Speaker Group: Inform.

Michael Burnett

Michael has 14yrs industry experience including over 10yrs as a Process and Development Engineer in the manufacturing and commercialisation of PET. This has been followed by >11yrs experience at Innovate UK Business Connect providing advice and assistance to companies navigating the UK innovation funding landscape and helping building project consortia. Areas of interest includes, defossilisation… Read more »

Adam Muggleton

Area of expertise: Skincare Formulation Technologies & Performance, New Product Development, Raw Materials, Skin Biology. Adam is an expert in all things related to skincare product development and has spent his career in Oriflame creating and delivering many of the skincare products that you know and love. He has extensive experience within formulation development and in… Read more »

Deborah Perry

Deborah is an innovation consulting partner at Fusion, the brand consultancy that inspires possibility thinkers.  She helps people think differently, to generate distinctive and differentiated consumer and tech driven innovation opportunities, grounded in brand vision and purpose. Before joining the fusion team, Deborah headed up a future-focused innovation team for the No7 Beauty Company, pioneering… Read more »

Zoë Fowler

Zoë Fowler, Product Development Technologist at Liz Earle & No7 Beauty Company, has a long career focusing on bringing naturally based skincare products to market.  From first ideation to product launch, she leads technical formulation development, ensuring the finished product offering is exactly what discerning customers want – efficacious, luxurious and affordable.

Harald Van der Hoeven

Harald van der Hoeven started to work in personal care in 1999 where he specialized on R&D and formulating of skin care cosmetics. In 2006 Harald joined CLR in Berlin and took over as Director R&D. In May 2013 he became Technical Marketing Director at CLR, responsible for both the marketing activities of CLR as… Read more »

Lorna Radford

Lorna Radford is the Founder and Managing Director of Enkos Developments, the go-to technical consultancy for skincare and haircare brands that are looking for bespoke formulation development. The scientists at Enkos specialise in developing cutting-edge formulations, which have won over 90+ awards and counting. Lorna has a particular interest in novel technologies, creating products with… Read more »

Winnie Awa

Winnie is the Founder & CEO of Carra, an award-winning AI-driven hair care personalisation and multicultural consumer intelligence platform, disrupting the status quo and challenging the global hair care industry to be more inclusive and accepting of multiple standards of beauty. Carra is powered by Carra Labs, its proprietary and award-winning Textured Hair EngineTM. With… Read more »

Tony Causer

An Operations Director with just shy of 30 years working in the cosmetic sector, starting on the shop floor manufacturing creams and shower gels to today leading a team in a thriving business. In practical terms I’m a caretaker wearing lots of hats, drawing from a broad range of experiences and responsibilities, making sure things… Read more »