Owning it with Dounia Wone, Chief Impact Officer at Vestiaire Collective

The second in our series of career interviews steps into the worlds of circularity and political advocacy with one of France's foremost sustainable fashion leaders.

Dounia Wone. Credit: Pierre Mouton

From politics to circular business models, Dounia Wone, Chief Impact Officer of French pre-loved luxury fashion platform, Vestiaire Collective, is a woman on a mission. Her work today not only spans educating both internally and externally, but building out projects that in of themselves have become pieces of advocacy informing and influencing legislation.

It’s a trajectory that makes enormous sense when in context of the fact she previously tackled sustainable development issues for some of France’s biggest institutions, including the Ministry of Housing, Ministry of Ecological Transition, National Assembly, and Paris’ City Hall. Dounia in her own words is committed to constructing effective public policy, and building bridges between the public and the private sectors, key institutions and major brands. 

So I asked her eight questions about her career, from how she got to where she is and what her typical day looks like, to her biggest challenges and greatest learnings…