EVENTS
Sustain your brand and innovate in 2018
Have you booked your seat yet for the first P C Review Beauty Trends & Innovations Conference? If not, here’s why you should.
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equity and corporate finance. She has established Imbalie Beauty as a leading and desirable beauty franchise group. She also played a key role in launching the upgraded Placecol skin care range and
harmaceutical
Cosmetic
exploration and won numerous awards
Review has rounded up some
during her studies, including four
of the best speakers and most
Sasol prizes for Chemistry and the
introduced Skinderm into the Perfect 10 franchise group. Michael Gullan, MD at G&G
South African Chemistry Institute’s
Digital, will share an award-
its inaugural conference, taking place on
James Moir Medal. Van der Wat
winning agency’s perspective
22 February at the Media Park Auditorium
has also presented her research at
on Marketing a beauty brand in
in Auckland Park, Johannesburg. To book
international conferences and has
knowledgeable industry experts for
your seat for R995 per person including
authored many scientific papers.
speciality pharmaceutical agency CERCA
VAT send an e-mail to Natalie.DaSilva@ newmediapub.co.za.
2018. Gullan’s advertising career of over 25 years started at the
Getting it right online
where he made significant contributions to
Elena Protulis will reveal How to
developing a number of pharmaceutical
group of exhibitors, which will be
develop and sustain a social
brands. He has more than two decades’
showcasing their products and
media strategy. Protulis has over
experience on key client accounts ranging
solutions for the cosmetics industry.
12 years’ experience in social
from cosmetics, pharmaceutical and
The event will also include a select
These include Symrise, Merck, Khaya International Packaging, Unicare and
media and content marketing gained at Sage Publications
medical to food and beverage, publishing and financial services. Gullan has a real
Meganede, which will have an international
(London), Native and Aqua now
talent for launching new products to market,
technical representative from Silab
Wunderman (Joburg). She founded Proél
as well as revitalising waning brands.
available throughout the day to discuss
Consulting in 2017, is a strong advocate
brand owners’ formulating and active
for women in tech and was instrumental in
ingredients needs.
establishing the MTN Group’s social media
Insight into compliance and category trends
presence through policies, guidelines and
Percy Sibanda will present on Compliance
Focus on formulating and driving innovation John Knowlton, one of the industry’s most progressive formulators and product developers, will discuss Creativity in the workplace to drive innovation. Knowlton is the MD of Cosmetic Solutions. Before
strategies across 22 Opcos. The Dos and don’ts of e-commerce will be highlighted in a not to be missed presentation by cosmetics and chemical industry expert, Robert Rae. Rae is a founding
in the South African cosmetics industry. Percy is the scientific and regulatory affairs advisor at L’Oréal SA. He currently serves/has served on working groups and committees for the chemical, cosmetics, FMCG and
member of Ordinary Skincare,
allied industries at the CTFA, SABS, NRCS,
which he formed in partnership
CGCSA, AMA and other SA government
with Dr Claire Jamieson. Ordinary
departments and regulatory agencies. He
worked at Johnson & Johnson (UK) and
Skincare is primarily an online business
is also chairperson of the CTFA’s Cosmetic
Justine now Avon-Justine (South Africa)
that is flourishing both in South Africa and
Regulatory Review Working Group, which
in various scientific, R&D and technical
the UK. His industry experience spans 30
reviewed and commented on the proposed
roles. He is a board member and technical
years running companies as MD, CEO and
DoH draft regulations for cosmetics.
advisor to the CTFA and co-authored
chairman in the UK, Europe and Asia with
the Handbook of Cosmetic Science
sales operations in almost all countries.
establishing his own company, he
formulator, Leandri van der Wat will delve into Formulating for Africa’s millennials. Van der Wat is the R&D manager at Optiphi, a Skin Rejuvenation
insights will be revealed by Kim Reddy, director of consumer
and Technology. The up and coming and award-winning
Current market trends and category
Spotlight on finance and marketing
insights at Nielsen, which she joined in August 2017. Prior to
Esna Colyn will focus on
this she spent eight and half
the financial aspects
years at Millward Brown, based
of How to keep a beauty brand in business. Colyn is the Imbalie Beauty Group’s
Technologies’ company. She
CEO which she joined in 2010
grew up with a curiosity for scientific
after working in banking, private
both locally and at its London office. Kim has 20 years’ experience in market research across various sectors including FMCG, financial services and telecoms. •
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