Sephora Amlan, also known as Sephora Ochou is a bilingual award-winning Corporate Professional, Social Impact Advocate, Speaker & Workshop Facilitator.
After achieving a first-class degree in International Business with Professional Practice, Sephora went on to gain experience in the private and third sector and has accumulated over five years of professional experience.
Sephora was determined to make an impact after graduation and as a result, Sephora’s inspiring achievements include; being selected by the US Embassy London to take part in the prestigious Youth Social Cohesion Programme in 2019, project managing the noble BE Mogul Awards powered by Natwest in 2018 and being featured in multiple press coverages such as GQ magazine, Daily Mail and The Independent etc. To add, Sephora was selected by the Royal Society of Arts as one of the top 100 Diaspora Changemakers. Her noted achievements in the workplace include a Sales Excellence Award in Customer Service in 2018.
Sephora combined her passion for youth-related work and CSR at the Ivorian Diaspora in the UK and held the position of Vice President of the Youths for The Diaspora Ivoirienne UK charity between 2015-2018. Sephora has marked involvement at the US Embassy in London including; serving on the US Embassy London - Young Leaders UK programme since the summer of 2015.
During the year that Sephora was selected as a Parliamentary Ambassador at The British Youth Council, as part of her role, she spoke on various issues facing young people and the closure of youth services nationally, in which resulted in her featuring in an article on the rise of knife crime featured in GQ magazine in 2019.
Presently, Sephora is the Founder and Managing Director of Sephora Amlan Enterprise a forward-thinking company that specialises in providing innovative social solutions for organisations through speaking engagements. The other branch of the Enterprise aspires to help millions clean their makeup brushes more efficiently using the Amlan’s - makeup cleaning machine.
Outside of community engagement and entrepreneurship, Sephora hosts the ‘UpClose & Personal’ podcast which discusses difficult subjects that aim to encourage others to use trials to fulfil their greatest accomplishments. Sephora is an Executive Leader at the Young Emerging Leaders (YEL) organisation (www.yeloforum.org)