Leaders from Estée Lauder, Sephora, Sol de Janeiro and VMG Partners Join The Business of Beauty Global Awards Jury

Right now, The Enterprise of Fashion is delighted to disclose the all-star jury of prime trade leaders for The Business of Beauty Global Awards, honouring the entrepreneurs shaping the way forward for the wonder trade.

Shana Randhava, The Estée Lauder Corporations’ New Incubation Ventures senior vice chairman, Priya Venkatesh, international chief merchandising officer at Sephora, Heela Yang, co-founder and CEO of Sol de Janeiro and Robin Tsai, normal companion at VMG Companions, will be a part of Imran Amed, BoF’s founder, CEO and editor-in-chief, and Priya Rao, government editor of The Enterprise of Magnificence to establish the winners of our inaugural awards primarily based on the next standards:

Artistic Execution: Entrepreneurs with distinctive model ideas primarily based on the creativity of their merchandise, packaging and advertising methods, making a demonstrable supply of aggressive benefit.

Enterprise Innovation: Entrepreneurs with progressive enterprise fashions, demonstrating clear enterprise momentum supported by robust financials.

Social Affect: Entrepreneurs which have a optimistic web influence on their communities: the folks working of their provide chain, the shoppers they serve and the surroundings.

The Enterprise of Magnificence International Awards search to attach high-potential magnificence entrepreneurs with trade leaders, retail companions and traders who may help them take their companies to the subsequent stage.

To that finish, shortlisted finalists will likely be invited to attend The Business of Beauty Global Forum in Napa Valley, California from June 3-5 to current to our jury. Last year, attendees included main traders, executives from the world’s best-known magnificence corporations and entrepreneurial founders.

To use for The Enterprise of Magnificence International Awards please click here, submissions price $500 and purposes shut Tuesday April 30, 2024 at 11:59pm EST.

Study extra about our professional jury

Shana Randhava, senior vice chairman, The Estée Lauder Corporations’ New Incubation Ventures

Shana Randhava is the senior vice chairman of New Incubation Ventures, The Estée Lauder Corporations’ early-stage funding and incubation arm. Randhava and her group are chargeable for constructing a particular functionality for ELC to spend money on and create a pipeline of next-generation manufacturers for the conglomerate’s portfolio like Haeckels, Vyrao and Soften Season. Previous to creating NIV, Randhava led the New Enterprise Growth group and was chargeable for shaping and executing ELC’s mergers and acquisition technique for Deciem, Dr. Jart+, Forest Necessities, By Killian and Too Confronted. She beforehand labored in funding banking and consulting, and holds an MBA from the Chicago Sales space Faculty of Enterprise.

Priya Venkatesh, international chief merchandising officer, Sephora

Priya Venkatesh is the worldwide chief merchandising officer for Sephora. In her position, Venkatesh is chargeable for main the merchandise strategic planning, in addition to the make-up, skincare, perfume, hair and wellness classes. Whereas overseeing the total scope of Sephora’s merchandising groups globally, Venkatesh works to curate differentiated assortments for every area. In her 18-year tenure at Sephora, Venkatesh has targeted on class growth, in addition to the preliminary introduction of Ok-Magnificence in status retail. She can also be behind the launch of Pores and skin IQ, an instore skincare options diagnostic software.

Heela Yang, co-founder and CEO, Sol de Janeiro

Heela Yang is the co-founder of Sol de Janeiro, a physique care and perfume label. Beneath Yang’s management, the model has grown its assortment to over 30 merchandise, lots of which have gone viral on social media, and reached an estimated international retail gross sales of $1 billion in 2023. In 2021, L’Occitane acquired a majority stake within the enterprise. Previous to founding Sol de Janeiro, Yang labored with manufacturers like Lancôme and Clinique. Yang holds a bachelor’s diploma from Harvard School and a grasp’s diploma from Yale College.

Robin Tsai, normal companion, VMG Companions

Robin Tsai is a Common Companion at VMG Companions. Tsai joined VMG in 2009 and works carefully with founders and leaders of branded shopper product corporations. At VMG, Tsai has been chargeable for recognizing mega-brands like Drunk Elephant, K18 and Briogeo, and beforehand served on their boards. His confirmed eye for magnificence and wellness labels with excessive progress potential has made him a sought-after advisor and investor, having additionally recognized Kosas, Shani Darden and the beverage model of Spindrift, all of which at present depend Tsai as a board member. Previous to VMG, Tsai was a advisor at The Boston Consulting Group with a deal with shopper merchandise and retail, and labored as a center college historical past trainer at The SEED Public Constitution Faculty in Washington, D.C. Tsai graduated from Stanford College and acquired an MBA from the Stanford Graduate Faculty of Enterprise.

Imran Amed, CEO and editor-in-chief, The Enterprise of Vogue

Imran Amed is the Founder, CEO and editor-in-chief of The Enterprise of Vogue. He’s primarily based in London and shapes BoF’s general editorial technique and is the host of The BoF Podcast. Amed holds an MBA from Harvard Enterprise Faculty, a B.Com from McGill College and an honorary doctorate from Central Saint Martins School of Artwork & Design. Beforehand, Amed was a administration advisor at McKinsey & Co.

Priya Rao, government editor, The Enterprise of Magnificence

Priya Rao is government editor at The Enterprise of Magnificence at BoF. She is predicated in New York and oversees BoF’s beauty and wellness coverage. Beforehand, Rao lined magnificence, wellness and podcasts at Shiny and created the narrative skin-lightening podcast Unfair. She has a Bachelors in English and Finance from The College of Texas, Austin.

The Enterprise of Magnificence International Awards 2024 are made doable by our Awards Companions The Estée Lauder Corporations’ New Incubation Ventures and Sephora.

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