IMF London 2026
6 September 2026 – 7 September 2026
ExCeL London, London, United Kingdom
The International Manufacturers & Distributors Forum (IMF London) is a two-day conference and networking event for brand owners, distributors, wholesalers and manufacturers in the beauty and hair industry, held at Excel London alongside Professional Beauty London and Salon International. The 2026 programme consists of panel discussions, expert-led roundtables and an open forum, with an IMF & Exhibitors Networking Lounge for business meetings.
14 sessions · 26 speakers
Organiser (1)
Speakers (26)
- Vikas Vij Managing Director, Professional Beauty India
- Corinne Barbereau Founder, MBW Expertise
- David Connor CEO and Co-Founder, Kanzen Skincare
- Fabienne Guichon-Lindholm Executive Coach, L&D Specialist & Founder, Rev Up Your Life
- Owen McErlain Business Development Manager, Denman
- Lara Morgan Founder & CEO, Scentered
- Celeste Hilling CEO, Skin Authority
- Agnieszka Żak CEO, Natural Agics
- Alan Woods OBE Chief Executive, VTCT Skills
- Christopher Hülbach VP International Sales, S'METICS
- Debbie Codron CEO, Thalgo Group
- Fiona Glen Managing Director & Founder, The Red Tree; CREDEN Partners
- Gianmarco Alfonso Founder, Rhea Cosmetics
- Heidi Bannister Founder & MD, Arthur Edward
- Indy Samrai Director, Chris & Sons
- Julie Winchester General Manager, Capital Hair & Beauty
- Manish Dialani Managing Director, M.K. Exim India Limited
- Marisa Goel Proprietor & CEO, Serena’s Beauty, The Skin Inn and Serena’s on the Fourth
- Martyn Wady Founder, The Wady Company
- Paul Gerrard Director of Marketing and Brand Communications, Gerrard International
- Reena U Sheth Founder, Gaiia
- Reginaldo Torres CEO & Founder, DABALASH
- Sammy Gharieni Founder & CEO, Gharieni
- Subham Virmani Director, Esskay Beauty Group
- Tejas Bhatt Director, Absolute Beauty Concepts
- Tristan Lagarde General Manager, PHYTOMER
Agenda
- Panel 1: The distributor of the future - the gameplan for 2030 4 October 2026
- Panel 2: How do brands get found and how do distributors find them? 4 October 2026
- Panel 3: Building a brand that travels and what global success actually requires 4 October 2026
- Panel 4: The pricing conversation nobody wants to have 4 October 2026
- Roundtable 2: Pricing in practice 4 October 2026
- Roundtable 5: The founder's mindset 4 October 2026
- Roundtable 3: Building and keeping great teams 4 October 2026
- Roundtable 1: The distributor relationship 4 October 2026
- Roundtable 4: Going global for the first time 4 October 2026
- Panel 1: The loyalty equation: what actually keeps a salon loyal to a brand? 5 October 2026
- Panel 2: Professional only is dead - long live professional 5 October 2026
- Panel 3: The talent problem nobody talks about 5 October 2026
- Panel 4: When to sell, when to scale, when to stay 5 October 2026
- Open forum: You ask, they answer 5 October 2026