JEAN-BAPTISTE MAZELLA

Jean-Baptiste (JB) started his hairdressing career in the late 1990’s at his mother’s salon, located in his home town in the south east of France. After 2 years of training and with a diploma in his pocket, he moved to Switzerland (Lausanne) where he started his international career.

Success is Practice

In 2001, he moved to London to join Vidal Sassoon and was quickly appointed creative Director - his job role took him to teach in salons and academies as well as take part in shows everywhere around the world.

In 2011 he co-founded Mazella&Partners, a hair education company based on a revolutionary concept of

‘universal understanding of precision cutting & colouring’. With almost 10 years of activity, M&P recently opened their first Salon & Academy in central London and teach some of the very best hairdressers in over 60 countries around the globe. In 2019 JB and his team developed « LIVE WITH », a global social media phenomenon that dazzles hairdressers around the world by gathering top hairdressers and barbers who share their knowledge and skills with all the viewers.

In 2020 JB became a globalPAM for the prestigious Mizutani Scissors brand.

After 25 years in the industry, JB’s proudest achievement remains his wonderful team!

An Executive Committee member since 2017 Mary Duffy is the new President of the Hairdressing Council of Ireland. Mary will concentrate on Governmental issues and supports for salon owners and all involved in the hairdressing sector , work on environmental issues that the hairdressing industry can help with, encouragement of people to enter into Hairdressing, support a charity of the year and look into licensing of hairdressing premises along with other ongoing issues.

Mary is passionate about training and also keeping the competitive spirit alive in the industry particularly with those in their first few years of training. She has a great interest in Team Ireland members, encouraging and co-ordinating them. Mary is from Athlone but based in Thurles, Co Tipperary and has had many competition wins at National, International and World Championships. She has competed all over the world and treasures the most, her 15 OMC Medal wins - the most OMC Championship medals won for Ireland. In 2022 she was awarded the OMC Outstanding World Achievement Medal in Paris.

Mary will be supported by the Executive Committee.

Irish HAIRDRESSER Magazine wishes her every success..