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Head of UK Jewelry Body Steps Down
May 21, 2017 5:24 AM
By Rapaport News
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 RAPAPORT... Michael Rawlinson has resigned as CEO of the UK’s National
Association of Jewellers (NAJ) to pursue other interests, the trade
organization said Friday.
Rawlinson (pictured) took charge of the NAJ in 2015, when
the British Jewellers’ Association (BJA) and the National Association
of Goldsmiths (NAG) merged to create the industry body. Rawlinson was previously CEO of the NAG and
oversaw the unification.
“I have achieved what I set out to do when I joined the
NAG,” Rawlinson said in a statement. “Four years ago, the possibility of
joining together the two jewelry-industry trade bodies arose. From this moment,
the prize of unifying the BJA and NAG was the goal.”
NAJ chairman Simon Johnson praised Rawlinson’s work managing
both the merger process and the new organization’s office move to the trendy
Clerkenwell district of London.
“Change of this size is no easy task, and he has achieved it
with the support and backing of his team and the NAJ national committee,”
Johnson added.
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British Jewellers’ Association, london, Michael Rawlinson, NAG, National Association of Goldsmiths, National Association of Jewellers, NJA, Rapaport News, Simon Johnson, UK
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