Meet our Past Speakers

Akash Mehta is a British Entrepreneur. With a resume including prestigious names like Burberry, Estée Lauder Companies, and Dior, Akash has worked on some of the best brands in the industry. Currently, Akash is the co-founder and CEO of Fable & Mane, an Ayurvedic-inspired hair wellness brand and host of the 'Founded Beauty' podcast. Akash was placed on the Forbes '30 under 30' list, and is a board member of LVMH as well as a Global Guardian for UNICEF.

Anastasia Evans is based in London, where she leads Creative Product Growth for Europe at the world's most disruptive entertainment platform, TikTok. Her career has been all about building new methods for businesses to connect through creativity. Anastasia is an expert in go-to-market, partnerships, creative operations, and leading high-performing regional teams. 

Outside of her impressive resume building platforms, Anastasia has spoken to audiences of 1000+, become a qualified yoga teacher, delivered keynote speeches, and been shortlisted as an Under 30 Achiever in APAC. 

Ashton Wall is an experienced marketing leader with a history of working in-house at some of the most successful DTC brands running on Shopify. Ashton is passionate about growth and taking a performance lens to organic channels. 

As co-founder of GateMaker Community, Ashton is currently building the PR brand of the future, working with brands like Milk Makeup, Elemis, and H&M. 

Ava Donaldson is the Senior Marketing Manager, Global Talent and Creators at Google for Devices and Services. With over six years of experience at Google, Ava specializes in influencer marketing, digital marketing strategy, cross functional partnerships, and emerging platforms. Outside of being an award-winning marketer, Ava is also passionate about relationship-building, social impact, and culture.

As the Global Partnerships Director at Gymshark, the U.K.'s fastest-growing company, Calum is responsible for developing the Gymshark brand across the globe via innovative influencer, athlete, and entertainment marketing, as well as brand partnerships. With over eight years of experience in this field, Calum is passionate about finding new ways to connect with consumers as their wants, needs, and touchpoints evolve. For his thought leadership, innovation, and creativity, Calum has been recognized as one of the top 50 influencers in the industry by Talking Influence.

Chris Chesebro is the Chief Digital Officer of the Wella Company, a leader in the hair and nail categories across 100+ countries. As a leader of the company, Chris and his team oversees digital marketing, digital experience, digital technology, and data & analytics, all while supporting over 6,000 employees. 

Prior to his work at Wella, Chris sold suits and dressed windows for Ralph Lauren and Brooks Brothers, learned 360° marketing at OMD with clients like ABSOLUT and Lowe’s Home Improvements, and dove into the consumer trends driving beauty businesses at L’Oréal. Chris is a dual American and French citizen, and outside of work is passionate about wine, cycling, and travel. 

Previously Special Projects Director at Harper’s Bazaar, Chrissy is a fashion, beauty and wellness industry leader, host of Maybelline New York’s mental health podcast, “I’m Fine, You” and founder of highly engaged newsletter “FWD JOY”

Christopher Morency is the co-founder of creative growth company, edition+partners, and publisher of editorial platform SOTA. Most recently, Christopher held the role of Chief Brand Officer at new luxury group Vanguards, overseeing brand strategy, marketing, and positioning the group and its portfolio brands — including Nanushka and SUNNEI — as well as identifying acquisition targets. 

Prior to Vanguards, Christopher worked as a consultant for luxury brands including Gucci, Marni, and Dunhill, where he advised c-suites on brand, content, community, and social cause strategies. At the time, Christopher also served as Editorial Director at influential media title Highsnobiety, where he led the company’s transition from a streetwear-focused publication to a global style authority operating at the intersection of contemporary youth culture and new luxury. During this time he launched Highsnobiety’s first insights vertical, which included a whitepaper series with Boston Consulting Group and multiple other channels and tools that served as the foundation for the company’s next growth phases.

Before this, he held roles at The Business of Fashion and Vice.

Dan joined ASOS in March 2023, and is responsible for customer experience and marketing globally.

