De Beers Group announced that C\u00e9line Assimon will succeed Fran\u00e7ois Delage as Chief Executive Officer of De Beers Jewellers. After a decade at the helm of De Beers Jewellers, Fran\u00e7ois will step down as CEO at the end of September, with C\u00e9line joining the business on 1st September, 2020, to ensure a seamless transition of leadership. C\u00e9line has a strong track record as a creative and inspirational leader with extensive global experience across marketing, sales and merchandising in the high-end jewellery and luxury sector. As worldwide head of high jewellery and high watchmaking sales at Louis Vuitton, and later on with Piaget as their high jewellery and exceptional pieces director, C\u00e9line has successfully led the commercial development of these brands\u2019 global footprints, with a focus on the most discerning clients. C\u00e9line was most recently CEO at luxury brand de Grisogono. Stephen Lussier, Chairman of De Beers Jewellers and Executive Vice President, Consumer & Brands at De Beers Group, said: \u201cI\u2019m really looking forward to C\u00e9line joining the business and leading it into its next phase of growth. As consumers increasingly seek out high quality and distinctive jewellery from leading luxury brands there is a great opportunity ahead, and C\u00e9line\u2019s creative vision and outstanding expertise make her the ideal choice to help us capture it. \u201cI\u2019d also like to thank Fran\u00e7ois for his decade of service to De Beers Group and his contribution to our success over the years. As CEO firstly of Forevermark, and then of De Beers Jewellers, Fran\u00e7ois has been a passionate leader with a love of diamonds and an uncompromising commitment to the beauty that distinguishes De Beers Group\u2019s diamonds from those of other brands.\u201d C\u00e9line Assimon said: \u201cI am incredibly honoured to join De Beers Group and excited to begin writing the next chapter in De Beers Jewellers\u2019 story.\u201d Photo: \u00a9 Olivier Currat<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
De Beers Group announced that C\u00e9line Assimon will succeed Fran\u00e7ois Delage as Chief Executive Officer of De Beers Jewellers. After a decade at the helm of De Beers Jewellers, Fran\u00e7ois will step down as CEO at the end of September, with C\u00e9line joining the business on 1st September, 2020, to ensure a seamless transition of…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5841,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[83,96,100],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-5840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bulletin","category-diamonds","category-in-focus"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n