CIEH Beauty and Aesthetics Conference

Andrew Rankin, Chair, Joint Council of Cosmetic Practitioners (JCCP). Andrew is a registered nurse, independent prescriber and he has held various training and advisory roles over the last 16 years. He was a board member of the British Association of Cosmetic Nurses (BACN) and then vice chair until 2018. In 2014 he was a member of the Health Education England Expert Reference Group’s review of cosmetic qualifications. He is chair of the JCCP Practitioner Register Committee and co-chair of the JCCP Clinical Advisory Group, where he coordinates industry experts and regulators in addressing cosmetic concerns. Andrew is a technical expert for the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS), ensuring organisations wishing to offer certification (of persons) services in the cosmetic industry meet the appropriate standards of competence. He is also a member of the Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency (MHRA) medical devices expert register.

Victoria Brownlie MBE, Chief Policy and Sustainability Officer at the British Beauty Council. Victoria Brownlie is Chief Policy & Sustainability Officer at the British Beauty Council, previously acting as Director of Policy and Public Affairs at the National Hair and Beauty Federation. She has more than fifteen years of experience influencing government policy and lobbying across a variety of areas from the environment to equity, local government, construction, animal welfare and business.

 During the pandemic, Victoria was instrumental in securing vital financial support and reliefs for the personal care sector, working with governments across the four nations to ensure the salons on our high street, the brands that supply to retailers, had businesses to return to. She was awarded an MBE in 2024 in recognition of this work and her efforts since to achieve sector representation in Westminster and beyond.

Within her remit at the British Beauty Council, Victoria has helped to secure a ban on injectables for under 18s Botulinum Toxin and Cosmetic Fillers (Children) Act, which came into force on 1 October 2021. She has also campaigned diligently to secure provision within the Health and Care Act 2022 to implement a mandatory licensing scheme for non-surgical cosmetic procedures.

Victoria continues to highlight the beauty industry within the political consciousness as the driven, entrepreneurial, world leading and dynamic sector it is, and those within it whose careers are dedicated to making people feel like the best versions of themselves. As part of this work, she sits as Chair of Department for Business & Trade Hair & Beauty Skills Group.

Having completed a post graduate business course in sustainability at the University of Oxford in 2023, Victoria oversees and sits on the steering committee of the Council’s Sustainable Beauty Coalition, heading up the government taskforce and driving positive environmental change both internally and externally across the beauty industry. From the Plastic Solutions Summit, established to build faster and more effective collaboration in the quest for plastic alternatives, to the Planet Positive Beauty Directory and Great British Beauty Clean Up – Victoria leads the Council’s Environmental, Social and Governance activity, driving continued positive action to ensure a sustainable and representative industry fit for the future.