The Accountable Jewelry Council (RJC) has begun the search to seek out its new chairperson.
The candidate will observe David Bouffard, who will step down on the 30 of April 2024 after six years within the function.
This can be a particular election as it is going to be held on a separate monitor from the principle board elections, with the nomination course of starting 4 January 2024.
A brand new chair can be elected in March 2024, permitting a month for continuity with the handover from Bouffard to his successor.
Bouffard mentioned: “It has been an honour to function the chair of the RJC for nearly six years – a really rewarding expertise provided that I’ve been concerned for the reason that starting of the RJC, with Signet as a Founding Member. The complete crew and the board of administrators have taken the RJC from a 14-founding member organisation when launched in 2005 to 1 that’s rising robust with over 1700 members up to now.
“As we seek for a brand new chair, I’m assured that the RJC has the very best management for this new period in Melanie Grant government director – who brings over 20 years’ expertise and is internationally considered one of many main authorities in jewelry.”
He added: “I additionally need to thank our board of administrators – it was their dedication to our imaginative and prescient, and thru their management, we now have probably the most numerous crew in our historical past, representing Europe, Asia and America, talking 16 totally different languages.
“Our present worldwide mixture of numerous crew members and management places us on a sure trajectory that I consider is vital in the direction of making certain we now have a powerful slate of numerous candidates nominated from around the globe – in gender, race, tradition, and different variety components. Let’s give it some thought – if a lady is voted into the chair, it is going to be the primary feminine chairperson for the reason that conception of the RJC in 2005.”