Michelle Wilk

Investor

Founders Factory

Founders Factory supports early-stage start-ups by bringing together capital, expert operational support, and the scale of our corporate partners over a bespoke 6-month programme tailored to your company's individual needs and growth objectives.

Ben Steele

Social Media, Community Engagement, and Community Manager

Ericka Rodriguez

Founder & CEO

Axiology

Ericka Rodriguez is the founder of Axiology, a planet-first beauty company.

Karen Lee-Thompson

Managing Director & Founder

Wǒ

16 years of industry experience working for the world’s leading health and beauty retailer - Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc., Karen is an expert in beauty product innovation, development and sourcing.  During her time at WBA, she led a cross country innovation sourcing team and was instrumental in fuelling innovation to brands such as No7, Soap and Glory, Liz Earle and all the rest of Boots skincare & cosmetics brand portfolio. In 2017, she left her corporate career to pursue her dream and founded Beauty Consociare Ltd – a start-up committed to connecting people through beauty; and in March 2020, she launched her first “all-inclusive” skincare brand Wǒ.

Michele Scott-Lynch

Founder

Bouclème

Bouclème is the revolutionary range that was created out of a desire for a product that delivered healthy, frizz free curls using plant powered ingredients. Curl Expert and Founder Michele Scott-Lynch, battled against her hair until she was into her 30s. Bouclème launched over 5 years ago due to a lack of clean and effective hair brands tailored specifically to curls, kinks and coils. The arrival of the internet brought these women (and men) together sharing common issues and empowering one another to embrace and be proud of their natural hair. This market area has been driven directly by the curly community who were ignored by the beauty industry for way too long, particularly in the UK.

Rhea Cartwright

Brand Strategist & Journalist

Siqi Mou

CEO

HelloAva

Jessica Blackler

Founder

Jecca Blac

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

Sr. Sustainable Product Stewardship Engineer

Printpack