London-based Steven Schapera founded the successful BECCA Cosmetic brand and commercialised it into a range of cosmetic products that were distributed throughout Europe, Asia and North America. Mr Schapera guided BECCA from its infancy through to being a global player in the international prestige cosmetic field. BECCA was recently sold to Estee Lauder for more than US$230 million. Mr Schapera is chair of BECCA Holdings and is a partner in Hoist Strategic LLC, a boutique advisory group based in New York that specialises in retail, luxury branding and FMCG with a special interest in the beauty, health and wellness industries. He is also founder and managing director of London-based Lab Brands, and a non-executive director of Wild Nutrition, a fast-growing player in the vitamin and mineral supplement space.
