Cosmoprof Asia Awards Jury

Bokyung Sun is the Senior Vice President of CJ Oliveyoung, Korea’s top health & beauty retail chain. With a Master’s degree in Biotechnology from Yonsei University, she started her career as a researcher at AmorePacific.  Working for over 18 years’ experience in marketing and brand management, she now leads CJ Oliveyoung’s brand business. One of her objectives is to promote awareness of Korean beauty brands and quality worldwide.  Ms. Sun is currently in charge of creating a new private label collection for CJ Oliveyoung.

With 21 years’ experience in B2B publishing, Glenn is continually fascinated by the print, digital, and social media executions that have engaged audiences across the Australian beauty industry. He has forged successful marketing partnerships with suppliers, manufacturers, and distributors via marketing and content ideas that educate, inform, and inspire salon owners and therapists around Australia.

Co-founder of the online magazine Auparfum in 2007, editor-in-chief of Nez the olfactory magazine since 2016 and editorial director of Nez éditions, she has helped to bring perfume analysis and olfactory culture to a wider audience. She has two passions: smelling and writing.

Jessica Michault is the Senior Vice President of Industry Relations at Launchmetrics, the marketing and data analytics company, specialized in the fashion, luxury, and cosmetics industry. She is a BoF 500 member since 2015, and simultaneously the editor-at-large of the biannual fashion bible ODDA Magazine. Michault's innovative, digital-first 60 Second Fashion Reviews have brought fashion show criticism to the social media sphere, and her in-depth one-on-one interviews with some of fashion's leading movers and shakers, via her ‘Fashion Your Seatbelt’ podcast, has created another avenue for fashion lovers to connect with the industry.

Previously, Michault held the role of Editor-In-Chief of the French magazine Antidote and, before that, she led NOWFASHION as its editor-in-chief, in charge of all editorial content for the show image website. Prior to her role at NOWFASHION, Michault was at The International Herald Tribune for 16 years, where she started as a research assistant. Based in Paris, Michault worked with Suzy Menkes covering the shows, writing editorial features for the paper’s style pages, and completing special reports on the luxury and watch markets. Whilst at the paper, Michault was appointed online style editor. In addition to the International Herald Tribune, Michault's work has been published in the New York Times, Italian Vogue, Vogue Japan, L'Officiel Paris, Harper's Bazaar Brazil, GQ Germany, Mixte, and Elite Traveler magazine.

Jimin Lee is an entrepreneur in the fashion industry, whose thirty year career has spanned the globe and 360 degrees of the fashion business. Born in South Korea and raised in the Philippines, Lee attended Brown University, in Providence, RI, USA. She commenced her career at the Saks Fifth Avenue Executive Training program in New York City, and relocated to Hong Kong in 1994 to join Joyce, the leading fashion and lifestyle retail group in the Asia Pacific region, as General Merchandise Manager and Fashion Director. In 1999, she created her first independent fashion label, Jiminlee, achieving international distribution. Lee relocated to Shanghai in 2002 to create and curate a multi-brand fashion platform at Three on the Bund, which opened in 2004. Together with her partner, Angelo Negro, Lee founded Translatio, an innovative and pioneering fashion and lifestyle retail company based in Shanghai. In the 14 years since its establishment, Translatio has been the strategic partner to renown international brands including Marni, Balenciaga, Moncler, Alexander Wang, Acne Studios, Sandro, Maje and Isabel Marant, operating over 180 points of sales in 27 cities throughout Mainland China. Lee also served as a member of the Board of Directors of Acne Studios, from 2014 to 2018. In 2014, Lee collaborated with SKP to conceptualize and curate SKP Select, the multi-brand specialty store within SKP Beijing, the leading luxury department store in China, with a role as head merchant and Fashion Director. Lee’s most recent project, J.Cricket, launched in 2018, signifies Lee’s return to design and product development. J.Cricket’s range of clothing and collection of items - with an upcycling initiative - are conceptualized and created for the cosmopolitan woman. Lee was named one of China’s “Top 20 Movers, Shakers and Decision-Makers in Fashion” by Business of Fashion. 

Kim Leitzes is the co-founder of PARKLU, a platform that connects brands around the world with social media influencers in China. Her team developed proprietary software that makes finding and collaborating with the right influencers easy and data-driven. 

Kim realized the effectiveness of influencer engagement in China when she ran a digital marketing agency in Shanghai but saw too many hurdles. She decided a combination of data tech and community engagement was necessary to help brands find the perfect fit.  Before PARKLU, Kim joined high-end women’s retailer Bill Blass New York as Vice President of Strategy and then Macklowe Asset Management, investing exclusively in consumer and retail companies. 

Originally from Paris, Louis Houdart is the founder and managing Partner from 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. Mr Houdart is not only a talented creative entrepreneur, he has true retail expertise having created, owned, built, and sold a leading flower chain in China. Now, CREATIVE CAPITAL CHINA has grown into one of the leading independent branding agencies in China, with offices in Shanghai, Paris, Shenzhen, and New York. The company works with both prestigious international clients such as LVMH group, Chanel, L’Oréal group, as well as leading Chinese brands, such as Aimer, Afu, and Good Baby group.

Michael Nolte is a trend forecaster with over 15 years of experience in fashion and beauty. As the Creative Director of BEAUTYSTREAMS, he oversees a content team of over 200 experts worldwide. BEAUTYSTREAMS provides color forecasts and consumer insights to beauty companies on six continents, including Amway, AmorePacific, Chanel, Estée Lauder, LG, L’Oréal, MAC, Marie Dalgar, Martha Tilaar Companies, P&G, Sephora, Unilever, etc. A graduate of Esmod Paris, Mr. Nolte is a well-known expert that is widely quoted in global fashion and beauty publications.

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. Oonagh has more than 20 years’ experience as a journalist covering the international beauty market. Prior to founding BW Confidential, Oonagh was Deputy Publisher and Editorial Director at trade publication ICN – International Cosmetic News. Oonagh has also written for a wide range of business and lifestyle publications on fashion, technology, and travel.

Managing Editor of Cosmopolitan Hong Kong, Yoga Alliance Registered Yoga Teacher. After having tried more than 10,000 beauty and wellness products and treatments in her career, Sally only believes in quality and integrity.  Cosmopolitan雜誌行政編輯，美國Yoga Alliance認可專業瑜珈導師。入行以來試用過超過10,000種美容健康產品及療程，相信品質及良心至為重要。

Qian Yi is the Deputy General Manager of Tmall Global. In his current position, he leads the global business development team to help global brands to find the best ways to enter China through Tmall Global in both platform and direct sourcing models. He also works closely with strategic partners from the world to expand business through Tmall Global platform. Additionally, Qian is on the frontier of empowering global brands to enter Southeast Asian markets via LazGlobal, a cross-border service similar to Tmall Global, offered by the region's leading eCommerce platform Lazada Group. 

Qian joined Alibaba in early 2015 and led B2B global marketing and business development team to mainly enhance the Alibaba ecosystem with global strategic partners to help SMEs to do business easier anywhere. Prior to joining Alibaba, Qian was the Product Marketing Director at Samsung Electronics Canada, responsible for product marketing, marketing communication and supply chain team for its home appliance division. Qian holds an MBA degree from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, and a Bachelor of Commerce from McMaster University in Hamilton.