Tangle Teezer appoints Innovation Advisory Board to fuel expansion

By Amanda May | Published: 11-Jan-2023

The board of business experts will help the hair care brand deliver growth as it builds on record sales

Tangle Teezer has formed an Innovation Advisory Board to boost growth after reported record sales.

The board will support the hair care brand’s progression and foster collaborations with key business stakeholders.

Tangle Teezer Chair Susan Hooper will lead the board formed of business leaders from retail, hair care, technology, and the environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) sectors.

Scientists who hold specialisations in trichology (the science of human hair) and macromolecular materials science are also included. 

Tangle Teezer reported record FY21 results of £43.5m – up 47% year-on-year. 

The growth was “fuelled by innovation, international expansion and product offering diversification” it said in a statement.  

The company’s largest market was the US, with sales increasing 133% in this period.

Tangle Teezer reported record FY21 results of £43.5m – up 47% year-on-year

Tangle Teezer reported record FY21 results of £43.5m – up 47% year-on-year

Who is on Tangle Teezer’s Innovation Advisory Board? 

The board includes Charlie Curtis, Associate Fellow and entrepreneurship expert at Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford, and Angela Onuoha, top Trichologist, influencer and educator.

Tammy Ng, Vice President of Global Marketing of the Kitchen and Bath Group for Kohler, and Susi Proudman, CEO at Rose & William Consulting, are also on the board.

James Elliot, Joint Head of the Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy and Professor of Macromolecular Materials Science at the University of Cambridge, will also provide insight.

"We are thrilled to have such a high calibre group of business, science and hair care-savvy individuals helping us continue to redefine and further develop the hair care category,” said Tangle Teezer CEO James Vowles.

“To consistently achieve sustainable innovation within our category, we must recognise that diverse thinking and experience will be paramount to our strategy's success.

“With the support of the newly formed Innovation Advisory Board, I personally look forward to benefiting from each and all member's specialist insights and expertise.”

Hooper said she is excited to work on a project with such “opportunity for impactful innovation”.

She added: “By working with a diverse group of innovators, we will help progress this legacy and ensure that Tangle Teezer becomes synonymous with pioneering hair care."

Tangle Teezer launched in 2007 and offers a range of detangling, blow-drying and styling hair brushes.

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