Kerli Kant Hvass joined EBS in January 2021 as a Circular Economy Lead. Kerli holds a MSc. Degree in International Business Economics from Aalborg University and has studied Social Entrepreneurship at Rosklide University, Denmark. In 2016 she defended her industrial PhD in Social Sciences at Copenhagen Business School (CBS) where she researched business model innovation for circular economy in the context of fashion and textile industry in cooperation with BESTSELLER and other industry stakeholders.
Outside EBS she is an external lecturer at CBS in circular economy and fashion entrepreneurship and Founder of an independent systems thinking advisory platform REVALUATE that facilitates circular economy development in the Nordic-Baltic region through consulting, mentoring and hands-on projects. Kerli has over 15 years of experience working with sustainability in private, public, non-profit sectors and academia in Estonia, Denmark and US and she is a strong advocate for cross-sectoral and industry-academia collaboration. Over the last years she has advocated for textile circularity in Estonia and initiated several activities to keep textiles away from landfills.