ABOUT CIBJO
ABOUT CIBJO
Sectors,
Commissions
& Committees
The Laboratory-Grown Diamond Steering Committee in session at the 2019 CIBJO Congress in Manama, Bahrain.
Sectors, Commissions
& Committees
The World Jewellery Confederation is organized according to sectors, or areas of interest. They are Sector A (Gem Materials, Trade and Laboratories, Sector B (Jewellery Distribution) and Sector C (Jewellery Manufacturing, Technology and Precious Metals).
Commissions may be formed to focus on specific topics of interest, and they may cover more than one such sector or act independently. Active commissions currently include the Diamond Commission, the Coloured Stone Commission, the Pearl Commission, the Gemmological Commission and the Coral Commission, all operating under auspices of Sector A. The Precious Metals Commission operates under the auspices of Sector C, while the Marketing and Education Commission, the Ethics Commission and the Sustainable Development Commission operate independently.
Among their various activities, the Diamond Commission, the Coloured Stone Commission, the Pearl Commission, the Gemmological Commission, the Coral Commission, the Precious Metals Commission and the Sustainable Development Commission are all responsible for producing Blue Books of industry standards and nomenclature.
Additionally, committees focusing on specific subjects may be created. Currently, these include the Technology Committee, the Jewellery Industry Supply Chain Nomenclature Committee, and the Laboratory-Grown Diamond Committee, which is affiliated to the Diamond Commission.,
SECTORS
SECTOR A
Gem Materials, Trade and Laboratories
PRESIDENT
Mr. Kenneth Scarratt
Thailand
Vice President
Dr. Thomas Lind
Germany
Vice President
Mr. Gerard Grospiron
France
SECTOR B
Jewellery Distribution
PRESIDENT
John Henn
UK
Vice President
Mr. Ben Massey
UK
Vice President
Ms. Anouchka Didier Mansour
France
Ms. Francesca Manfredi
Italy
SECTOR C
Jewellery Manufacturing, Technology and Precious Metals
PRESIDENT
Mr. Pitipong Tiasuwan
Thailand
Vice President
Dr. Thomas Lind
Germany
Vice President
Ms. Karina Ratzlaff
Germany
COMMISSIONS
COLOURED STONE COMMISSION
Covering all issues concerned with coloured gemstones, the Coloured Stone Commission is responsible for the maintenance and updating of the Coloured Stone Blue Book of industry standards and nomenclature. It also produces guidance documents and online tools to assist member of the industry understand and apply the harmonized standards.
PRESIDENT
Mr. Charles Abouchar
Switzerland
Vice President
Mr. Nilam Alawdeen
Japan
Vice President
Mr. Emmanuel Piat
France
DIAMOND COMMISSION
Covering all issues concerned with diamonds, the Diamond Commission is responsible for the maintenance and updating of the Diamond Blue Book of industry standards and nomenclature, and advises government and international organisations in matters related to harmonized standards and nomenclature.
PRESIDENT
Mr. Udi Sheintal
Israel
Vice President
Mr. Jean-Pierre Chalain
France
PEARL COMMISSION
Covering all issues concerned with pearl, the Pearl Commission is responsible for the maintenance and updating of the Pearl Blue Book of industry standards and nomenclature. It also produces guidance documents and online tools to assist member of the industry understand and apply the harmonized standards.
PRESIDENT
Mr. Kenneth Scarratt
Thailand
Vice President
Mr. Shigeru Akamatsu
Japan
Vice President
Mr. Jacques Branellec
Philippines
Vice President
Mr. Peter Bracher
Australia
Vice President
Ms. Noora Jamsheer
Bahrain
CORAL COMMISSION
Covering all issues concerned with precious coral, the Coral Commission is responsible for the maintenance and updating of the Coral Blue Book of industry standards and nomenclature. It also produces guidance documents and online tools to assist member of the industry understand and apply the harmonized standards, educates about coral reef conservation, and is involved in research to preserve and revive existing natural resources.
