Black hair is a multi-billion-pound global industry. But the people who built it, hairstylists, barbers, educators and session artists, are still too often treated as an afterthought. Investment in products and consumer markets has grown rapidly, but the infrastructure connecting expertise, talent and opportunity hasn’t kept pace. This session explores why textured hair expertise is a genuine economic asset, the businesses being built around it, and the opportunities that exist beyond the traditional salon model. We’ll look at what it takes to turn specialist expertise into scalable businesses, the partnerships and infrastructure needed to unlock further growth, and what the future of the textured hair economy could look like.