Jury of Cosmopack Awards

Stephanie Bertand is a passionate trends curator and poly-sensorial textures lover with a 10 years’ experience in Product Development and Prospective Innovation within Global leading beauty players and subcontractors. Ms. Bertand is Senior Manager Skin R&D Trends & Prospective Innovation at Coty.

Jean-Yves Bourgeois has played a prominent role in the global industrial packaging sector for 40 years, in both media and events. In the 1990s, he launched Formes de Luxe, Doses and Cadences Pack. In 2008, he co-created the website premiumbeautynews.com. In the late 1980s, he became involved in the creation and organization of successful trade shows. He was the co-creator in 1988 of Luxe Pack and, since 2010, has launched five MakeUp In trade shows around the world. He is also currently the correspondent of the American magazine Beauty Packaging.

Nadia Alessandra Calafati is a color specialist, with diverse experience interpreting the essence and strength of colors in color cosmetics, ensuring continuous innovation, development of color ranges, creation of color names, and color layout for retail stores, amongst other responsibilities. Most recently, she's been working as a color specialist for KIKO Percassi Group, creating color ranges in line with the philosophy of the brand and market trends. Ms. Calafati has broad experience as a make-up artist, with clients including Sisley Italy and the Orlane Group (Perlier Italy).

Cornelia Greko has worked in various design roles for the last 20 years, both at agencies and companies which has enriched, broadened and deepened her knowledge of design processes, needs, and effects. Ms. Greko is very proud to have helped many companies deliver creative and innovative design solutions with high business impact - winning design awards along the way – and currently leading the Internal Design Department at Oriflame. Ms. Greko is particularly inspired when design addresses and answers the bigger questions – such as delivering on business and brand strategy, e-commerce relevance, and reducing the eco-footprint.

After her start in the real estate press as Head of Advertising and then Deputy Director of Advertising, for more than 20 years Laurence has been working as commercial director for the french magazine Emballage Digest, the first bilingual (French / English) global packaging magazine. In charge of the magazine's advertising and the website emballagedigest.com, she manages also all the partnerships with French and European trade shows.

Louis Houdart is the Founder and Managing Partner of Creative Capital China. Before coming to Asia in 2000, he studied and worked in London, Barcelona, Singapore and New York. He holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and London Business School, and a master’s degree in branding from the prestigious Italian school SDA Bocconi. He is originally from Paris, France. Mr. Houdart is not only a creative entrepreneur, he also has true retail expertise having created, built, and sold a leading flower chain in China. Today, Creative Capital China has grown into one of the leading independent branding agencies in China with offices in Shanghai, Paris, Shenzhen, and New York. Its unique methodology is based on systematic and creative storytelling. The company works with prestigious international clients such as LVMH group, Chanel, L’Oréal Group, GS Shop, as well as leading Chinese brands such as Aimer, Afu and Good Baby Group.

A graduate of Heidelberg University, Angelika Meiss created the concept of COSSMA magazine, the international trade journal targeting the cosmetics industry, in 2000. Since then, she has continually reshaped the magazine as well as its broad online portfolio in response to the constantly evolving needs of the influencers in the cosmetics producing industry. The Indie brands round table which Angelika has presented for so many years at In-Cosmetics has truly become a must-see event among the Marketing Trends Presentations. Angelika also regularly presents the Anti-Ageing Conference on the occasion of BEAUTY FORUM LEIPZIG, a tradeshow dedicated to beauticians.

Elie Papiernik is the CEO of innovative design and branding agency centdegrés, which he co-founded with David Nitlich. Mr. Papiernik believes that defining a sense of purpose is the first task on any project. Passionate about the industry, he continually collaborates on the technical aspects of a project in order to foster and develop design solutions. Fascinated by the world and its diverse cultures, Mr. Papiernik loves traveling to meet clients, and hunting for fertile ideas that define original projects.

Vasiliki Petrou is Executive Vice President at Unilever Prestige, home to iconic brands including Dermalogica, Murad, REN, Kate Somerville, Living Proof and Hourglass. With more than 25 years in the industry, Vasiliki has held senior leadership positions across Color Cosmetics, Haircare, and Skincare in various markets including the UK, Greece and Switzerland. Her extensive experience in beauty as well as working with renowned trend agencies, fashion influencers, and thought leaders around the world has enabled Vasiliki to successfully lead the growth management of Unilever Prestige. Fluent in four languages, Vasiliki holds an MBA from Columbia Business School in New York City, and a Master’s degree in English and Communications from University of Texas at Austin. Vasiliki is a Fulbright Scholar, recipient of the Kellogg Foundation Fellowship recognizing female leaders, and current Chairwoman for CEW UK, the leading beauty industry association.

