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Date: 2nd June 2013 Time: 14.15 – 15.30
Venue: Excel London – Conference Room A at the The Organic & Natural Beauty Show
The Organic & Natural Beauty Show will host the first Natural Health Beauty Awards Ceremony in association with Natural Health magazine on 2nd June at ExCel London.
Over 120 organic and natural beauty products and 18 UK distributors will be awarded!
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Janey Lee Grace![]() Through her best-selling books, seminars, and numerous TV and Radio appearances, Janey Lee Grace has established her position as a PR representative and Media Spokesperson for the Organic and Natural Health world. She is known to over 7 million listeners daily via BBC Radio 2, and she has been voted No 1 personality in the 2013 Natural Beauty Yearbook. She is the founder of imperfectlynatural.com a consumers website which received half a million hits in its first month, recommending the best the natural, organic, and eco world has to offer, and also the newly launched Janey Loves award accreditation system for Eco and Organic companies in the UK. Her repertoire extends to PR and Media Trai... Read moreValérie LEMAIRE![]() Engineer with PhD specialized in Agro-resources Chemistry. After having worked in the industry of raw materials for cosmetics, she joined ECOCERT in 2002 where she created and developed the certification activity of organic cosmetics. Since 2009, she is the General Manager of ECOCERT GREENLIFE, the subsidiary dedicated to Eco Products (including Cosmetics, Perfumes, Organic Home Fragrances, Ecological Cleaning Products and Organic Textiles). Valérie LEMAIRE has participated in numerous international conferences, and various working groups, in order to defend Organic Cosmetics and more generally Ecoproducts, to promote them and give them recognition from authorities. Moreover, she has also... Read morePeter Melchett![]() Peter Melchett has been Policy Director of the Soil Association, the UK’s main organic food and farming organisation, working on campaigns, standards and policy, since 2001. He runs an 890-acre organic farm in Norfolk, with beef cattle and arable seed crops. He is a member of the BBC’s Rural Affairs Committee, and was a member of the Government’s Rural Climate Change Forum and Organic Action Plan Group, and the Department of Education’s School Lunches Review Panel. As a former member of the House of Lords, he was a Labour Government Minister 1974-79, at the Departments of Environment, Industry, and Northern Ireland (covering education and health). He has been President or Chair of several c... Read moreJulie Tyrrell![]() Julie Tyrrell has deep experience in the area of regulatory affairs in the cosmetics industry. Before joining NATRUE, Julie was a Manager in European Regulatory Affairs at the Estée Lauder Companies where she lead a project on enhancing global regulatory information flows. Prior to Estée, Julie held a position with Cosmetics Europe, the European Cosmetics Association where she managed a number of international regulatory working Committees notably covering enlargement of the European Union and discussions on global harmonization of cosmetics regulations. Julie brings an understanding of issues in a multi-cultural context through her interactions with the European institutions, the internati... Read moreChris Flower![]() Dr Chris Flower is a Chartered Biologist with MSc and PhD degrees in toxicology. He worked for twenty-five years in industry assessing the safety and efficacy of a wide variety of cosmetic and toiletry products, household products and some pharmaceuticals before joining the UK's Cosmetic, Toiletry and Perfumery Association in 1996 and was appointed its Director-General in 2003. Through the publication of research papers on issues such as “Making Sense of Risk”, “Putting Risk into Perspective”, “The Self-Esteem Society” and “Me, Myself and Work”, and by launching a consumer-facing website called ‘thefactsabout’, Chris set in motion a programme of enhanced communication that raised the profil... Read moreBetty Santonnat![]() Betty Santonnat is the Development Director of COSMEBIO, the French Professional Association of Ecological and Organic Cosmetics. She joined the association in October 2008 to support the growing number of its members. COSMEBIO’s main objective is to promote organic cosmetics to consumers and professionals and to represent its members towards authorities and organisations. One of her responsibility is the coordination of the European Harmonisation Project, COSMOS-standard, within the association. Her scientific references : Engineer in biology with a degree in management, Betty Santonnat has been involved in the cosmetic field for more than 10 years. Read moreClifford Gee![]() Clifford Gee is an expert consultant and distributor in the beauty industry with 10 years experience at retail, presenting and negotiating with high profile retailers including Boots, Harrods, House of Fraser, Selfridges, SpaceNK, TV Shopping Channel QVC and leading e-commerce web sites. His talk is entitled "The challenges and pitfalls of getting your brand listed into department stores and supermarkets in the UK for European natural cosmetic brands" and is based on his wide experience in this sector. Read moreStar Khechara![]() As a self-confessed ‘potion geek’ Star Khechara has a passion for plant-based beauty and skincare. She has been formulating natural and organic skincare for 20 years and now teaches this skill to her students at School of Holistic Cosmetology where she is director and course developer. Star is also a trained facialist with an eclectic portfolio career covering organic horticulture, aromatherapy, nutrition and science research in a world-class laboratory. Her first book The Holistic Beauty Book was published in 2008 and she has since been commissioned to write further publications. Skincare students of Star’s have gone on to win awards for their products and Star attracts a global following f... Read moreAllison Jacobs![]() Allison Jacobs is the deputy editor of Natural Health magazine, the UK’s leading holistic health and wellbeing title for women. Having worked on the magazine for two years, and bringing a wealth of expertise in the natural health and beauty industry, Allison forms part of the expert team judging the hugely successful Natural Health Beauty Awards, which were launched in 2006. As the awards have grown, year on year, the team has created the only awards scheme of its kind that recognises the best natural beauty products on the market. Read moreAmarjit Sahota![]() Mr. Sahota is the founder and director of Organic Monitor, a specialist research, consulting & training firm that specialises on the global organic & related product industries. Organic Monitor has been actively