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Kolkhida 2026

July 2026

We are proud to announce that Jean-Yves COSTE, President of WINDOME BANKING PARTNERS, has been invited to serve as Chairperson of the Commercial Session at the upcoming Kolkhida Conference.

We are proud to announce that Jean-Yves COSTE, President of WINDOME BANKING PARTNERS, has been invited to serve as Chairperson of the Commercial Session at the upcoming Kolkhida Conference.

During this prestigious international event, Jean-Yves will moderate a Group of seasoned expert Senior Executives of the Medical Aesthetics Sector as well as preeminent Healthcare Practitioners to share their experience and cross-fertilize their viewpoints. He will notably report on the currently accelerating strategic consolidation dynamics and the recent upsurge of cross-border M&A transactions demonstrating the resilience of this industry constantly reinventing itself in the pursuit of new disruptive innovation treatment paradigms which push back the frontiers of practice and personalization of skin rejuvenation, body reshaping and recontouring protocols. Jean-Yves will also provide some insights on the global perspectives of ongoing transformations at the cutting of novel technological breakthroughs, the convergence of Big Pharma Blue-Chips and behemoth Cosmetics Groups striving to premiumize their margins by incorporating some profitable aesthetics and regenerative medicine platforms taking advantage of their regulatory prowess in the context of intensifying medical agencies regulations in:

  • Medical Aesthetics
  • Dermocosmetics
  • Regenerative & Reconstructive Medicine
  • Longevity & Healthy Aging

The discussion will also highlight the preponderance of PE, Family Offices and Corporate Funds in the M&A consolidation dynamics especially in such categories as dermal fillers and toxin as well as skinbooster injectables, physician-dispensed skincare, Energy-Based-Device platforms as well as the Medical Aesthetics Clinics and now the new Holy Grail of longevity centers for an holistic 360° patient regeneration journey, the fast-growing empo-werment of the superinformed sophisticated patients which increasingly leverages aesthetics platforms, digitally augmented previsualization techniques as well as AI and Gen AI-powered instruments to engage into the aesthetic ecosystem. We will especially review the role of Agentic and Gen-AI and the Metaverse in fostering deeply immersive and gamified experiential journeys to optimize the patient’s retention rate As healthcare innovation accelerates and investment continues to reshape the industry, this session will bring together leading executives, innovators, investors and key opinion leaders to discuss the strategic transformations driving tomorrow’s healthcare economy.

With more than three decades of experience advising companies, investors and entrepreneurs across healthcare, life sciences and medical innovation, Jean-Yves has established himself as one of the leading strategic advisors in the global medical aesthetics and regenerative medicine ecosystem.

His appointment as Chairperson reflects both his international expertise and WINDOME BANKING PARTNERS’ growing role as a strategic advisor for mergers & acquisitions, fundraising and corporate development within the healthcare industry.

We look forward to sharing key insights, viewpoints and perspectives from this outstanding event and delivering our vision of the future transformation of this agile and resilient sector, reflecting overpowering megatrends in healthcare personalization, digitalization as well as automation, miniaturization and the democratization of aesthetics, since the beautification journey is increasingly perceived as a basic universal right, as part of an holistic integration of Medical Aesthetic, procedures, peri-operative Dermocosmetic and Longevity-supportive treatments .

See you in Tbilisi !

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