Prior to ASOS, Dan was most recently Chief Customer Officer at Made.com, where he was responsible for the end-to-end customer experience, digital product, creative, and marketing. Dan spent a number of years at Google, leading global relationships with fashion and sports brands. Before Google, Dan held a number of senior marketing roles at Argos, Sainsbury’s, and Tesco. Dan started his career as a management consultant, and is a chartered management accountant. Dan is a born-and-bred Londoner, is married to Nikki, and has two kids. Outside of work he is a committed cyclist, Arsenal fan, and board game addict.

Daniel Markovits is a Creator and Community Manager for LinkedIn—a business and employment-focused social media platform that works through websites and mobile apps. Daniel is passionate about all things digital, Web 3.0, and sports. Recognised on LinkedIn with the Creative Strategy Voice badge and boasting over 11k followers, Daniel has been a leader in the media industry for over 10 years. 

Daniel-Yaw Miller is Senior Editorial Associate at The Business of Fashion (BoF). He is based in London and covers menswear, streetwear and sport. Dan is a qualified solicitor, having previously trained at DLA Piper and The Premier League. He has a Bachelors in History from the University of Southampton and a Masters in Law, Business and Management from the University of Law.

Dionne Lois Cullen is the Chief Brand Officer for Deciem—the humble and happy umbrella of good beauty brands like NIOD, Hylamide, and The Ordinary. Dionne has been with Deciem for over 10 years, where she started as an Associate Manager and climbed the ranks throughout her successful career. Known for her agility and reactive marketing strategies, Dionne is passionate about Deciem remaining authentic at its core, and amplifying conversations around communities as they grow. 

Emily focuses on influencer, social and innovation, including the roadmap for the Groupe’s influencer tool, Fluency at Publicis, sitting in the global strategy team. She established global influencer and social communities and works on multi-market influencer projects.Prior to joining Publicis, Emily was Head of Content at the Honey Partnership, working with brands including Alibaba. She joined from Contagious, a publication and consultancy, that covers new forms of advertising, where she was managing editor.Emily has judged at BIMA, D&AD New Blood and the LIA and speaks at events including Ad:Tech, Influencer Marketing Show and Cannes Lions. She won a place on the Marketing Academy and studied English after a gap year teaching in China.

Emily is Head of Influencer Relations at Amazon, where she leads Influencer strategies and programming for EMEA, APAC, and LATAM countries within Amazon’s London-based International Consumer PR division. Previously, she was Head of Influencer Marketing at MediaCom EMEA, where she built their Influencer division from scratch and spearheaded Influencer programmes for a global roster of clients including Coca-Cola, Mars, Sky, JP Morgan Chase, and many more. Prior to MediaCom, Emily was an early employee of Influencer and content marketplace TRIBE, where she helped to launch both their UK and US operations and led brand partnerships. 

Externally, she is a 2022 Campaign Female Frontier Award winner, has been listed as an AdWeek Future Female, and was named one of the Top 50 people to watch in the Influencer Industry. 

Heather Clark has been working in luxury and fashion at Google for over 13 years specializing in advising brands how to leverage YouTube to build brand desirability. She joined Google shortly after the YouTube acquisition at their headquarters in California and negotiated some of their first ever YouTube creator deals for brands and is now based in the UK leading top luxury brand partnerships with Google.

Hugo Amsellem is the GP at Intuition VC. Hugo is also the founder of the Arm The Creators publication, where he shares his thoughts on the creator economy. Hugo has a strong thesis around loneliness and how technology can help us belong, examined how an entire generation is bypassing traditional gatekeepers for the first time in history, and more. Previously, Hugo co-founded Oocto, a decentralized music label to help artists transcend the record labels and maintain ownership of their projects. In 2019 Hugo became fascinated with all things creators, and joined Jellysmack to empower early-stage video creators with the best network, tools, and resources.

U.K. Influence Lead and Managing Partner at Ogilvy, Imogen was recently named one of the top 30 trailblazing women in Influencer Marketing. Imogen has been an influencer specialist for over 11 years, with current clients ranging from The Coca-Cola company to Dove and LEGO. Outside of the day job, Imogen works as a creator in her own right.

