The World Jewellery Confederation Board of Directors meeting at the 2012 CIBJO Congress in Vicenza, Italy.

Officers & Directors

Officers & Directors

The World Jewellery Confederation Officers include the President, vice presidents and Treasurer (Chief Financial Officer), all of which are elected for terms of two years by the General Assembly.

Governance of the World Jewellery Confederation is vested in the Board of Directors, each of whom must represent a member of the Confederation and include the officers. Twenty members of the Board are nominated representatives of national trade association members and 10  members of the Board are nominated representatives of commercial or members or international trade associations. Members of the Board of Directors are elected for two-year terms by the General Assembly.

The Officers and five other representative of World Jewellery Confederation members form the President’s Council. The non-Officer members are appointed by the President.

OFFICERS 2026-2028

OFFICERS
2026-2028

Dr. Gaetano Cavalieri
President
Italy

Mr. Jonathan Kendall
Executive Vice President
United Kingdom

Mr. Pramod Agrawal
Vice President
India

Mr. Kenneth Scarratt
Vice President
Thailand

Mr. Marc-Alain Christen
CFO (Treasurer)
Switzerland

BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2026-2028

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
2026-2028

Dr. Gaetano Cavalieri
Italy

Mr. Charles Abouchar
Switzerland

Mr. Nilam Alawdeen
Japan

Mr. Uri Ariel
Canada

Ms. Vaishali Banerjee
India

Mr. Moti Besser
Israel

Mr. Kirit Bhai Bhansali
India

Mr. Jacques C. Branellec
Philippines

Mr. Bruce Bridges
USA

Mr. Marco Carniello
Italy

Mr. Victor Chan
Hong Kong/China

Ms. Anouchka Didier Mansour
France

Mr. John Henn
United Kingdom

Dr. Guido Grohmann
Germany

Mr. Wesley Hunt
United Kingdom

Ms. Noora Jamsheer
Kingdom of Bahrain

Mr. Patrick Loetscher
Switzerland

Ms. Francesca Manfredi
Italy

Mr. John Mulligan
United Kingdom

Mr. Nicholas Paspaley
Australia

Mr. Pritesh Patel
USA

Ms. Bernadette Pinet Quoc
France

Mr. Sumed Prasongpongchai
Thailand

Mr. Mehul Shah
India

Ms. Alice Vanni
Italy

Mr. Kent Wong
Hong Kong/China

PRESIDENT'S COUNCIL 2026-2028

PRESIDENT'S COUNCIL
2026-2026

Dr. Gaetano Cavalieri
Italy

Mr. Simon Chan
China

Mr. Marc-Alain Christen
Switzerland

Mr. Miguel Cotero Ochoa
Mexico

Mr. Dominique Dubugnon
Switzerland

 

Ms. Noora Jamsheer
Kingdom of Bahrain

Mr. Jonathan Jodry
Switzerland

Mr. Jonathan Kendall
United Kingdom

Mr. Vincenzo Liverino
Italy

Ms. Karina Ratzlaff
Germany

 

Mr. Kenneth Scarratt
Thailand

Mr. Udi Sheintal
Israel

Ms. Sara Yood
USA

INTERNAL FINANCE & AUDIT COMMITTEE 2026-2028

INTERNAL FINANCE & AUDIT COMMITTEE
2026-2028

Mr. Marc Alain Christen
Switzerland

Mr. Jonathan Kendall
United Kingdom

Ms. Karina Ratzlaff
Germany

Mr. Martin Häuselmann
Switzerland

LEGAL COMMITTEE 2026-2028

LEGAL COMMITTEE
2026-2028

Mr. Marc Alain Christen
Switzerland

Mr. Udi Sheintal
Israel

Ms. Sara Yood
USA

HONORARY PRESIDENT

Mr. Eli Izhakoff
USA