Barbara Donoghue
Ms. Barbara Donoghue is an Advisor to Manzanita Capital. Ms. Donoghue is an expert in media. Ms. Donoghue served as the Managing Director of NatWest Markets and Hawkpoint Partners. She had a career in international investment banking at senior executive level. Ms. Donoghue has been a Director of Eniro AB since 2003. She served as a Director of Noventus Partners. Ms. Donoghue is a Panel Member of the UK Competition Commission. She was a Member of Independent Television Commission. Ms. Donoghue was a Teaching Fellow at London Business School in the areas of strategic and international management. She is a Development Agency Scholar and holds an M.B.A. and a B.Com. from McGill University, Canada.
Vasiliki Petrou
Senior Vice-President of Prestige at Unilever, Vasiliki has some 23 years of personal care and beauty experience both in marketing and general management. Prior to her current role at Unilever, she was Vice-President of New Business Development for Personal Care.
Maria Dane
Tom Allsworth
Fulfilling an ambition and desire to run his own business, Tom founded Medichem in 1992. Medichem initially manufactured chemicals for the medical sector, it then successfully expanded into contract manufacturing for the hair, body and skin care market. In 2013 Tom launched a make-up and colour cosmetics business with Adam Minto, TAM Beauty (now Revolution Beauty). Tom also owns a property investment and development company. Tom enjoys golf, swimming, red wine, dining out and spending as much time as possible at his home in Spain with his family.
Colin Welch
Colin Welch is a Partner and Managing Director at TSG Consumer Partners, a leading private equity firm focused exclusively on the branded consumer sector. At TSG, Mr. Welch is responsible for generating new investment opportunities and diligencing new business opportunities, structuring transactions and working with the firm’s partner companies. Mr. Welch has more than 25 years of experience identifying attractive investment opportunities and advising companies in the consumer and retail sectors, both domestically and internationally.
Trinny Woodall
Trinny Woodall, founder and CEO of the disruptive beauty brand Trinny London, has had a successful twenty-year career in the media. She established herself as a fashion advisor, initially as a columnist for The Daily Telegraph, and later as a co-host for What Not to Wear and The Trinny and Susannah makeover shows, filmed across 20 countries. Now nearly three years old, Trinny London has won countless beauty awards and is sold online in over 65 countries. It was recently listed as one of the fastest growing businesses in Britain.
Anna Teal
A Beauty Industry Insider with over 20 years of experience from Brand Management and incubation to Strategy creation and M&A. An expert in finding the right trends and partners to deliver exceptional growth having identified and led some of the most transformative partnerships in the creation and development of the Global Brands business within Walgreens Boots Alliance.
Currently CEO of Aromatherapy Associates and The Refinery as well as the Global Head of Business Development for the brands portfolio in Global Brands, Walgreens Boots Alliance.