PRESIDENT
Mr. Enzo Liverino
Italy
Vice President
Mr. Rui Galopim De Carvalho
Portugal
Vice President
Mr. Kenneth Scarratt
Thailand
GEMMOLOGICAL COMMISSION
Covering all issues concerned with pearl, the Pearl Commission is responsible for the maintenance and updating of the Pearl Blue Book of industry standards and nomenclature. It also produces guidance documents and online tools to assist member of the industry understand and apply the harmonized standards.
PRESIDENT
Mr. Hanco Zwaan
Netherlands
Vice President
Dr. Claudio Milisenda
Germany
Vice President
Mr. Thanong Leelawatanasuk
Thailand
PRECIOUS METALS COMMISSION
Covering all issues concerned with operation of gemmological and gem grading laboratories, the Gemmological Commission is responsible for the maintenance and updating of the Gemmological Book of industry standards and nomenclature, and developing strategies to cope with the gemmology sector’s most pressing challenges
PRESIDENT
Mr. Huw Daniel
Hong Kong
Vice President
Ms. Karina Ratzlaff
Germany
Vice President
Mr. John Mulligan
UK
MARKETING & EDUCATION COMMISSION
Covering a range of issues related to the marketing of gems and jewellery, the Marketing and Education Commission produces a range of educational guides that deal with ethical business practices, marketing and advertising strategies, human resource management and responsible environmental policies. The commission also oversees production of CIBJO’s comprehensive Retailer’s Reference Guide and oversees the management of its Jewellery Industry Greenhouse Gas Measurement Initiative.
PRESIDENT
Mr. Jonathan Kendall
UK
Vice President
Ms. Sara Yood
USA
Vice President
Dr. Thomas Lind
Germany
ETHICS COMMISSION
Covering the legal and ethical issues that challenge the international jewellery sector, the Ethics Commission helps formulate strategies for proper trading standards, product disclosure, fair advertising and marketing practices and more.
PRESIDENT
Ms. Tiffany Stevens
USA
Vice President
Mr. Udi Sheintal
Israel
Vice President
Mr. Marc-Alain Christen
Switzerland
Vice President
Mr. Edward Johnson
UK
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
Previously known as the Responsible Sourcing Commission, the Sustainable Development Commission covers all issues concerned with the responsible sourcing of natural gemstone and precious metals materials from the point at which they are extracted, and along the distribution chain. The commission is responsible for maintaining and updating the Responsible Sourcing Blue Book, which is a guidance document designed to instill responsible sourcing due diligence through the value chain and has developed a toolkit of templates, forms and documents to apply the Blue Book principles.
PRESIDENT
Mr. John Mulligan
UK
Vice President
Mr. Philip Olden
UK
Vice President
Ms. Iris Van der Veken
Belgium
Vice President
Ms. Tiffany Stevens
USA
Vice President
Mr. Edward Johnson
UK
COMMITTEES
LABORATORY-GROWN DIAMOND COMMITTEE
The Laboratory-Grown Diamond Committee was created to develop a guidance document that will establish operating principle for the laboratory-grown diamond sector, including standards and nomenclature that will clearly distinguish between diamonds mined in a natural setting and diamond crystals that have been grown in a factory or laboratory. The committee is affiliated to the Diamond Commission.
CHAIR
Mr. Wesley Hunt
UK
Vice Chair
Mr. Daniel Nyfeler
Switzerland
Vice Chair
Mr. Thierry Silber
Belgium
TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE
The Technology Committee was established study and understand how developing technologies will impact the jewellery business, to consider ways in which the positive effects could be optimised and the negative impacts mitigated, and also to educate and inform the industry.
CHAIR
Mr. Stephane Fischler
Belgium
Vice Chair
Mr. Pitipong Tiasuwan
Thailamd
JEWELLERY INDUSTRY SUPPLY CHAIN NOMENCLATURE COMMITTEE
The Jewellery Industry Supply Chain Nomenclature Committee was created to develop a set of universally agreed to nomenclature related to responsible sourcing and sustainability, which would be applicable both in the industry and in marketing and informational messages in the consumer markets
CHAIR
Ms. Feriel Zerouki
UK