Jacqueline Prager Devine leads all things talent, artist, and influencer engagement at The Soze Agency, a creative agency that specializes in social impact campaigns. She's partnered with some of the most influential voices across social media, television, film, music, and advocacy to uplift various campaigns, issues, and movements. The core of her work is building personal relationships with creatives, and ensuring that their voices, stories, and content are shared in a way that is most authentic to them.

Jennifer Weil is WWD’s European Beauty Editor. She has served in the role for more than 25 years, reporting on evolutions and revolutions impacting the beauty industry. From a holistic vantage point, she covers corporate, financial, retail, marketing, brand, and product news, as well as rising trends and in-depth profiles of companies and executives. Groups in her scope include L’Oréal, LVMH, Kering, Unilever, and Groupe Clarins, as well as fledgling fragrance and cosmetics makers. 

Jennifer began her journalism career in Paris at the International Herald Tribune and city publications. She is a native New Yorker, with a degree from Middlebury College.

Joylon Varley is the Cofounder of OK COOL, a London-based creative content studio officially partnered with TikTok, Instagram, and Twitch. Joylon is recognized as a LinkedIn TOP VOICE on social media, and is on a mission to humanize brands through culture. OK COOL is the fifth brand that Joylon has cofounded, a testament to his entrepreneurial spirit and drive to cultivate our modern culture.

Kory Marchisotto is an accomplished marketing executive with over 20 years of experience in the beauty industry. Currently, Kory serves as both the CMO of e.l.f. Beauty and the President of Alicia Keys’ skincare brand, Keys Soulcare. Thanks to Kory’s bias for action, e.l.f. became one of the first beauty brands to successfully break into TikTok, where it boasts a proven track record of innovative campaigns and brand partnerships. Kory has won countless awards for her excellence in marketing, and was recognized in 2022 as one of Glossy’s Top Marketers.

Lauren Brindley is a seasoned global senior executive with extensive experience in retail merchandising, strategy development, brand management, marketing, and omnichannel across all sectors of retail, including both mass and prestige markets. Before bringing her expertise to Revolution Beauty, Lauren was previously in positions of leadership at Walgreens, as well as Boots UK and Boots Retail. 

Lisa currently leads global communications and consumer engagement at OLAPLEX, where she oversees consumer and corporate PR, influencer marketing, social media, and experiential for the brand. Prior to OLAPLEX, Lisa held the role of VP, Global Communications at the luxury skincare brand ELEMIS. In her 8 year tenure with the brand, she moved from London to launch the brand in the U.S., and evolved the brand’s traditional PR strategy to a digital first communications strategy that saw the convergence of owned, earned, and paid media. 

In her 18+ year career in the beauty industry, Lisa has worked across brands including St.Tropez, Benefit, Bliss, and more. She is passionate about building global beauty brands through a strategic multi-platform narrative that places the consumer at the heart of the conversation.

Luke Barnes is President, EMEA, at Influencer, the originators of influencer marketing, built at the intersection of creativity, data, and technology with a unique ‘people power & platform power’ approach. Influencer trusted by hundreds of brands in markets across the world, including Google, Coca-Cola, Spotify, TikTok, and Snap.

Previously, Luke co-founded an early stage creator economy business which sold to WME-backed social and influencer start-up ‘theAudience’ before serving as Chief Revenue and Digital Officer, EMEA at VICE Media Group. Now, in Lukes's role at Influencer, he is a driving force for Influencer’s growth in EMEA, championing Influencer’s mission to humanise brands in the ever-evolving dynamics of the advertising industry.

Marc Gallagher is the Chief Marketing Officer of Facetheory, a DTC brand creating clean skincare products in ecologically sound packaging. Having previously worked at Fresh and ELEMIS, and consulting for several LVMH brands, Marc is a proven brand builder, creative innovator, and digital thought leader. Marc has over 24 years of proven success in scaling digital-first marketing organizations and crafting award-winning products and experiences. 

