Site and BJA Member Search
Who's Who

The British Jewellers' Association is run by a Chief Executive and a permanent secretariat, responsible to the BJA National Committee.  There are 10 elected members of the committee who serve for a two year period.  Under normal circumstances five members retire each year but can offer themselves for re-election by Members at the Annual General Meeting.  In addition there are three Officers, The Chairman, Vice Chairman and Deputy (Immediate Past) Chairman who normally serve for a two year period.  The Chairman of any trade section or sub-committee is an ex-officio member of the National Committee.

Any member interested in serving on the National Committee is invited to speak with the Chief Executive, as vacancies do occur from time to time in between annual elections.

n.b. To avoid our e-mail addresses being automatically retrieved by spam software we do not publish them in public areas of the website but our e-mail convention is forename.surname@bja.org.uk .

The BJA Team

Who's Who - geoff 07
Geoff Field
Chief Executive
Tel: +44 (0) 121 237 1110

Geoff is the principal spokesman for the BJA and takes overall responsibility for the day-to-day running of the Association, the National Committee and liaison with industry bodies and Government departments.


Who's Who - Lindsey 2007
Lindsey Straughton
Manager, PR, Marketing & Exports
Tel: +44 (0) 121 237 1112

Lindsey co-ordinates the PR and marketing activities for the association and is also the Manager of the London Jewellery Exports Project which the BJA is undertaking for the City Fringe Partnership and London Development Agency under the London Jewellery Sector Investment Plan.


Who's Who - Di 2007
Diane Thomas
Manager - Membership Services and Administration
Tel: +44 (0) 121 237 1109

Diane is responsible for all membership matters and the general administrative co-ordination of the BJA.


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Taya Shakouri
Administrator - Website and Information Services
Tel: +44 (0) 121 237 1108

Taya is responsible for updating areas of the website and members information.



The National Committee

Officers

Chairman
Michael Hughes
Jewelcast Ltd.
Tel: 0121 212 1372

Vice Chairman
Gary Williams
B & N Rings
Tel: 01707 255 000

Deputy Chairman
Barrie Dobson
International Bullion & Metal Brokers
Tel: 020 7025 2500

Elected 2009 - 2011

Barry Bennett
Gecko Trading Ltd.
Tel: 020 7534 3211

Josh Kindness
Thomas Sutton (B'ham) Ltd.
Tel: 0845 094 1884

Nick Kasler
Alfred Terry Ltd.
Tel: 020 8446 9319

Richard Haruni
International Gemstones Ltd
Tel: 020 7242 3748

Vanessa Burkitt
Catherine Jones Jewellery Ltd.
Tel: 01223 361 596

Elected 2010 - 2012

Alex Bassalian
Bass Premier Co
Tel: 020 7242 2278

Cindy Dennis Mangan
Dennis & Lavery
Tel: 01273 204 886

Helen O'Neill
The PMC Studio Ltd
Tel: 01494 774 428

Jason Holt
R Holt & Co Ltd
Tel: 020 7405 5286

Mark Senior
M&M Jewellery Ltd
Tel: 0121 523 3030

Co-opted

David Doyle
Jewellery Brokers
Tel: 0121 236 7545

Martyn Pugh
Designer Silversmith
Tel: 01527 502 513