Christoph Hahn
Managing Director | I:CO
Christoph Hahn is the managing director and co-founder of I:Collect (I:CO). Since its founding in 2009 the Germany-based company follows the vision of a circular textile industry. In his executive role he established the first global in-store take back system for used apparel and footwear.
I:CO, short for I:Collect, is a respected global solutions provider and innovator for collection, re-use and recycling of used clothing and shoes. The scale of I:CO’s global take-back system and logistics network is unique in the textile industry. The system aims at decreasing the amount of apparel going to landfill but also builds the infrastructure for a resource-efficient circular fashion industry. One of von Hahn’s milestones in this journey is that together with his team he developed procedures to reintroduce recycled fibers into existing textile supply chains. To increase valuable raw materials to be reprocessed, I:CO promotes the development of innovative recycling technologies in the industry.
Before his time at I:CO Hahn worked as a business consultant at Ernst & Young and took off to enter the textile industry leading a vintage clothes retail chain.
