Allard Max
Allard became intrigued by aquatic pollution whilst working on the Delfino (the Italian word for dolphin) car project and wanting to off-set the car's footprint not by planting trees but by doing something valuable in the ocean.
Seemingly there was no existing method to attribute damage costs to water pollutants and so the marine pollution acquatrail was born with the help of marine scientist Prof. Roberto Danovaro and sustainability specialist Susannah Stewart.
Danovaro and Corinaldesi had just published the damage done to coral by sunscreens and Allard decided to establish Aethic and develop Sôvée with world’s only scientifically proven and patented eco-compatible sunscreen formula - 100% proven reef safe.
Aethic’s various products have been and/or are retailed on board Air Canada, Alitalia and KLM as well Whole Foods, Planet Organic and online with Victoriahealth.com, net-a-porter.com and krisshop.com
Marcia Taylor
Dr. Marcia Taylor is the Vice President in charge of Research at Treventis Corporation. She has enabled key assays in the discovery of small molecules to prevent formation of toxic oligomers. She has led her team through small molecule synthesis, activity, DMPK, preclinical, and toxicity studies on the road to a disease modifying treatment for diseases of protein misfolding. Dr. Taylor received a PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Dalhousie University.
Travis Palmquist
Fahad Aziz
Romain Gaillard
Jill Granoff
Sonia Summers
Shielded Beauty Founder & CEO Sonia Summers began her career working in-house for global powerhouses like Avon, where her team won WWD’s highly coveted “Best Executed Brand Launch” award in 2014. In 2015 she launched Beauty Barrage, an outsourced sales management agency complete with a highly successful and modern field team – helping to create signature experiences and a “human touch” at retail. Beauty Barrage represents an impressive portfolio of brands including: L’Oreal, PerriconeMD, The Proactiv Company, Unilever, Coty, Nudestix, Dermaflash and many others.
Back in 2020 when the COVID crisis unfolded, Sonia found herself constantly searching for a safer way to protect our skin — but she couldn’t find any highly-effective purifying products that also prioritized nourishing the skin’s microbiome. Sonia felt like she shouldn’t have to compromise on luxury for efficacy, she decided to start developing the products that she was desperately looking for herself!