Marta Biino is a London-based reporter on the creator economy and influencer beat at Business Insider. With other notable experiences at NewsGuard Technologies, Jefferson, and Coda Media, Marta has been able to hone her personal style. Covering some of today’s hottest topics, Marta has been writing for over three years, and recently covered the AI Influencer trend. Aside from writing, Marta is passionate about all things food, from the history of foods to food justice and sustainability. 

Michel Brousset is the Founder and CEO of Waldencast, a holding company and investment fund that incubates and accelerates early stage beauty and wellness brands, and helps them rapidly create scale and profitability via industry specific operational expertise. Michel founded Waldencast in 2019, and has more than 25 years of FMCG operational expertise, successfully building billion-dollar brands and businesses across many geographies. Michel started at Procter & Gamble and then moved to L’Oréal, where he was CEO of L’Oréal UK and later President of the Consumer Product Division for North America. 

Netta Gross is the Global Director of Brand & Integrated Marketing for Creators at Meta, where she leads a team supporting creators across Instagram, Facebook, and Meta’s new app Threads. With over a decade of experience in the digital space, Netta brings a wealth of expertise in driving creator success. 

Prior to joining Meta, Netta spent 12 years at YouTube and Google, where she played a pivotal role in developing and executing breakthrough programs and campaigns to support creators on their journey. 

Noella Gabriel is the Co-Founder and President of ELEMIS. As a trained beauty therapist, aromatherapist, and nutritionist, Gabriel’s entrepreneurial roots run deep. She is a formidable force shaping not only ELEMIS, but the beauty industry itself. Gabriel believes every product must deliver tangible results, and she has been recognized with numerous industry honors for her inspiring leadership.

Oriele Frank is a Co-Founder of ELEMIS. Oriele’s professional marketing background and love of science, nature, different cultures, sustainability, CSR, and alternative therapies has led to the development of a brand that’s always one step ahead of the industry. In her role at ELEMIS, Oriele quickly became an industry expert in brand, new product concept, design, packaging, and visual merchandising. Oriele’s determination and commitment to push the boundaries of ELEMIS to be totally unique and innovative has been a driving force for the brand’s success.

Pascale Montaner is the VP of Global Marketing at Kurt Geiger. Pascale is a senior executive with an exceptional international footprint and proven experience who drives business and brand purpose in complex, fast-changing environments across the B2C and B2B fashion, jewelry, luxury, and non-profit sectors. Leading and managing the global brand team at Kurt Geiger, Pascale is responsible for driving brand equity, global marketing strategy, and integrated communication campaigns with an increased focus on creativity and purpose. 

Sallie Berkerey is an experienced and high profile professional with extensive experience in building, running, and managing market-leading brand businesses and teams. Currently, Sallie is the Managing Director of CEW UK—the largest professional organization for the beauty sector, with over 10,500 members worldwide. Prior to joining CEW, Sallie worked at Conde Nast for over 23 years, managing teams and overseeing highly successful commercial partnerships and projects from start to finish. 

Vandana Tandon is the Chief Marketing Officer of North America at the L’Occitane En Provence. With over 16 years of experience managing and growing consumer lifestyle brands globally, Vandanda enjoys developing and executing product, branding, and channel strategies unique to each region based on specific consumer insights and competitive positioning. Having previously worked at Estee Lauder Companies, Vandana knows all sides of the marketing industry, and has been keeping the L’Occitane En Provence growing steady since joining the company. 

Victoria Blinova is a Strategic Partner Manager at Google, where she works on monetary deals on behalf of YouTube. Using her extensive marketing expertise, Victoria finds the best partners, invests in them, and grows their business. Previously, Victoria has managed multi-million dollar budgets for C-level executives, led digital marketing for the B2B business of Nestlé, and helped creators and entrepreneurs around the world. Outside of her extensive professional experience, Victoria has an immense love for learning and exploring, which has led her to study, work, and volunteer in Russia, Cyprus, the United States, Australia, the United Arab Emirates, Spain, and Argentina.