Meet some of the amazing people helping Habia
At Habia we are privileged to have some of the best in the industry working for and with us. If you are interested in getting involved please feel free to get in touch.
We work with organisations, agencies, educators, employers, and experts to…
Develop national occupation standards (NOS)
Champion high-quality education
Recognise and endorse excellence
Promote careers in the hair and beauty sector.
Our Board
Our Board include highly qualified industry and education specialists, many with 25+ yrs in education. They have taught, assessed, verified, examined, managed and judged. Work with us, the Standard Setting Body, if you value quality and high standards. Be sure to research widely and choose wisely.
Joan
Scott
Joan is a Beauty and Spa expert, a skills consultant, published author and an award-winning educationalist, specialising in Further Education and Apprenticeships. She promotes the achievement of Government regulated qualifications for those entering the sector. Joan is involved with the World Skills UK Centre of Excellence and Innovation Network projects As CEO and Chair of HABIA, Joan leads the team to develop national standards, endorse high quality training and promote education, excellence and professionalism.
Diane
hey
Founder and Chief Executive, employer, practitioner and educator, with 35 years experience in the beauty, aesthetics and wellbeing sector. Tutor, Assessor and IQA, with a keen eye for detail, passionate about maintaining and raising standards, promoting regulated qualification development and access for those embarking or furthering their careers. Experienced Apprenticeship employer and provider, championing the benefits of employment ready training, the value to both employer and employee, specialising in curriculum design to meet business needs.
Jenna
Wrathall MBE
Under Jenna’s leadership as Training Manager, the UK has firmly established it’s position as a world leader in Beauty Therapy with her competitors winning the gold medal at the last three WorldSkills competitions. She was was awarded an MBE for services to vocational education in 2012. Her current role is High Performance Skills Coach on the Centre of Excellence and Lead Judge for WorldSkills UK National Competitions.
Stefania
Rossi
Stefania is the multi-award winning salon owner of Utopia Beauty & Advanced Skincare. She combines her background in specialist recruitment with her extensive business management skills to create Stefania Rossi Recruitment, an international recruitment agency, for the hair and beauty industry. Stefania has become a sought-after international speaker, awards judge, industry advisor, mentor, and regular expert contributor to articles on recruitment, training and careers in health and beauty.
Sue Postlethwaite
Susan has over forty years of experience in the hairdressing industry and Further Education. Her roles have included owning her own successful hairdressing business, combined with teaching. Sue now works in Further Education fulltime, as Head of Centre. She is actively involved as an Executive Member of the Association of Hairdressers and Therapists (AHT), and applies her industry and QA experience to her Habia endorsement review role.
Susan
Aldridge
Sue has worked at a number of global financial institutions, developing a keen understanding of the business needs of both individuals and organisations. A proactive member of the business community, Sue is CEO of Altrincham & Sale Chamber of Commerce, a member of the Trafford Leisure Board, the Trafford Economic Growth Committee, Sale Regeneration and the Altrincham BID Executive Team. Sue Aldridge – a former student at Loreto and South Trafford colleges – has spent most of her working life in banking & finance. She is married with two daughters, is a Lady Knight of the Round Table. As CEO of the Chamber, Sue will continue to bring more businesses together – from local sole traders to large global conglomerates.
Beverley
Higham
Beverley has been a teacher of beauty and Holistic therapy for more than 35 years. During which time she received a medal of excellence from City and Guilds for her teaching and won the Heinemann books inspirational challenge for inspiring learning. Her passion for Aromatherapy has lead her to study clinical aromatherapy in Provence , France and develop formulations for natural products for health and beauty. She is part of an international team of teachers from across the world, known as the Alliance of holistic aromatherapy members (AHAM) delivering education worldwide throughout the year. She has published research on woman’s health, and continues to support the industry in any way she can.
Jacqueline O’Sullivan
Jacqueline O’Sullivan is a highly creative award winner with proven teaching and motivational expertise and vast experience delivering first class training and assessments in nail technology, customer care, nail art and procedures within pressurised settings. She holds a BA(Hons) Degree in Education and is involved in judging numerous national and international nail competitions
Judith
Hughes
Judith is a highly experienced Lecturer/ Internal Verifier/ Hair Consultant. Through the many years in the industry she has acquired the knowledge skills and understanding of a diverse range of teaching, learning, assessment and classroom management strategies that have made a positive impact on the progress of her learners. She is passionate about the hair and beauty industry and committed to developing good practice She has been teaching for many years in education, training within the FE sector and working in the community. Previously owner of Award winning Hairdressing, Barbering and Beauty Salon Business owner for over 13 years Judith works with Habia as vice chair of expert working group on new hair standards to include all hair textures.
Samantha Ashton
A Leading Spa Brand Head of Global Education & Development, Samantha has over 25 years of experience in the spa and cosmetics industry. A beauty therapist and aromatherapist who is passionate about a positive learning experience. Learning and development are central to success in any industry!
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