Oonagh Phillips is Co-Founder and Editor in Chief of BW Confidential, the Paris-based business-to-business publication for the international cosmetics and fragrance industry. BW Confidential provides news and in-depth market analysis and commentary for beauty executives across the globe in print and digital formats. Ms. Philips has more than 17 years experience as a journalist covering the international beauty market and was previously Deputy Publisher and Editorial Director at trade publication ICN – International Cosmetic News.

Laurie Pressman is the Vice-President of the Pantone Color Institute. In addition to managing a global consortium of color and trend experts, Ms. Pressman presents on color and trends to design audiences worldwide, and works directly with leading brands on their brand and product color selections. Ms. Pressman is also involved in the development of Pantone’s color research and color trend forecasting products, and sits on the Home Products Board at the Fashion Institute of Technology, and the Fashion Advisory Board at Savannah College of Art and Design.

Jill Scalamandre is a seasoned beauty industry executive whose rich professional experience spans the breadth of mass and luxury brands. Throughout her career, she has advised multiple private equity firms on various portfolio opportunities and counseled entrepreneurial brands on prospective growth initiatives. Currently, Jill Scalamandre is the global leader of bareMinerals, BUXOM and Shiseido Makeup. At bareMinerals and BUXOM, she is responsible for the development and implementation of the strategic vision and worldwide growth plans, with bareMinerals being one of the largest brands in the Shiseido Group’s global portfolio. At Shiseido makeup, Jill leads development and marketing in collaboration with the Tokyo brandholder. Prior to joining Shiseido, Jill served as Chief Marketing Officer - Skincare, Coty and Senior Vice President, philosophy. As Chief Marketing Officer at Chrysallis Inc, (a management team for Catterton Partners), Ms. Scalamandre was on the management team that successfully oversaw the sale of Frederic Fekkai hair care and salons to Procter & Gamble in 2008. Ms. Scalamandre is Chairwoman of Cosmetic Executive Women Inc., an organization with 7,000 members that is committed to advancing the professional growth and leadership development of women in the cosmetic industry.

Tim has been head of content and editor in chief at Packaging Europe since 2007. Over that time he has helped establish Packaging Europe as Europe’s leading voice on innovation across the packaging value chain, known for highlighting the challenges facing consumer goods brands and retails, and the ways in which technology can meet them.

Kilala Tilaar heads Corporate Creative and Innovation of the Martha Tilaar Group, one of the largest natural beauty companies in Indonesia. Established in 1970, the Martha Tilaar Group has managed a portfolio of 10 prominent beauty brands in the market, along with 68 spas and more than 20,000 retail points nationwide. Educated at Suffolk University and Harvard University in the United States, Mr. Tilaar focuses the Group’s research activities on natural, organic, and halal products to bring Indonesia’s local heritage to the global market. For their innovative approach, the Martha Tilaar Group received the Anugerah Abyudaya Award from the Ministry of Research and Technology of Republic Indonesia in August 2016.

Lan Vu is the CEO of BEAUTYSTREAMS, the global beauty industry reference. BEAUTYSTREAMS provides color and trend forecasts, and consumer insights to companies across six continents including Amway, AmorePacific, Chanel, Estée Lauder, LG, L’Oréal, MAC, Marie Dalgar, Martha Tilaar Companies, P&G, Sephora, and Unilever. Ms.Vu is a renowned trend forecast authority with over 25 years of experience.  She has contributed to, and is widely quoted in, many international publications such as Vogue, WWD, Marie Claire, Vanity Fair, and Textile View.  A graduate of the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, Ms. Vu lectures worldwide at key industry events.

Eva Yean is the Senior Vice-President of Global Product Development for NYX Professional Makeup. Ms. Yang specializes in color, ideation, formula development, and makeup artistry to bring forth shade vision, trends, and innovation. Ms. Yean’s career started at LVMH, and then the Estee Lauder Companies. She joined L’Oréal in 2008, where she launched over 10 of Maybelline’s all-time bestselling mascaras such as Volum’ Express Colossal, Falsies, One by One, and Great Lash Animations, and helped create the successful Eye Studio and Face Studio franchises, Maybelline’s line driven by fashion colors and professional makeup artistry. In 2014, Ms. Yean joined the global team of L’Oréal Paris as Global Color Designer and Vice-President of Global Product Development for L’Oréal Paris Makeup.