Build connections, formulate partnerships, and develop lasting relationships
Committed to ensuring every brand makes the connections they need to accelerate their growth, Beauty Connect brings together multiple brand workshops, private and public pitching opportunities, intimate roundtables focused on industry challenges, and pre-scheduled 1-2-1 meetings; all running alongside main-stage content.
Join us in 2024 and expect to:
- Foster partnerships with the future investors of your brand or the future brands of your portfolio
- Position yourself for a successful strategic partnership with beauty conglomerates
- Scale your brand while maintaining talent, brand values and driving inclusivity and diversity practices at every touchpoint
- Make meaningful retailer connections and gain confidence in your distribution strategy
- Meet and rise above the demands of the conscious consumer by engaging with industry-leading vendors and sustainability experts
INDIE BRAND SPOTLIGHT
Introducing our 2023 Indie Brand Spotlight Finalists!
Bringing you 10 of the most promising indie brands from across the beauty, wellness, and personal care space.
THANK YOU TO OUR 2024 ADVISORY BOARD
Rich Gersten
Rich has spent the last 30 years investing and building great consumer brands at top private equity firms including Tengram Capital Partners, L Catterton, and North Castle Partners. Rich spent the last 9 years dedicated specifically to investing in the beauty industry, where he developed an extensive network of relationships that sourced many emerging growth brands with very limited access to institutional capital. Realizing the significant opportunity to address this underserved area of the market in beauty, Rich founded True Beauty Ventures.
Rich received a BS in Economics from Union College (N.Y.) and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Presca Ahn
Presca Ahn, Investment Director, BOLD – Business Opportunities for L’Oréal Development
As a global investment director at BOLD, the venture fund of L’Oréal, Presca oversees the fund’s brand & technology investments worldwide. Prior to joining BOLD, Presca was a private equity investor at Five Arrows Principal Investments following three years as an investment banker at Rothschild & Co in Paris. In her earlier career, she was an operator in the art market, notably representing artists & artist estates at an international gallery and serving as CEO of a major contemporary art museum in Beijing. Presca holds a BA from Yale College; an MSc from the London School of Economics, where she was a Fulbright Scholar; and an MBA from INSEAD.
Akshay Talati
Akshay Talati, a pharmacist, is an expert in cosmetic research and innovation, having championed hundreds of successful products at 22 multinational and indie brands at Estee Lauder, Unilever and L'Oreal over his 30 years career.
Currently, as head of product development for Goop, a trending wellness and lifestyle brand, he leads expansion by launching a new brand for mass retail channels as well as growing beyond skincare into several other product categories in makeup, haircare, and wellness essentials.
He also serves as Vice President on the board of the Society of Cosmetic Chemists, is an executive advisor, speaker, and writer for several trade shows and publications, co-founded Skindie™, and actively engages in mentoring professionals seeking guidance in the beauty industry.
Ron Robinson
Ju Rhyu
2023 INDUSTRY SPEAKERS
Akshay Talati
Akshay Talati, a pharmacist, is an expert in cosmetic research and innovation, having championed hundreds of successful products at 22 multinational and indie brands at Estee Lauder, Unilever and L'Oreal over his 30 years career.
Currently, as head of product development for Goop, a trending wellness and lifestyle brand, he leads expansion by launching a new brand for mass retail channels as well as growing beyond skincare into several other product categories in makeup, haircare, and wellness essentials.
He also serves as Vice President on the board of the Society of Cosmetic Chemists, is an executive advisor, speaker, and writer for several trade shows and publications, co-founded Skindie™, and actively engages in mentoring professionals seeking guidance in the beauty industry.
Alisa Carmichael
Amy Elisa Jackson
Amy Elisa Jackson has worked in a variety of industries, but no matter the role, she is a storyteller first. She is currently the VP of Global Marketing for PATTERN Beauty by Tracee Ellis Ross. Amy Elisa leads the management, development and implementation of operational and product marketing strategies, creative campaigns, retail expansion and innovation for the award-winning haircare brand dedicated to exceed the beauty needs of the curly, coily & tight-texture community.
In previous roles at tech companies like Glassdoor and Facebook, to publishers including People Magazine, EBONY and MSN, she has overseen global editorial content and integrated marketing strategies. She has developed content for brands across lifestyle, digital, culture and news brands, and has interviewed celebrities, policy makers and top executives across the platforms of podcast, digital media, television, and print.
Amy Elisa earned her Bachelors of Arts degree in Communications & Middle Eastern Studies from Stanford University. She lives in Los Angeles with her Chihuahua rescue dog, Shug Avery.
Angela Caglia
A master esthetician of 28 years, Angela Caglia has spent more than 30,000 hours practicing and perfecting her craft. Trained by skincare experts in France and guided by her robust knowledge of natural ingredients learned from her childhood spent on a California farm, her unique approach to skincare is grounded in biocompatible treatments that protect the skin barrier.
Formulated without synthetic or harsh ingredients of any kind, her products and practice focus on nourishing and strengthening the lipid barrier to offer better aging support for the skin. Working with leading scientists, Angela Caglia products marry naturally-occurring ingredients with cutting-edge skincare technology to deliver transformational results—all without sensitizing the skin.
Anna Graham
Aurelian Lis
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