Brianne West

Founder of Ethique – a regenerative global beauty brand; and Nous Labs – a $20M investment fund and mentoring for early stage start-ups with a purpose.

Since Brianne was a child she has been a passionate believer that business could solve many of the social and environmental problems facing our world. "I truly believe we can have a healthy, beautiful and awe-inspiring environment, with fairly shared equity amongst all, sustainable economic growth and that no one needs to be left behind. We just need to do things a little differently."

Brianne is best known for founding Ethique, but is also the co-founder of Nous, a $20M impact investment fund, and most recently her new venture – Incrediballs, is taking the plastic-free revolution to the drinks industry. In 2023 she was named a ‘World Class New Zealander’ by Kea. In 2020 she was named ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’ by One Young World; ‘Young Entrepreneur of the Year’ by EY in 2019; and a ‘Top 100 Global Thinker’ by Foreign Policy magazine in 2016.

Speaking Themes: Business, entrepreneurship, building and scaling a global product business, leadership, innovation, sustainability.
Offering: Keynote Speaker, Panelist