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Barjis Chohan is the founder of the award-winning design brand BARJIS and a bold voice in the world of creative entrepreneurship.
Her journey, from walking away from a career in medicine to interning with Vivienne Westwood and launching her own label, embodies the courage to defy norms and the resilience to rise after failure. Along the way, she has balanced motherhood, pitched to global audiences, and rebuilt through setbacks that have shaped her values and vision.
Her work has gained international recognition, earning accolades such as Entrepreneur of the Year (London), Mail on Sunday Designer in International Trade, and Runner-Up for Female-Owned Business of the Year. Dubbed a “Vivienne Westwood prodigy” by The Guardian, Barjis was recently featured in a London Film Academy documentary as a social revolutionist.
Her designs have appeared in Vogue and been showcased at major fashion weeks in Dubai, London, Paris, and Malaysia. She has also exhibited her work in renowned museums across San Francisco, Frankfurt, the Netherlands, and New York, further cementing her influence in global design and culture. As a speaker, Barjis shares raw, relatable stories about navigating fear, failure, and reinvention. Her talks inspire audiences to take bold risks, embrace imperfection, and view failure as a stepping stone—not a defeat. She has delivered impactful talks and workshops for organizations including JP Morgan & Chase, the London School of Economics (LSE), Cass Business School, Fonterra, and GoCompare – leaving a lasting impression across industries and cultures.
Why do brands die over time? Why do brands lose their competitive edge? This keynote will highlight the danger of following the crowd and losing your ethos and values of the organisation.
This keynote will explore the following:
How to remain relevant yet maintain your core ethos
Re- visit your ‘whys’ and mission statement and how to apply them in your day to day business.
Think like a small business yet grow exponentially.
Stop being everything for everyone and go back to move forward.
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.
Many a 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.
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 which 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.
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 spend 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 in achieving your goals.
What cost effective tools can we use immediately to make positive change.
Your presentation was very well received and have already had some great feedback from students and staff, particularly some of the young women we were targeting/hoping to inspire, which is perfect.
Lovely speaker, and spoke frankly about a lovely range of topics. Everyone responded really well and it was a fantastic opportunity to hear from her.
