focusing instead on preventing the objectification of young girls.

Chohan has a rich history of delivering motivational talks at various prestigious organizations, including Aston University, Cass Business School, The Capital Exchange, Burnley College, the London College of Fashion, University of Surrey, Champion Headquarters, GoCompare Headquarters, GFACCT in Colombia, OIC Business Summit in Malaysia, and the Global Pioneers Conference. Her keynote presentations often highlight themes such as women's rights, accessibility of the arts, and maintaining core business ethos during international expansion. Notably, she has expanded her business efforts in the Middle East and passionately discusses using creativity for growth, understanding cultural diversity, gender equity and empowerment, as well as fashion and sustainability in her talks.

Currently, Chohan runs a multidisciplinary design studio and is engaged in a collaborative fashion project with Ukraine Arts Culture, set to be exhibited at The Fine Art Museum in San Francisco in September. Additionally, she is developing a sunglasses range, fulfilling a long-held ambition. Her approach to speaking engagements is characterized as relatable, authentic, and motivational, aiming to inspire audiences to bring the best version of themselves to their endeavors. Through her public speaking and design projects, Chohan is dedicated to making a positive difference in people's lives.

Speech Topics


Use Creativity as the Fuel for Growth

Investing in creativity and innovation is the only way to grow businesses that last. Barjis will show you how to use cost effective-tools and methods to bring results.

The keynote will focus on:

  • Strategies to stand out from the crowd
  • Aborting what does not align with your values
  • Helping teams to work interdependently with a common purpose
  • How to work against the status quo to deliver results

Understand Cultural Diversity to Create an Inclusive and Productive Workplace

Many times employees leave not because of the work but because of the culture. Post-Covid is an employees market and with the ‘great resignation’ we are seeing employers fighting to keep talent.

This keynote will focus on:

  • Understanding culture nuances and sensibilities to retain talent
  • How to create an inclusive culture where everyone is valued
  • Learn practical tools on creating an empathetic culture
  • Build staff morale through adding value and making everyone feel part of a bigger and purposeful goal
  • Creating a culturally diverse team to bring exponential growth

Gender Equity and Empowerment

We tend to think that empowering women is the only way to tackle gender inequality. What about empowering both men and women to understand each other without causing division? This keynote challenges the ‘versus’ culture promoted on social media; a culture that causes division and misunderstandings.

This Keynote by Barjis will bring:

  • A better understanding of the challenges faced by BOTH women and men at the workplace
  • How we can create a culture where everyone is valued and we work together to build each other instead of breaking each other
  • Learn tools and better listening skills to create empathy
  • Cater to the needs of every employee with their individual goal plan that works around their personal lifestyles and commitments
  • Using mentors as a way to create leaders within leaders
  • Bridging the gap of gender inequity by working with men as allies.

Fashion & Sustainability

How can businesses become ethical and sustainable? Is it possible to be 100% Sustainable? Why is sustainability easier to talk about and harder to implement? Barjis has spent 7 years understanding and testing sustainability and has successfully introduced sustainable products to the market.

The keynote will examine:

  • What damage the fashion industry has done to the climate
  • How to create a sustainable plan for your company
  • What are the barriers to success?
  • Why it’s important to re-set and re-evaluate your current sustainability goals?
  • How to take accountability and build a network that will support you in achieving your goals
  • What cost-effective tools can we use immediately to make positive change

To Be Defined is to Be Confined

Barjis believes that she is not defined by her gender, religion and ethnicity. Breaking away from the traditional immigrant story, Barjis chose to pursue Fashion instead of Medicine. Her story is captivating, inspirational and she really knows how to break the glass ceiling.

This keynote will focus on:

  • Sharing Barjis's journey with a punch of humour and wit.
  • Inspire others to follow their dreams.
  • Always lead by example, authenticity and integrity
  • To never lose sight of your "why's"
  • How to win in the face of adversities and challenges.
  • How to turn failure into success.

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