Radiant Diamond Consulting

www.radiantconsulting.co.uk

+44(0)7725 656286

		"About Us" Radiant Diamond Consulting provides business advice and valuation services to the diamond industry and other industries using its extensive experience, including significant senior management experience. This, has enabled building an excellent network of trade contacts internationally including dealers, retailers, and manufacturers, mining companies, brokers, trade bodies and Government Ministers. The ethos and values of the company are built around providing exceptional bespoke services for clients by building relationships and truly understanding our client’s needs. We have a high proportion of clients we have been working with for many years and have built excellent relationships built on trust and mutual respect. We not only provide practical solutions for our clients we work with them to ensure that these solutions are implemented. We take great pride in working with our clients to provide strategic success and helping them build their businesses.
"The Team" Alastair Garner Managing Director Alastair Garner has a career in the Diamond industry spanning over 20 years in varied management roles including several years with DeBeers, one of the world’s premier diamond mining and marketing companies. He is well respected within the industry, not only for his expertise but also for his honesty and integrity, forming many excellent relationships and always going the extra mile to assist clients. Achievements include: Heading up a successful Diamond Consultancy Firm. Experience in all management disciplines including strategic management, marketing, relationship management and financial management. Analysis, formulation and implementation of corporate strategy to meet changing political and market environments. Meeting tight deadlines by improving efficiency, planning and staff motivation. Increased turnover and profitably through improved commercial strategy and closing multi million pound negotiations. Key Account management using excellent relationship building skills to manage high profile clients. Using cultural sensitivity and relationship building skills to manage clients and staff across the globe. Managing strategic projects, gaining valuable project management skills. Professional development - complementing workplace experience through additional study: currently studying towards an MBA with the Open University, successfully completing 2 years and gaining a Diploma in Management. Learning has been implemented in the workplace where appropriate, leading to improvement.		click here for Alastair's profile (pdf format) click on the icons above to view client references
Jerry Greig A highly motivated jewellery expert & gemologist with significant experience throughout the breadth of the industry including Cartier, De Beers, Christies and Solange Azagury Partidge. Jerry is results focused, with a proven International track record in areas including Senior Management, Retail Strategy, Stock Management , Wholesale, Production Management, Pricing, Shipment Logistics, Competitor and Trend Analysis but above all an inherent passion for the jewellery product. Jerry’s key areas of expertise & delivery include: Identifying new business opportunities in wholesale and strengthening relationships with existing wholesale partners to deliver growth Retail expansion Strategy and implementation of Retail Action Plans, driving international retail teams to meet and exceed sales, inventory and profitability targets Retail KPI definition Mystery Shopping programmes Training and team motivations Defining International price architecture Production planning Range performance analysis Inventory valuation and rotation Competitor analysis and benchmark pricing International retail operations (including jewellery Import/Export and insurance)		Anne-Marie Reeves With over 30 years’ experience, Anne-Marie Reeves also worked for the De Beers Group and brings a wealth of knowledge of the diamond jewellery industry, particularly specialising marketing within the UK, but with a network of professional contacts worldwide. A particular interest in jewellery design, trends, distribution networks, marketing tools and staff training, adds a different dimension to the team. Achievements include: Managing teams to achieve strategic goals Trade marketing communication plans Training and education programmes Research Consultancy within the jewellery industry from DTC Sightholder to retail Marketing, branding and strategic development consultancy Creating and managing strategic trade collaborations Trade Ambassador Trade Networking, linking and information sharing
Christopher O’Neil-Dunne Diamond Sales Specialist with 12 years international experience working in the diamond industry of which 3 years included developing and implementing the first rough diamond e-Auctions for the De Beers Group. Expertise in the following areas: Designing e-Sales platforms (e-Tender and e-Auctions solutions) and creating a competitive route-to-market Multi-Channel Sales and Marketing Strategies Asia Pacific Diamond Markets in particular Hong Kong and China Customer Relationship Management and the key e-Sales support processes Production Planning New Business and Product Development Rough and Polished Valuation Industry Trends, including the impact of Micro and Macro economic factors on all segments of the diamond pipeline