Meet the Training Judges | The Industry Awards 2022
The Industry Awards team are excited to introduce you to the panel of judges for our training awards this year!
We're honoured to have so many talented judges on board, all bringing with them years of experience and dedication to the hair, beauty and barbering industries. Keep reading to find out more about them.
Jeremy Scarle
Having worked in the industry for 17 years, Jeremy started his career through an apprenticeship in his home town of Taranaki. Mentoring and training apprentices has been his passion for many years, giving him a well-rounded understanding of the qualification, the industry and the importance of becoming qualified.
Currently serving on the Executive Board for Hair and Barber New Zealand, he thrives on pitching in to help develop the organisation’s long standing work and ongoing projects to advocate for a high standard of qualification within the industry.
Living in Auckland, Jeremy now runs his business in a collective salon environment, alongside working as an Industry Assessor for HITO.
Kim Ryan
Kim is a trained nurse and beauty therapist who has worked in the beauty industry for over 25 years, winning numerous awards for training and business development along the way. Kim and her husband Paul founded Advanced Derma Care where Kim is the lead in product selection and training.
She was formerly the President of the New Zealand Association of Registered Beauty Therapists, striving for safe practice and continuous education for all beauty therapists. It’s no surprise Kim is a sought-after beauty expert, having written for a number of magazines, including NZ Beauty, Headway, Mindfood, M2 Woman and Simply Beauty.
Kim has loved seeing the increase in entries from beauty therapists and can’t wait to see the talent in store this year.
Mana Dave
Mana is an award-winning hairstylist and platform artist from Auckland. Mana loves the creativity and people focus of hairdressing, and helping people to look and feel good.
He is the artistic director and owner of celebrated salon, Blaze, where he and his forward-thinking team are dedicated to training, upskilling, and mastering the latest trends. His passion for hair colour and commitment to education and training has positioned him as a powerful figure in the hairdressing industry.
Owning two successful salon brands, Mana understands the significance of both technical skills and business acumen. For him, great hair colour is achieved through a good consultation and strategic colour placement.
Mana first joined the judging panel for the training awards in 2020 and is excited to be returning again to see the ever-growing talent in our industries!
Rebecca Brent
Rebecca is one of New Zealand’s most influential hair colourists, with over twenty years of styling experience. She spent over 10 years in the L’Oréal Professionnel artistic team and carved out a niche for creative colour work and exceptional education seminars. By experimenting and pushing the boundaries with L’Oreal colour, she has majorly shaped the New Zealand colour scene with her hand painted pastel work, coined colour recipes and beautiful imagery.
Rebecca is the director/owner of iconic salon Willis York in Wellington. With a loyal following, Rebecca and the team at Willis York are renowned for inspirational hair work, as well as producing award winning, original thinking hair experts.
She continually gives back to the industry by hosting and curating fashion and design events and is looking forward to judging alongside this year’s panel.
Sean Faramand
Sean is a multiple award-winning barber with over 10 years of experience. Has massed brand sponsorships and ambassador roles over the years with the likes of Braun, The Odd One Out and Kiepe.
His mission is to inspire, motivate, educate, create young barbers and men through barbering. This passion has lead him to creating an education platform - Barber Evolution which has travelled nationwide, holding over 35 workshops. He is in the process of producing a barber event and competitions in the near future.
Sean operates his one chair shop from a beautiful, revamped cabin. He also runs a growing wedding business - The Groomsmen. Providing clients “the barber as gentlemen” experience.
This one-man team is motivated and passionate about men’s style and grooming and developing the New Zealand barbering industry to a higher standard.
The Industry Awards 2022
Join us for an evening of glitz and glamour as we get together to celebrate the best business, training and creative talent in the industry!