W&JI - Key Persons
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- Head of Sustainability, Tom Wood
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- Head of Jewelery and Accessories Degin Politecnico, Politecnico
Alexander Lacik has been CEO of Pandora since April 2019, and is a member of the Executive Management and Executive Leadership Team (ELT). Alexander has more than 25 years of leadership experience from large global consumer goods companies. Before joining Pandora, he was the CEO at childcare company Britax. Prior to that, he headed Reckitt Benckiser's North American business and held international leadership positions at Procter & Gamble. He has worked in the US, Europe and Scandinavia and led strategic international expansions delivering strong revenue gains. Alexander is Swedish and has a Bachelor in Business Administration from Växjo University, Sweden.
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- Managing Director, Diarough Invest S. a
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- Executive President of the UFBJOP
- Executive President of UFBJOP
Bernadette PINET CUOQ is the Executive President of the UFBJOP, national trade association representing the French Jewellery industry, including manufacturers, suppliers of gemstones and precious metals and international Brands, featuring the best level of know-how and jewellery skills around the world. Bernadette PINET-CUOQ is highly concerned by the sustainable agenda, by guiding the actors, into a concrete road map, based on the three pillars: Climate change, Biodiversity, and Inclusion. Moreover, UFBJOP is fully involved in all the aspects of the value chain, including educational programs with the Haute Ecole de Joaillerie and Laboratoire français de gemmologie.
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- President & CEO, Cartier SA
French, born 1961, Mr. Vigneron was appointed in 2016. He is a graduate of ESCP - Paris. On 1 January 2016, he succeeded Mr. Stanislas de Quercize as Chief Executive Officer of Cartier. Prior to his new role, Mr. Vigneron was President of LVMH Japan and worked with Richemont from 1988 to 2013: principally with Cartier, rising to become Managing Director of Cartier Japan, President of Richemont Japan, and finally, Managing Director of Cartier Europe.
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- Co - Founder, Positive Luxury
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- Managing Director, Avandis Consulting, Founder of 100 Women @ Davos
Dr Anino Emuwa is a leading voice in the field of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. She is the Managing Director of Avandis Consulting and the founder of 100 Women @ Davos. A former corporate banker with Citibank, Anino brings over twenty years of multi-sectoral international corporate governance experience. She is a member of the Institute of Directors' Expert Advisory Group for Diversity and Inclusion, and her thought leadership contributions can be found in Fortune, Forbes, and Entrepreneur. In 2023, Anino was named an ESG Investment Champion for Change by Reuters Events. She earned her Doctorate in Business Administration from Nottingham Business School, holds an MBA from Cranfield School of Management and a BSc in Economics from the London School of Economics. Anino is a global citizen who has travelled to over forty countries, has lived in six, and is fluent in English and French.
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- President, the World Jewellery Confederation ( CIBJO )
Dr. Gaetano Cavalieri has served for more than 20 years as President of CIBJO, The World Jewellery Confederation. Uniting national jewellery and gemstone associations from more than 40 countries, and including many of the industry's major corporations and international associations, CIBJO is the industry's oldest international organization, having been established in 1926. It covers the entire jewellery, gemstone and precious metals sectors from mine to marketplace, within each of the component sectors in the various production, manufacturing and trading centres As President of CIBJO, Dr. Gaetano Cavalieri was responsible in July 2006 for the organization receiving "Special Consultative Status" with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), making it the first and only jewellery and gemstone representative to be officially recognized by the international body. Together with the United Nations, he established the World Jewellery Confederation Education Foundation (WJCEF), which is responsible for promoting Corporate Social Responsibility education in the international jewellery and gemstone industries.
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- Managing Director of Pollination
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- Head of Sustainability Communications, Kering
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- Compliance Officer
- Secretary General
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- Global Corporate Communications Director, Cartier
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- President of CHANEL Horlogerie Joaillerie
Frédéric Grangié took over direction at CHANEL Watches & Fine Jewelry in July 2016. After graduating from the Institut Supérieur de Marketing du Luxe in 1992, Frédéric Grangié spent 21 years working for the LVMH group, most recently as Chief Executive Officer of Louis Vuitton in Japan (since 2010). Frédéric Grangié's career, from the USA to Europe, via Japan, has seen him develop a taste for action and a keen sense of the realities of the field.
