Why Attend
The No.1 Meeting Place For Beauty Business Partnering
Over the past year, The Beauty & Money Summit has connected over 500 industry leaders, through over 2000 private meetings globally.
Since we launched back in 2017, Beauty & Money has focused on helping independent beauty brands to connect with financial and strategic buyers. We’ve come to realise though, that building a successful business isn’t just about raising capital.
So this year, we’ve identified 3 key areas in which building the right relationships can really help to drive your business forward.
INVESTMENT | RETAIL | MENTORSHIP
Schedule one-to-one private meetings with seed and series A investors, expanding your network to secure your next source of capital.
Connect with global distributors and retailers to find your next partner and optimise your international distribution strategy.
Receive advice on overcoming business critical challenges such as building an effective team, differentiating product lines and driving reoccurring revenue.
Determine what investors and strategic buyers are looking for to perfect your pitch and gain the competitive edge when raising capital.
- Understand what retailers are looking for to perfect your pitch and achieve omnichannel distribution.
- Schedule one-to-one mentoring sessions with our brand mentors to expand your professional network and build authentic relationships.
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Who Will Be There
The Beauty Spotlight
12 independent beauty brands, hand-picked by the prestigious Selection Committee, introduce themselves and their products on the main stage, in a quick-fire round of presentations.
Submissions will be accepted from both Mass and Prestige independent beauty brands in Colour Cosmetics, Skincare, Haircare, Fragrance, Bath & Body and Beauty Devices. They should be early to mid-stage brands that are actively seeking financial investment, acquisition, distribution, and/or marketing.
These can range from brands that are generating revenues under $1 million all the way up to larger entities that have revenues of $80 million.
The more detailed the application form, the more information the selection committee can use to make their decision. However, if you do not wish to fill in a question, please feel free to leave it blank.
APPLY HERE
Submission deadline for all applicants: June 19th, 2019
Announcement of the 12 Finalists: August 20th, 2019
Previous Selection Committee
Bee Shapiro
Kelly Kovack
Conor Begley
Gillian Gorman Round
Julia French
Emmanuel Rey
Benedict Auld
Sonya Brown
Laura Delgado
Justine Mannering
Past Speakers
Michael Sampson
Michael Sampson is a brand expert with a career spent leading in large multi-nationals, start-ups and scaling organizations. Currently he is the CEO of Kate Somerville Skincare LLC, an innovator in prestige beauty building a global footprint focusing on channel diversification, product development, digital strategy and consumer engagement. Born in the UK and having lived in Brussels, Belgium, St. Paul, MN, Boston, Philadelphia, New York and now Los Angeles, Michaels movement has been a result of success in numerous functions, categories and channels. Michael started his career and developed with over a decade at L’Oréal holding multiple senior positions. He then led multi brand creation and development as portfolio President at incubator Hatchbeauty LLC, and ran vertical integration as well as new business acquisition thereafter.
Michael serves on the board of a startup tech company in the professional beauty industry called DirectTips LLC focusing on communication and mobile banking. He is also a Business and Strategy Advisor / Mentor for TrendSeeder Corp, an education ecosystem focusing on fashion, beauty, health & wellness innovators
Alejandro Vicente
Alejandro Vicente is currently the SVP, Head of Global M&A at Coty Inc. where he also serves as Chairman of Younique since February 2017. Prior to joining Coty in September 2016, he was Global Head of Consumer Goods Industry at JPMorgan where he worked for 17 years including 8 years as Managing Director and where he worked on more than 40 Consumer Goods transactions across M&A, DCM and ECM in EMEA and globally worth $100bn+. He started his career at Procter & Gamble where he worked for 4 years including in the European Headquarters. He speaks fluently English, Spanish and French.
Sarah Brown
Sarah is a Vogue Contributing Editor, award-winning writer, noted beauty authority, brand advisor and strategist. She began her career at ELLE magazine, where she was named a Senior Editor by the age of 23. As Beauty Director of Vogue, she oversaw beauty content for the magazine, collaborated with many of the world’s most talented writers, photographers and stylists, and contributed to philanthropic Vogue initiatives like Seventh on Sale, Fashion’s Night Out, and the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Design Challenge. In 2015, after 15 years at the magazine, she launched Sarah Brown Advisory. Sarah is the recipient of the 2006 Skin Cancer Foundation Skin Sense Award, the 2014 March of Dimes Spirit of Beauty Award, and the 2015 Skin Cancer Foundation Skin Sense Media Award. She received a B.A. from Vassar College, and is a graduate of the Radcliffe Publishing Course.
