Team

What would we be without our teams of hair stylists, managers, assistants, receptionists and in-house educator? We're super proud to have such a talented and creative group of people at ESHK. On top of the latest trends and techniques, always going out of their way to get our clients the desired result. From our hairdressers in Shoreditch to Neukölln, these are the fantastic folks looking after you.

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Sophia

master stylist / colourist / manager

Meet Sophia, master hairstylist at ESHK Friseur Moabit. Sophia started her hairdressing career over a decade ago in Seoul. Wanting to gain more experience and up her skills she decided to move to Sydney, Australia. Here she trained and qualified at the Toni & Guy Academy, followed by 8 years at a salon located in the heart of Sidney’s city center. Her next adventure is Berlin where she is looking forward to find inspiration and to create new looks for her customers to help them express their personalities.

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Mike

master stylist / colourist / manager

Meet Mike, master hairstylist and manager in our Neukölln salon. Born in Warsaw, despite graduating in chemistry, he had always known that hair is his true passion. He gained over 16 years of experience in the Best salons in Warsaw participating in seminars and trainings. Mike likes clean, light hair cuts and natural colours, in which he introduces elements of avant-garde. There’s no greater joy to him than seeing the smile of a client in his chair. In his spare time he enjoys traveling South-East Asia.

Marc hairstylist at ESHK Friseur Neukölln, Berlin

Marc

master stylist

Over 15 years cutting hair professionally, trained and qualified at Toni and Guy academy new oxford street London where I assisted and worked on countless BHA shoots. Later moved to HOB salons and worked at their Camden academy cutting hair and also began to work more in education. Later moved to Taylor Taylor London as an art director and began to work with famous hairdresser Guido Palou. I assisted Guido for 5 seasons and have worked globally for him, where I have cut hair on shows and shoots for many brands from Prada to Louis Vuitton.

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Sammy

master stylist / colourist

Our German master hairstylist Sammy is based in our Neukölln salon. She has been cutting hair for over 10 years and is still super passionate about the work she does. What she loves the most about it is being around so many different and interesting people and the creativity that comes with it. Book your slot at our Neukölln hairdressers for your haircut appointment with Sammy!

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Yan

master stylist

Our Berlin based master hairstylist Yan’s experience spans across three of the main European cities: Paris, London and now Berlin. He’s headed up teams in charge of fashion events, worked with designers and trained other stylists. Berlin’s the city he loves, from where he continues his passion for hairdressing alongside director roles for Paris Fashion Week.

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Jacko

master stylist

Meet Jacko, our master hairstylist at ESHK Moabit. Depending on who you ask, Jacko Joao aka X.E.N is a hairstylist / Barber / DJ / hair scissors specialist / dance music producer.

For the past 20 years he has been combining his love for hairdressing with a music career
which all started in 2000 in Hong Kong. Working at established hair salons, Jacko got involved in movies, fashion shows, hair shows and photo shoots. All after which you’d find him spending his nights spinning records in clubs and touring Asia. 2019 saw him add a new chapter to his life by moving to Berlin and joining the ESHK family.

Jacko’s skills mean he’s able to work with various hairstyles in both contemporary and classic settings. Combining different hair cutting techniques, he delves into his experience ranging from Western structuralism to Japanese-influenced texturising techniques to classic American barber fade cut techniques. You’ll always find a certain perfectionism to Jacko’s work, his approach is innovative and unique, sculpting hair with his own design hair scissors to provide solid and flawless haircuts.

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Julia

senior stylist / colourist

Born in the south of France, our Neukölln based senior hairstylist Julia worked for 8 years in a concept store with hairdresser, records and second-hand clothes. Alongside she would do regular styling at electronic music events in Avignon. Passionate about art and photography, she can now express herself in colors. Whether vivid or natural, she likes to find effortless low maintenance creations for her clients. A good bond with clients is important to her; to be able to have an informal and relaxing atmosphere all whilst delivering a top-notch result.

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Joan

senior stylist / colourist

Born and raised in beautiful Barcelona, our Moabit based hairstylist Joan started his hairdressing career at 18. To improve his English and see other cities he spent some time in Dublin before arriving in Berlin. He has a passion for colour and this led to a spot in the finals of Goldwell Colour Zoom 2019. When not at the salon, Joan likes to enjoy life, warm weather and spend time with his dogs.

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Diana

senior stylist / colourist

Diana, our senior hairstylist in Moabit, hails from New Zealand where she started her career. She decided to move to London inspired by fashion and music, working in the heart of the city. To further her skills a jump to the other side of the globe saw Diana completing an intensive vardering cutting course at the legendary Biba Academy in Melbourne.

Inspiration is drawn from music, fashion and the streets. Her ideals are precision cutting with an edge. She loves to mix modern style with a retro flare; easy to wear bedhead with a dynamic shapes. When not at the salon you’ll find Diana delving into Berlin’s architecture, photography and electronic music. All of which inspired the move to this creative city.

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Andrea

senior stylist / colourist

Meet Andrea, our senior hairstylist at ESHK Moabit, born in Verona and raised in Padova, Italy. Hairdresser studies started when he was 16, three years later he decided to make a move and head to Berlin. Andrea started working mainly as a hairstylist in photoshoots and discovered a strong passion for filmmaking, mainly art house.
Clean cuts on long hair, bleaches, bright colours and very effortless but structured styling are the things closest to his personal aesthetics. During the past few years he also lived in London and Milan, this reflects the approach he takes in both life and work: adaptability and changes are the most important thing to him.

