MELANIE GRANT APPOINTED AS NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE RESPONSIBLE JEWELLERY COUNCIL
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Monday, January 23, 2023
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Melanie Grant has been a journalist for over 20 years -- having worked at The Times, The Financial Times, The Independent, The Guardian, The BBC and -- until 2022 -- The Economist, where she was luxury editor of 1843 Magazine, its lifestyle sister publication. She worked at The Economist for 16 years as jewellery editor and picture editor and took a sabbatical to write her first book on the jewel as art, entitled Coveted: Art and Innovation in High Jewellery, published by Phaidon in October 2020. She has been on a mission for the last decade to dismantle boundaries between art forms so that jewellery is considered equal to fine art.
Key Points:
- LONDON, Jan. 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC), the world's leading sustainability standard setting organisation for the jewellery and watch industry, today appointed Melanie Grant as its new executive director.
- A celebrated thinker, writer and curator, Ms. Grant brings more than 20 years of experience in the watch and jewellery industry's biggest and most influential outlets.
- David Bouffard, Chairman of the Board of the RJC said, "On behalf of the board, staff and all our members, I am proud to welcome Melanie as our new executive director.
- Melanie Grant, RJC Executive Director, is available starting today for interview requests.