Mariya Nurislamova,
Gregoire Grandchamp
Gillian Gorman Round
Carla Ruiz
Carla joined Johnson & Johnson (“J&J”) in 2015 and has since led a number of acquisition and integration processes including: the acquisition of Hipoglos, a baby brand from P&G, the acquisition of Vogue International (OGX) in hair care, a joint venture agreement with Hallmark, and a partnership with Dr Ci:Labo, a Japanese dermocosmetic brand.
Prior to J&J, Carla was an Investment Banker in the Global Consumer Products & Retail Group at UBS covering the Household & Personal Care vertical advising a number of clients from large cap to growing entrepreneurial ventures. Carla has a broad M&A advisory, equity and debt financing experience including significant cross-border exposure.
Alicia Sontag
Patricia Santos
Bee Shapiro
Bee Shapiro is a New York Times beauty contributor, a position she has held since 2009, the author of the newly published collection Skin Deep, and the founder of Ellis Brooklyn, a luxurious, sustainable, chemical-free line of skincare and perfume.
Tina Bou-Saba
As a partner and advisor, Tina is open-minded, inclusive, trustworthy, and enthusiastic. Extremely hands-on in her work, she listens intensely and celebrates collaboration. Tina has sharp instincts for commercial opportunities, honed through her experience in strategy at Victoria’s Secret and in equity research analyzing public retailers. From exploring international expansion opportunities for a major retailer to crafting marketing strategy for a consumer start-up, she is an independent thinker who loves digging into hard problems.
David Kimbell
Allen Goldman
Heather Connelly
Nhu Le
Nhu Le is the Founder and CEO of Finding Ferdinand, a beauty brand specializing in custom cosmetics. Having previously worked in product development for a tech startup, Bazaarvoice (went public in 2012) and online marketing at Conversant, Nhu is dedicated to combining tech and beauty to help customers create their own aesthetic.
Nhu is a Dallas native and graduate of the University of Texas at Austin. When she’s not at the office, she enjoys traveling, fitness classes, and of course, testing out new beauty products.
Glenn Laumeister
Kathy Ventura
Torsten Stocker
Torsten Stocker is the COO of the Lifestyle Division. He has lived and worked in Asia since 1996. Prior to joining Thakral, he was a partner at management consulting firms AT Kearney and Monitor Group (now: Monitor Deloitte) respectively, advising beauty and other consumer goods brands as well as financial and strategic investors in China and Asia.
Ilya Seglin
Joel Palix
Jenny Pratt
Kima Cooper
Sarah Jindal
Sarah is Mintel’s Senior Innovation and Insights Analyst and has over 16 years of experience developing ingredient technologies for beauty and personal care companies. Having worked for a variety of companies over her career, Sarah has gained an in-depth understanding of the industry and draws upon not only her work experience but also degrees in Biology, Biochemistry, and Evolutionary Biology
Greg Gonzalez
Joe Cloyes and Greg Gonzalez are the founders of the superfood-powered skincare company, Youth To The People, a brand focused on uniting modern wellness with proven skincare science. Joe and Greg make up the third generation of a family deeply involved in the industry, originating with their grandmother’s company, Eva’s Esthetics, one of the first companies to bring naturals to the professional American skincare industry. Youth To The People is based out of Downtown Los Angeles.
Joe Cloyes
Joe Cloyes and Greg Gonzalez are the founders of the superfood-powered skincare company, Youth To The People, a brand focused on uniting modern wellness with proven skincare science. Joe and Greg make up the third generation of a family deeply involved in the industry, originating with their grandmother’s company, Eva’s Esthetics, one of the first companies to bring naturals to the professional American skincare industry. Youth To The People is based out of Downtown Los Angeles.
