Platinum Guild International (PGI) said its longtime CEO, Huw Daniel, will retire at the end of March, after 21 years with the organisation. Originally from Wales, Daniel spent a large portion of his career in advertising, working in both Europe and Asia, for notable clients such as British Airways and Proctor & Gamble, prior to joining PGI. His first introduction to the jewellery industry was his tenure with De Beers in Asia Pacific, where he worked on campaigns for eleven global markets.<\/p>\n
Having started his tenure in 2003 as president of PGI USA, Daniel rose to the position of CEO in 2015.<\/p>\n
On becoming CEO, Mr. Daniel shared, \u201cIt allowed me to leverage all the great people at PGI to build a high performing global team focused on driving innovation and value creation for the jewellery industry with platinum.\u201d<\/p>\n
PGI has named a successor, Tim Schlick, the organisation\u2019s current Chief Operating Officer, who will begin his tenure as Chief Executive Officer on 4th<\/sup> April, 2024. Having been a valued member of PGI since 2015, when he joined as Chief Strategy Officer, the transition is expected to be seamless.<\/p>\n Benny Oeyen, Executive Head, Market Development, PGMs, for Anglo American, who support Platinum Guild International via dedicated funding, commented, \u201cIt has been a pleasure to work with Huw over the years and I thank him for his unwavering commitment to developing the demand for platinum jewellery globally. My congratulations to Tim on his new role and I look forward to continuing to work closely together, as our relationship with Platinum Guild is fundamental to building and supporting platinum\u2019s growth in the jewellery sector.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Platinum Guild International (PGI) said its longtime CEO, Huw Daniel, will retire at the end of March, after 21 years with the organisation. Originally from Wales, Daniel spent a large portion of his career in advertising, working in both Europe and Asia, for notable clients such as British Airways and Proctor & Gamble, prior to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24775,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[83],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-24774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bulletin"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n