tracking ethical and sustainable product industries since 2001. Mr. Sahota has been involved in the health, wellness and sustainable industries for over 15 years. He has assisted a wide range of clients in realising their business potential in these industries. His clients range from multinationals, government organizations, to dedicated organic food companies. The client list of Organic Monitor includes Aveda, Weleda, Hain Celestial, Burt’s Bees, Organic Valley, TetraPak, a... Read moreRiccardo Anouchinsky![]() Riccardo Anouchinsky, academic studies in Food Technology, has worked as a researcher inside the Industrial Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Dept. of the Politecnico University of Milan and within the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) laboratories in Seibersdorf. Since 1996 he is involved in R&D for textile and cosmetic companies and contributing to environmental studies regarding the risk for the population exposed to toxic atmospheric pollutants. Since 1998 he works as a scientific consultant for ICEA, the main Italian organic certification body, representing ICEA inside the COSMOS Standard AISBL Board. Read moreSophie v. Lilienfeld-Toal![]() Sophie v. Lilienfeld-Toal is a trained agriculturist and agricultural engineer. She worked as a consultant for the certification and inspection of winegrowers at the society for resource protection GfRS. She also worked as a free-lance consultant for scientific projects like the fair-price concept. Since 2010, she has been working on the certification of sustainable services in the organic non-food area and has founded the GfaW, The Society of Applied Ethics in Business. Read moreSarahjane Robertson![]() Sarahjane came to Look Good Feel Better (LGFB) in 2001 with a successful corporate and agency background of sponsorship, event management, marketing, sales promotion and fundraising working with clients as diverse as HSBC and Mars, Toshiba and Kraft General Foods. For her first five years with the charity, she was responsible for ‘communications’ in the broadest sense of the word – from the LGFB ‘magazine’, brochures and patient leaflets to a video/DVD. Key successes during this time include extensive media coverage including TV, radio, nationals, supplements and regionals – all geared to increasing LGFB’s exposure; enhanced relationships with member companies, beauty consultants, store gro... Read moreHarald Dittmar![]() He has studied Law in Heidelberg, Germany and since 1988 he is a German attorney and meanwhile owner of the law firm Dittmar Rechtsanwälte. He is specialized in food- and cosmetics-law as well as competition law. For more than 20 years he is Managing Director of BDIH (Federation of Industries and Trading firms for pharmaceuticals, health care goods, food supplements an cosmetic products) in Mannheim, Germany, an association with about 500 international member companies. BDIH has introduced the first European standard for natural cosmetics and is founding member of COSMOS-standard AISBL and therefore he gained profound expertise in natural cosmetics. He also is Managing Director of IONC Gmb... Read moreElizabeth Candelario![]() Elizabeth Candelario is the Co-Director of Demeter USA, the non-profit certifier of Biodynamic® farms and products in the United States. She also serves as Board President for NOP accredited organic certifier Stellar Certification Services. Elizabeth joined Demeter in 2008 following a 25-year career in marketing, business development, and non-profit management. Elizabeth first became interested in Biodynamic agriculture while Marketing Director at Quivira Vineyards, when the wine estate transitioned from conventional to Biodynamic farming. She was so inspired by that experience she joined Demeter to help them expand awareness about Biodynamic agriculture and its positive effects on the food... Read moreJudith Zaoui![]() Judith Zaoui is the Export Sales Manager of Alban Muller International. Alban Muller International is a services company specialized in the plant world. Using plants, AMI design, develop and manufacture ingredients and finished products in the fields of Beauty, health and well-being. Judith joined the company in 2007 and started as a Project Manager. She was in charge of the coordination of the New Products Development for Key accounts. She co-developed more than 50 success stories mainly in the area of natural formulation. In 2012, she was promoted as Export Sales Manager. She is now responsible for the business development of Alban Muller International distribution network. Her backgro... Read moreRussell Whiting![]() Russell Whiting is a Policy Adviser for Cruelty Free International – the global campaign to end animal testing for cosmetics and consumer products. Russell has worked for Cruelty Free International since it was founded in 2012, having previously joined its founding organisation the BUAV in 2011. Russell worked on European Policy during the campaign to achieve the recent European ban on animal testing for cosmetic and toiletry products and ingredients that came into effect on March 11th 2013 and has continued to push for a global ban through Cruelty Free International. Russell has represented the organisation internationally and spoken on the subject of animal testing at numerous conference... Read moreLaura Sanchez![]() Laura Sanchez is the founder and CEO of Lypsso.com, an international beauty review website with a sustainability edge, where users and professionals can post their views on natural and organic beauty products, beauty and hair salons and professional beauty equipment. It is a beauty site that aims to raise user’s awareness of beauty sustainability in a fashionable manner and allows companies to market their products and services to a large base of beauty users and professionals from all over the globe. Prior to Lypsso, Laura was a Senior Business Consultant for over seven years for a consultancy firm. Over this time she also took on the role as HR director for the firm. But Laura was always ... Read moreGabriele Fuchs![]() Gabriele Fuchs is the founder of webportalis, which currently develops and manages five web databases in the US, Germany and France: www.beautypress.com, www.beautypress.de, beautypress.fr, livingpress.de, and medicalpress.de. With a professional background in beauty PR that spans over 25 years, Fuchs saw an opportunity a decade ago to utilize the Internet to enhance PR activity. In 2000, Fuchs founded webportalis with its first web database, www.beautypress.de to aid beauty editors working in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Having worked closely with beauty editors throughout her career, Gabriele understood their frustrations- incomplete press releases, missed deadlines due to a late res... Read more |
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