Shula Starkey, Co-founder
Shula Starkey is co-founder of Ark Skincare. She is a beauty ambassador with a wealth of skincare and wellbeing knowledge. Over the past 15 years, Shula’s therapist teams at Ark have performed over 100,000 treatments and together they have become experts in understanding and responding to their clients’ skincare concerns.
Shula’s philosophy and joy comes from empowering women, encouraging them to believe in their dreams and find success on their own terms. Her belief that kindness and human touch can change the world is the cornerstone of her business practice: Acts of Random Kindness.
Shula is a Level II Reiki practitioner. She trained in the Usui Reiki Network with Mrs Barbara McGregor and has practiced Reiki for 15 years. Her honest, personable approach to caring for your skin and body has been heralded in publications and on radio nationwide. Her mantra is: Be Bold, Be Brave Be Beautiful.
Peter Clarke, Co-founder
Peter is the co-founder of Ark Skincare. He created the distinctive look and feel of Ark and was instrumental in the successful expansion of the business. He carefully rolled out this concept to five properties in South West London, selecting the location and overseeing the interior design of each one.
He has brought together a team of marketing, design and development professionals to create the ARK Age Aware Skincare brand as you see it. He is responsible for sourcing the innovative product packaging and for the look of all ARK Age Aware Skincare products, packaging and marketing materials. Peter’s vision for Ark is an innovative social shopping concept which brings together the best of ecommerce, social media and personal service, helping take the business to new heights.
Penny Kendall-Reed, Partner
Dr. Penny Kendall-Reed, ND, is a specialist in weight loss and preventative health and author of the best-selling book, The No Crave Diet. After graduating from McGill University, Canada with a B.Sc. in Biology and a minor in Neurobiology, she attended the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine where she earned a degree in Naturopathic Medicine in 1977, receiving the Dr. Allen Tyler Award for Most Outstanding Clinician.
Penny travels extensively throughout Canada and the United States holding health retreats and she lectures at various resorts worldwide on weight loss and related diseases. A health expert for CTV’s on line and Canadian Living magazine, Penny appears regularly on television, magazine and radio across Canada and the United States addressing various health issues. She is also the clinic director and a practicing Naturopathic Doctor at Urban Wellness in Toronto.
Penny (along with her husband, Orthopaedic Surgeon Dr. Stephen Reed) is author of other best-selling books, Healing Arthritis, The Complete Doctor’s Stress Solution, and The Complete Doctor’s Healthy Back Bible.