Diana Richardson is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Signature D Ltd and Glowgetter Beauty Entrepreneurs Ltd. She has also been honored as “Most Influential Beauty & Business Mentor of the Year 2025” by CToday Awards. She is a high flyer in the beauty industry, building an empire beyond the traditional beauty services on mentorship, business coaching, and leadership development. Through her businesses, she is changing the beauty standard and helping entrepreneurs build sustainable and successful careers.

A Legacy of Strength and Entrepreneurship

Diana’s entrepreneurial spirit was shaped by the powerful women in her family. Her Canadian grandmother was a model and fashion boutique owner, successfully balancing business and family as a widow. Her English grandmother was a nurse and the only woman on a British Merchant Navy ship before starting her own lifestyle and homeware shop. Her aunt, a successful businesswoman, ran two award-winning salons in London. With such role models as her father and younger brother, she was taught how to be resilient, determined, and ambitious, which paved the way for her success.

Diana keeps her businesses at the cutting edge through three key principles: Innovate, Elevate, and Educate. She keeps her team abreast of new treatments and techniques, which enables them to offer the newest services. Adaptability, and a growth mindset, have opened doors to exciting opportunities, and her businesses have been able to thrive in an ever-changing industry. Maintaining high standards of hygiene, professionalism, and customer care has been the key to her success. Her firm has earned a strong, trusted brand and set the pace as an icon within this competitive beauty industry, all through a culture of continuous learning and innovation.

A Year of Prestigious Awards and Recognition

2024 was a year of great achievement for Diana as she was recognized in more than 25 magazines and brought in multiple awards. She has been featured among Forbes’ Top 10 Inspiring Women to Look Out for in 2024 and has been honored as IAOTP’s International Top Beauty & Wellbeing Entrepreneur of the Year. She also has other titles, including UK’s Best Beauty Business Strategist from Lux Life Magazine and Top 10 International Business Coaches by NY Weekly Magazine, while her salon won the Luxury Beauty Salon of the Year award from Corporate Live Wire. She also was a judge at the Face of WOHA Awards and the National Business Women’s Awards. Her impact did not end there, though. She won the Most Influential Beauty Business Mentor of the Year in 2025. Being grateful for the recognition, Diana continues to elevate, educate, and empower beauty professionals and entrepreneurs around the world.

Advice to the Young Professional

Diana believes that there is success by self-belief and continuous progress. She embraces the Kaizen philosophy, one of small continuous growth in everything in life from personal to professional. Her motto to aspiring entrepreneurs: “Just go for it. It’s never a failure, it’s always a lesson”. She encourages young professionals to embrace challenges, take risks, and never stop learning. “You are your own biggest supporter,” she says. “Believe in yourself, and you can design your destiny.”