Rapaport Fair Trade Conference at Baselworld 2010
 Damien Cody
Director, Cody Opal
As a young student Damien developed a passion for gemstones. He collected rocks,
fossils and minerals from around Australia and cut opal in his spare time. After
completing a Diploma in Business studies he worked in the Insurance and Financial
Services sectors where he held senior executive positions with a number of leading
international organizations. He was a founding Fellow of the Australian Sales Institute.
His passion eventually led him to the opal industry where he is a Director of Cody
Opal (Australia), a leading Australian opal exporting company. He is also Managing
Director of The National Opal Collection, a company which operates retail opal stores
and museums in Australia. The National Opal Collection was featured in a 12 month
exhibition at the GIA in America and the exhibition is currently touring Japan.
His companies have won Government Export and Tourism Awards for excellence in these
fields. He has held various positions with the ICA including Executive Ambassador
to the Board and member of various ICA Committees. Damien is serving his third term
as ICA Ambassador to Australia.
 Jean Claude Michelou
President, Imperial Colors Resources Corp
View Jean Claude Michelou's Presentation,
"Colored Gemstones from Mine to Market: Ethical Trade and Mining"
Jean Claude Michelou, ICA'S Vice President has been active in Colombian emerald
trading, cutting and export since 1977 and more recently as a consultant for USAID
and the World Bank where he worked on the development of infrastructures and policies
from mine to market for the gemstone industry of Pakistan. He is currently the Country
consultant for the gemstone sector of the World Bank Sustainable Management of Mineral
Resources Project in Nigeria. He is also working on the development of Fair and
Ethical Trade and Mining Standards and certification models as well as Social responsibilities
initiatives for Artisanal and Small Scale mining communities. He is the chairman
of the ICA faire trade and Ethical Mining committee and his heading the GILC commission
on the same subject He is also ICA’s Director of Communications and the Editor-in-Chief
of ICA’s InColor magazine.
 Patrick Schein
Board Member, Alliance for Responsible Mining
View Patrick Schein's Presentation,
"Fairtrade and Fairmined Gold"
(Pictures credits: Felix Hruschka, Kike Arnal, Ronald de Hommel,
and Patrick Schein. Picture use is subject to ARM's authorization.)
Patrick Schein is a French entrepreneur, graduated in Finance/Marketing, and active
in the precious metals industry for 30 years. He founded in 1992 a Precious Metal
Trading Company operating its own refinery in Paris. His business activities brought
him to be in contact with ASM networks around Africa and South America and since
2004 he is working on how to adapt Fair Trade Principles to Gold in order to increase
the revenues of the small producers. He assisted the UNIDO (Global Mercury Program)
as an expert, analyzing how fair trade Gold could alleviate poverty in the ASM sector
and consulted also for a mid size French Guiana gold mine. Patrick is a member of
the Executive Board of the Alliance of Responsible Mining and of the FAIRMINED and
FAIRTRADE Gold Standard Committee. He is promoting the distribution of artisanal
responsible mining gold to the jewelry industry.
 Elisabetta Molina
Owner, Garavelli Aldo srl Jewelry
View Elisabetta Molina's
Presentation, "Garavelli"
Garavelli is one of the oldest jewelry producers in Italy and was established in
1920. The Company’s Collection comprises classic and designed jewelry, made by skilled
artisans with the geniality of a modern designer: they work with 18kt gold, diamonds
and colored stones and create magnificent necklaces, bracelets, rings, earrings,
brooches and watches. The emphasis is always on achieving the highest qualities
in style, manufacturing, finishing and materials.
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