Debra Langley
Singapore
Debra Langley is the CEO of Inverted Edge, an online shopping platform that specializes in internationally ready, high quality and globally relevant fashion brands from Asia Pacific and beyond, complementing these collections with handpicked collectible pieces and special collaboration capsules.
Under its corporate banner, The World of Edge, Inverted Edge also provides ecommerce solutions for other fashion labels, and for media partners who want to embed commerce into their content.
Debra's career spans the USA and Asia Pacific, and she has created, launched and repositioned brands for expansion into new markets and cultures – from tech startups to media and fashion. She has worked with cross-border ecommerce company Borderlinx, launching their luxury marketplace, OneWorldAvenue, and she was previously President of DKNY JEANS International, running non American markets.
She is also a co-founder, with financier and philanthropist Michael Milken, of Miavita, an online platform that helps people lead longer, healthier lives. In addition, she was a co-founder of GiveMeaning, an online non-profit that was an early entrant into functionality that that offered creative ways for small donors to fund-raise.
Debra has also held international development positions in Hong Kong and New York for The Economist Group, and with Hearst Magazines International.
She is US and New Zealand citizen, now living in Singapore.