Siqi Mou
Jessica Blackler
Jessica Blackler is the founder of gender free, vegan friendly makeup brand Jecca Blac. With a background in makeup artistry in film and television, Jessica began Jecca Blac as a safe space studio for those who wished to learn about makeup in a judgement free setting. While building a client base of predominantly trans women who wished to start their journey with makeup, Jess noticed the oversight of the beauty industry in not considering the needs of transgender women. Because of this, Jessica decided to launch her own range of products, beginning with the Correct & Conceal Palette which was developed with those in mind who wished to conceal beard shadow, and went on to win ‘Best Concealer of 2020’ at the Beauty Bible Awards.
Megan Robison
Anna Brightman
When Anna discovered that more than 500,000 tonnes of coffee grounds that are consumed each year in the UK alone are sent to landfill, she decided to start collecting coffee from cafes across London and transforming them into skincare products. Since launching four years ago UpCircle has saved over 275 tonnes of coffee. Based on their current rates of growth it is estimated that this will rise to 1000 tonnes in the next 5 years. The brand also rescues and reuses ingredients from the argan, tea, juice, date, olive and wood industries.
Adrienne Kramer
ProBeauty Partners represents emerging independent beauty brands to the retail and e-tail marketplace globally. With an eye for brands that can tell a story while fulfilling a need in the market, ProBeauty Partners curates lines that become successes. The brands are all something that each team member would want to use. While there are many companies that can sell a line to a retailer, ProBeauty Partners is the true partner to these brands that have an idea and don’t know how to bring it to fruition. The company helps them find resources as well as chart the financial path so they know what they need to be successful. In addition, ProBeauty helps them craft the language and presentations to retailers so that the brands’ stories will be so compelling the buyer must take them!
Elsie Rutterford
BYBI Co-Founders Dominika Minarovic and Elsie Rutterford equally emblemize ethics and innovation.
In 2015, these two London-based entrepreneurs bonded over a shared passion for clean beauty and
lifestyle and launched the trend-setting blog, podcast, book, and Instagram account, Clean Beauty Insiders. Building on this partnership, they co-founded BYBI in 2017. With a major push into the United States marketplace in 2020, Elsie and Dominika set a worldwide precedent for clean and sustainable beauty.
Delali Kpodzo
Delali Kpodzo is the Head of Marketing at UOMA Beauty and former Co-founder of We Are Onyx—the first-ever beauty subscription box and all-in-one beauty destination for Black women. A leading entrepreneur in the beauty industry, Delali grew Onyx from startup to multi-million dollar annual sales in less than 4 years, worked with prestige and boutique brands including Estee Lauder, Sol de Janeiro, Revlon, and Glossier, and has been featured in major publications including Buzzfeed, Refinery29, and the Huffington Post.
Jack Jia
Yarden Horwitz
Yarden Horwitz is the Co-Founder of Spate, the artificial intelligence trends platform for beauty. Prior to Spate, Yarden co-founded Trendspotting at Google – where she launched renowned reports such as The Google Fashion Trends Report and The Google Skin Care Trends Report. Her work at Google included spotting top trends such as Turmeric, Cold Brew, and Face Masks. Yarden was named the Future Voice of Fashion by The Business of Fashion, based on her work in leveraging data science for consumer trends prediction.
Dan Stern
Piper is the UK’s leading investor in Consumer Brands. Founded by entrepreneurs, we are a team of brand experts who have grown over 40 global brands across 70 countries over nearly 40 years. Dan leads Piper’s investments in the Beauty and Wellness sector and sits on the board of Neom.