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- CHAIRMAN, ARABESQUE, FOUNDER, UNITED NATIONS GLOBAL COMPACT
Georg Kell is Chairman of Arabesque, a technology company that uses AI and big data to assess sustainability performance relevant for investment analysis and decision making. He is also Spokesperson for the Volkswagen Group Sustainability Council. Georg Kell is also the founding Director of the United Nations Global Compact, the world's largest corporate sustainability initiative. During his career of almost three decades at the United Nations, working directly with former Secretary Generals Kofi Annan and Ban Ki-moon, Mr. Kell built the UN Global Compact and oversaw the launch of its sister initiatives, including the Principles for Responsible Investing (PRI), the Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME), and the Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE). Mr. Kell started his career as a research fellow in engineering at the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology and Innovation in Berlin. He then worked as a financial analyst in various African and Asian countries before joining the United Nations in 1987. A native of Germany, Mr. Kell holds advanced degrees in economics and engineering from the Technical University of Berlin.
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- Executive Director
- Secretary General
- Executive Director & Secretary General / Watch & Jewellery
Iris has a background in law and international relations. A sustainability pioneer, leadership executive and coalition-builder, with more than 20 years of global experience working in fast-paced environments including technology, jewellery, fashion, and government. She Chaired the United Nations Global Compact Network Belgium, and was honoured by the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and European Affairs for her leadership role in initiating the Global Compact Network Belgium and for her work on promoting corporate social responsibility in Belgium and abroad.
Iris has been an Ambassador on the gender agenda for the jewellery industry, recently the WJI 2030 has launched a WEPs Campaign and is doing a pilot on gender procurement in partnership with UN Women. Iris has been an active volunteer for the Special Olympics for over 20 years and she ran the NY marathon for UNICEF. She is a Board Member of DIAMONDS DO GOOD.
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- Analyst, Tache Company NV
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- Chief Procurement Officer, Rubel and Mensache
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- VP Media Relations and PA, Pandora
Alba Cappellieri, Head of jewelery and accessories degin politecnico, Politecnico
Licia Mattioli is a qualified lawyer, Honorary Consul of Monaco for Piedmont and Val d'Aosta, and has the Order of Merit for Labor - Cavaliere del Lavoro. She is Chief Executive Officer of Mattioli S.p.A., Chairman of Ordine Mauriziano Foundation, Counselor of European School of Management Italy (ESMI) Board, Italian branch of ESCP Europe, Counselor of Fondazione Teatro Stabile, Counselor of San Lorenzo S.p.A., Counselor of Save the Children. She holds various awards, including; Mela d'oro of Fondazione Bellisario in 2010, Alda Croce of Pannunzio Center in 2015, Italian Women's Jewellery Association for excellence of Italian Jewellery, Melvin Jones Fellow - Lions International Foundation, and Il Perugino.
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- Chief Sustainability & Institutional Affairs Officer, Kering
- Technical Advisor to the Cabinet of Prime Minister
Marie-Claire Daveu began her career as a technical advisor to the cabinet of Prime Minister, Jean-Pierre Raffarin, before becoming Principal Private Secretary to Serge Lepeltier, Minister of Ecology and Sustainability. In 2005, she became Director of Sustainable Development for the Sanofi-Aventis Group. From 2007 to 2012, she served as Chief of Staff to French politician, Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, working in various secretaries of state and then at the Ministries of Ecology, Sustainability, Transport and Housing. In 2012, she was appointed Kering's Chief Sustainability Officer and Head of International Institutional Affairs. She sets out the strategy and ambitious objectives as well as implementing a set of best practices within the Group and the Houses. Today, Kering is a pioneer and recognized leader in sustainability. A French national, she is a graduate of the Paris Institute of Technology for Life, Food and Environmental Sciences (ENGREF). She also earned a postgraduate diploma (DESS) in public administration from Dauphine University, Paris.
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- Founder, Design Thinking Africa
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- Director at Rosy Blue NV
- Director, Rosy Blue
Raj Mehta is the Director at Rosy Blue NV. He is a third generation diamantaire with over 3 decades of experience trading and manufacturing diamonds. He cut his teeth working for his father's company Diamond Cutters Antwerp for whom he not only traded but also established manufacturing units in Belgium and China. 11 years later, he joined Rosy Blue NV when Rosy Blue acquired Diamond Cutters Antwerp, a testament to the growth Raj achieved in just over a decade. Under Raj's leadership, Rosy Blue NV's polished diamond division has evolved to a more demand-driven and customer-focussed enterprise and continues to do so today. Part of that evolution has been to take a longer term and strategic view of the business. This includes the recognition of and commitment to sustainable and responsible business practices. The commitment is for the benefit of not only Rosy Blue but also their diverse stakeholders including the entire diamond jewellery sector. As such, Raj has been actively engaged in platforms such as the SDG Taskforce by Responsible Jewellery Council, Watches and Jewellery Initiative 2030, just to name a few.
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- Sustainable Sourcing and Biodiversity Specialist