Alfredo Ferre joins Textile Exchange Governance Board

We are delighted to share that our Chief Product, Innovation and Sustainability Officer, Alfredo Ferre, has been selected to join the Textile Exchange Governance Board.

Alfredo brings a wealth of knowledge to this role, with over 30 years of experience in the textile industry. His deep understanding of the ever-changing landscape of textile recycling and his passion for advancing sustainable and innovative practices in this sector will be an invaluable asset to Textile Exchange.

Alfredo Ferre joins Textile Exchange Governance Board

Alfredo will take on this important role alongside his work at Recover™, where he supports our mission to enable long-scale sustainable change in fashion. As a board member, Alfredo will contribute to building on Textile Exchange’s long-term organizational stability and help to accelerate the adoption of preferred materials.

Other board members include representatives from Target, Patagonia, Columbia and Lenzing. Board members have a three-year term and are eligible for up to three terms, totaling nine years.

I am honored to have been entrusted with a seat on the Textile Exchange Governance Board, a recognition of my decades of experience specializing in materials science and my commitment to driving circularity and sustainability in the textile industry. I hope to bring valuable perspectives from manufacturers across the value chain, ensuring that Textile Exchange benefits from diverse expertise. This will strengthen its ability to address the industry’s most pressing challenges and lay the groundwork for a future in fashion that is not only more responsible but also deeply trustworthy and reliable.

This appointment further solidifies our commitment at Recover™ to fostering leadership and collaboration within the industry to drive meaningful progress.

Recover's heritage: four generations of the Ferre family

Alfredo Ferre García is part of the fourth generation of the founding family of Hilaturas Ferre. The Ferre family started its business in 1914 as a textile factory dedicated to the production of jute and other non-clothing textiles. After a period of raw material shortages due to the first and second world wars, in 1947 the company started recycling textile waste back into cotton yarns.

Alredo Ferre joined the company in 1989, in the expansion department. In 2000, after two years of transition, Alfredo Ferre took over from his father and uncle and, in 2002, he was appointed CEO, a position he held until 2020 when he joined Recover™ after the purchase by the Story3 Capital fund. In parallel, the executive also participates in the board of Hilaturas Ferre.