Advisory Board
The Global Advisory Board is a prestigious group of individuals with extensive experience in the beauty industry. This group is responsible for guiding the production and development of the global Beauty Connect Series.
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Carol Hamilton
Carla Ruiz
Annie Jackson
Christina Tran
Jennifer Lee
Mimi Ghosh
Fiona Co Chan
Youthforia was developed by Fiona Co Chan in 2021.The idea for Youthforia came about right when COVID hit. Perhaps it was the inability to go out and see people, but Fiona kept coming back to this idea that the best part of wearing makeup is going out with your friends and sometimes that means forgetting to take your makeup off. She really wanted makeup that was good for your skin, so good you could sleep in it. Prior to Youthforia, Fiona worked in tech where she traveled to some of the most polluted cities in the world - and realized her normal skincare and makeup routine weren’t working. It became very important for her to formulate with ingredients that safeguard from environmental aggressors.During the development of Youthforia, Fiona slept in all of the lab samples (and recruited her husband to sleep in them too) and woke up with much better skin. It completely changed her beauty routine philosophy - makeup is an extension of skincare. And sleeping in lab samples is a huge part of the Youthforia testing process. Above all, we love caring for your skin - we truly believe that makeup should be good for your skin.
Featured Speakers
Insight into the market dynamics that are having the greatest impact on an industry is what drives our business and its this understanding that allows us to identify and secure the thought leaders who have a true 'vision' to offer. This is a small sample of some of those visionaries that are helping shape the future of beauty.
Toto Haba
Annie Jackson
Dakota Isaacs
Christine Chang
Vivianna Blanch
Trinity Mouzon Wolfford
Shana Randhava
Ekta Chopra
Jennifer Lee
Zahir Dossa
Carla Ruiz
Fiona Co Chan
Youthforia was developed by Fiona Co Chan in 2021.The idea for Youthforia came about right when COVID hit. Perhaps it was the inability to go out and see people, but Fiona kept coming back to this idea that the best part of wearing makeup is going out with your friends and sometimes that means forgetting to take your makeup off. She really wanted makeup that was good for your skin, so good you could sleep in it. Prior to Youthforia, Fiona worked in tech where she traveled to some of the most polluted cities in the world - and realized her normal skincare and makeup routine weren’t working. It became very important for her to formulate with ingredients that safeguard from environmental aggressors.During the development of Youthforia, Fiona slept in all of the lab samples (and recruited her husband to sleep in them too) and woke up with much better skin. It completely changed her beauty routine philosophy - makeup is an extension of skincare. And sleeping in lab samples is a huge part of the Youthforia testing process. Above all, we love caring for your skin - we truly believe that makeup should be good for your skin.
Mimi Ghosh
Carol Hamilton
Strategic Partners
From the market leading beauty conglomerates and service providers (including packaging, ingredients, formulations and more) to the most well respected retailers, consultants, M&A advisors, private equity investors, incubators, accelerators and distributors, our strategic partners continue to play a pivotal role in how we help shape the future of the beauty industry. For more information on how to become a strategic partner, please visit our Marketing Solutions page.
Testimonials & Success Stories
"It’s about the intel, to learn about the companies we don’t know about and to trade intelligence with the people and see new visionaries in the beauty space."
"There’s such a wealth of new start-up brands across all categories here today who are changing the shape of the beauty industry."
"Highly useful content – talks spanned from extremely technical discussions on formulation and particular ingredients, to more marketing/consumer focused discussions around brand and product positioning. A lot of great learnings and important discussions for this growing category!”
"It was good to connect to others who are also formulating in this space, to share knowledge, opinions and discuss common frustrations. Also, good to hear from leaders that are defining the strategies."
“[Beauty Connect] is important to us, because it is the only vehicle in the market place today that is really identifying globally, the next generation of brands in today’s beauty world.”
“Well if you’re a young company networking is your lifeblood, it’s everything, it’s your next source of capital, it’s your next retailer, it’s your next creative developer, so I think this is a great forum specifically for that purpose.”
“I really enjoyed the experience: I met a lot of interesting people, listened to several very exciting speakers, learned about many outstanding upcoming brands.”
“We had a spectacular session on Personalization yesterday and were actually surprised with how many people engaged from different parts of the world, from Asia to North America, Europe and Africa. This only confirms there are really no boundaries of how far we can go in the digital world. With just over 480 people registering it was great to see that the average session duration was 51 minutes which shows attendees were really engaged from start to finish.”
“What a stimulating event! A really well curated set of speakers ranging end-to-end from commercial opportunity to scientific and technical capability and market execution. Some very insightful case studies. We also loved the session of new tech pitches – great stuff!”
“[Beauty Connect] successfully drew together a well curated group of strategic buyers, acquisitive private equity firms, value added research firms, specialty investment banks and indie beauty brands in a format that allowed for attendees to build helpful relationships within the industry.”
“This is a specialised summit, which I think brings a lot of added value to a lot more players so we can have deep talks within personalisation – discussing the challenges and realities of it in business.”
“A great event to collaborate and share insights on key topics facing the industry today.”
“I really enjoyed the experience: I met a lot of interesting people, listened to several very exciting speakers, learned about many outstanding upcoming brands.”
“I expected high quality seminars, networking with top senior executives and advice on investment all of which were met and more. I would highly recommend this to any indie brand wanting exposure in front of the right people.”
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