Achilleas Constantinou, a founder member of the board of the British Fashion Council (BFC), has stepped down after 25 years as a director, according to reports.

Constantinou, who is also chief executive of women’s wear fashion brand Ariella, is understood to be the last of the BFC’s founder directors to resign.

The BFC did not respond to requests for comment on the story.

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