About
Founder-led, senior and independent
PickGlass Advisory is led by Mark Dentith, whose career spans fashion, automotive, aeronautical, medical and industrial filtration textiles.
Founder
Mark Dentith
I have spent my career turning textile science into products, plants and businesses: from the high street to the hot-gas baghouse, and from a new mill to global innovation leadership.
I specialise in fibre technology, coated fabrics, functional treatments, and dyeing and colour measurement. I undertook a PhD in Textile Technology at the University of Manchester. You deal with me from the first conversation to the final report.
- Global Innovation LeaderAlkegen, industrial filtration
- Senior Development ScientistSmith & Nephew, medical
- Mill start-up to commercialGlobal fashion brands
- PhD, Textile TechnologyUniversity of Manchester
Career
- Coats Viyella
Where it began
Household fabrics, linings, technical textiles and apparel across a wide range of fibres, for UK and European high-street retailers, fashion houses, sports brands and luxury brands.
- Automotive sector
Automotive textiles
Textiles built to the demanding specifications of the automotive industry.
- Textile mill start-up
Building a mill
Contributed to developing a fully commercial textile mill from scratch, working with global fashion brands.
- Technical woven fabrics
High-tenacity nylon 6.6
Woven fabrics for aeronautical, parachute, airbag, inflatable and protective applications.
- Smith & Nephew
Senior Development Scientist
Product development in the medical sector.
- Consultancy
Independent consultant
Advising concept-stage, novel and mainstream businesses on technology, products and processes.
- Alkegen
Global Innovation Leader
Innovation leadership for industrial filtration nonwovens.
- PickGlass Advisory
Founder
Senior technical judgement for textile businesses, boards and investors.