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Ellie

senior stylist / colourist

Originally from Manchester UK, Ellie has been in the Hair industry for over 10 years and thrives on making people feel great about themselves. Ellie expertise lies in creative cutting and styling, as well as creating beautifully natural colours that will most compliment her clients. In her spare time ellen loves to dance, and pursues her love for art by drawing and painting.

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Nansie

senior stylist / colourist

Hailing from Greece, our senior hairstylist in Neukölln, Nansie, has well over a decade experience. From hair salons to theatre productions, Nansie loves to work with various hair types from curls, long hair with multiple layers, short haircuts to creating natural colours. She loves the communication with clients and to help them express their inner beauty and characteristics.

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Yu

senior stylist / colourist

Meet Yu, our Japanese hairstylist at ESHK Friseur Moabit. She honed her craft and gained experience in Tokyo, London and Berlin. With over a decade of making people look fantastic plus some time spent in art school, you’ll be in great hands for a fresh creative new cut and colour.

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Jimmy

senior stylist / colourist

Meet Jimmy, our senior hairstylist and colourist in Moabit. New Zealand born, raised & trained, he started out in the industry over a decade ago. Those years saw Jimmy working as a session stylist, in bridal and event styling, which helped expand and hone his skill set. From there on he moved into colour work, making his skills available both in a salon environment and as a L’Oréal ID Artist. Jimmy’s colour focus centers around lived-in finishes, blondes, with a love of fine foils and freehand lightener. When not in the salon he’s split between seeing live music and being out in nature.

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Kelly

stylist / colourist

Meet Kelly, hairstylist and colourist at our Berlin hairdresser in Neukölln. Full bio coming soon.

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Tawan

stylist / colourist

Tawan, based at ESHK Friseur Moabit, is a French hairstylist with a background in architecture and design. Whilst being able to create classical hairstyles, Tawan has a soft spot for razor cuts and experimenting with funky and unusual shapes, textures and colours as a form of collaboration with the client to navigate and express their identity.

She finds inspiration in the worlds where everything is possible: sci-fi, anime, video games and also nature.

When not at the salon, Tawan is either beekeeping, gardening or preparing a new drag performance.

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Tanya

stylist

Meet Tanya, our Neukölln hairstylist in Berlin. She was born in Ukraine, in the small town of Rivne. Her first inspiration for the profession was her uncle, who was also a hairdresser. In 2007, he cut his friends’ hair in “emo” style. That’s when Tanya realized she wanted to do this too. When she started her career, Tanya preferred techniques with gradients and layers. Now she loves haircuts such as mullet, wolfcut and pixie. She can do something extraordinary for you or give you a classic cut at the same time. Tanya started her career at the age of 18 in a barbershop when she moved to Kyiv. In 2022 she moved to Warsaw and started working with women’s and men’s haircuts. From time to time worked with modelling agencies doing light styling. While living in Warsaw, she often visited Berlin. This city inspired her with people, the electronic music scene and its atmosphere in general. She fell in love with Berlin as this city felt very similar to Kyiv, where you really feel like a creator. In 2024 Tanya decided to move to Berlin to become one of the artists.

Meet Miguel, Director and Stylist of our ESHK Neukölln branch.

Miguel

master stylist / director

Born and trained in the south of Andalusia, our Berlin director and master hairstylist Miguel started his career in 2000 followed by 8 years in London where he gained experience in many salons incl. ESHK and catwalk shows (LFW). Miguel specialises in short hair and loves working with curls. He has combined this love with electronic music,  producing and releasing his own material. After moving to Berlin he joined forces with Meg & Fernando opening ESHK Berlin, bringing hair & music together in the up and coming areas of Neukölln and Moabit.

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Thora

receptionist

Being Icelandic, our receptionist in Neukölln Thora’s actual name, Þórhildur, is a bit too difficult for most Berliners. So if you’ve ever been worried about the spelling of your name being too complicated while making an appointment over the phone, there’s no need for that here, Thora definitely feels your pain.

Thora moved to Berlin from Reykjavik in 2017 after finishing her BA in Literature and Creative Writing. She has years of experience in different kinds of service jobs. She is now happy to work in the reception at our salon in Neukölln where she can focus on her favourite part of any service job – interacting with the clients.

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Marta

assistant

Meet Marta, hair salon assistant in Berlin at ESHK Friseur Moabit. She’s always been around this industry, coming from a family of hairdressers. Passionate about psychology and culture, she loves to interact, work, and have good conversations with people. At the salon she’s always there for the clients. Making sure they feel comfortable during their visit and fully relaxed with a nice post-wash head massage. When not at ESHK, you’ll find Marta keeping fit with a calisthenics based workout.

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Tomoki

music curator

Tomoki Tamura started his journey with dance music in Japan and has come a long way since. A move to London in 2004 inaugurated a series of Holic nights that would eventually lead him to rock the floors of top London venues including Fabric, Ministry of Sound, and Plastic People. Meanwhile, he had gained enough experience and respect to earn himself a residency at the legendary club The END / AKA from 2007 until its closure in 2009. We’re honored to have him at ESHK to curate the vinyl on sale in our record stores in Berlin.

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Yuka

stylist / colourist

Meet Yuka, our hairstylist in Moabit! Born and raised in Tokyo. After obtaining a Bachelor degree of Art and graduating make-up school, Yuka started her career as a make-up artist. After 7 years of freelance work in Paris, she decided to moved to Berlin to work and train as a stylist.

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Stephanie

assistant

Stephanie is our hair salon assistant at ESHK Neukölln, Berlin and aspires to be a hairstylist one day. An American with Korean and Polish roots, she has lived all over the world spending much of her time working in the travel industry and participating in social justice and migration rights activism. Aside from being a part of the ESHK community, Stephanie is a freelance copyeditor, enjoys taking care of her plants, and studying languages.