Ariel Ohana
Ariel founded Ohana & Co. in 1994. In the more than 20 years since, he has spearheaded the firm’s growth from a Paris based M&A boutique with primarily French clients to a global investment bank advising some of the most prestigious corporations in the world, including Procter & Gamble, VF Corp, Coty, AmorePacific, Mondadori, Omega Pharma and LVMH, as well as private equity funds, business owners and management teams. Ariel has represented clients in Japan, Korea, US, France, Italy and many more countries in the luxury & consumer goods, media & internet, healthcare and energy sectors in over 100 transactions. He currently sits on the board of several companies in France and the US.
Ariel holds a graduate degree from HEC School of Management (Jouy-en-Josas, France), is a CEMS Master graduate (joint degree with ESADE, Barcelona) and holds a graduate degree (DESS) in Business Law and International Tax Law from the Université de Paris. He is still very much involved in the life of HEC: he served as professor of the M&A techniques course for 15 years and is part of the club of largest donors of the HEC Foundation.
Ariel divides his time primarily between Paris and Los Angeles.
Senior Event Partner
EC Scott Group
Website: https://www.ecscottgroup.com/
EC Scott Group is the premier Sales, Service, and Training company for prestige beauty brands in the specialty independent retail channel in North America.
We have developed exclusive channel partnerships with over 100 brands, and have grown our network of accounts to over 2,000 points of distribution, including beauty boutiques, apothecaries, pharmacies, fashion retailers, specialty multi-door chains, regional department stores, beauty chains, college book stores, casinos and military bases.
We tirelessly advocate for our retail partners and simultaneously hold our brand partnerships with the utmost respect. Our brand partners are always in complete control of where their products are distributed, and how their brand looks at the store level in local markets.
We cultivate personal and professional partnerships internally within our own “EC Scott Group Family,” and externally with retailers and brands. We not only sell best-in-class beauty products, but we help accounts generate strong sell through at the local level. We educate the retailer’s team, provide them with tools to make them successful, and invest time in our partnerships to make each retailer’s story, a success story.
Event Partner
Mintel
Website: http://www.mintel.com
Mintel is the world’s leading market intelligence agency, delivering in-depth research and insight into the beauty industry. From the latest trends and innovations to current consumer behavior and forecasts, Mintel's team of expert analysts combine high-quality data and rich marketplace knowledge to inform 3,000 beauty brands globally. With 13 offices across five continents, we have forged our unique reputation as a world-renowned business brand. For more information on Mintel, please visit www.mintel.com.
Instagram Partner
Dash Hudson
Website: https://www.dashhudson.com/
The world’s most discerning brands and publishers use Dash Hudson to create and share photos and videos that people care about. Our visual intelligence platform provides a one-stop solution to predict performance, distribute, measure, and enhance engagement across all of your visual marketing channels.
Tier One Media Partners
Global Cosmetic Industry
Website: http://www.gcimagazine.com/
Global Cosmetic Industry magazine is the preferred resource for US-based marketers, brand managers, manufacturers and executives in the beauty industry.
Media Partners
Cosmetic Business
Website: https://www.hpcimedia.com/Cosmetics-Business/
Cosmetics Business is the leading online platform for the professional beauty, personal care and toiletries industry with daily breaking news for products, manufacturing, ingredients, packaging, formulation, jobs, events and company information.
Global Cosmetics News
Website: https://globalcosmeticsnews.com/
Global Cosmetics News is a digital publisher of the latest global business information for professionals working in the cosmetics industry.
We cover daily news relating to all aspects of the cosmetics industry, from raw materials and packaging design to manufacturing processes and product launches. We examine environmental issues and technological developments, monitor marketing campaigns and retail distribution, and report on mergers and acquisition, trading reports and regulatory updates. We source stories from across the world to provide the most comprehensive digital summary of the global supply chain.
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Here's some of the great companies who have come along to the previous Beauty summits we've held.
The Agenda
The 2018 Beauty & Money Summit program has been updated and features time to preplan 12 one to one meetings onsite and particpate in the Beauty Spotlight.
At The Summit you can connect with 250+ of the Beauty Industry’s most influential executives including:
Michael Sampson, Kate Somerville Skincare
Jon Owsley, L Catterton
David Kimbell, ULTA Beauty
Carla Ruiz, Johnson & Johnson Consumer
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