Meet the Team

Introduction

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Charlotte Black – Sales Manager

Charlotte graduated from a top UK Universities with a BSc in E-commerce and Digital business. The last 8 years Charli spent gaining a wealth of knowledge and experience in online sales working with and for major online retailers. Her customer focused approach, jewellery knowledge and certificate in diamond grading makes her perfect for the position of Sales Manager at 1791. Read more about Charlotte Black...

Erika Gunn – Customer Services

Erika's career began in tourism growing up at her parents' holiday park in Northern Sweden; at the age of 10 she was welcoming and serving visitors from all over the world. In the meantime she has studied PR and Communication Management, and undertaken a wealth of tourism and retail roles around the world. She now heads up our customer services team at 1791 Diamonds Ltd. More about Erika Gunn...

Ryan Holloway – Customer Services

Ryan has a BA-honors degree in journalism and, before he joined the 1791 team, he wrote articles for FHM magazine and the Daily Star newspaper. In addition Ryan has extensive accounts- and finance management experience including 4 years as a credit controller.

Alice Herald – Designer and Product Manager

Alice's career started at Central Saint Martin's College of Art & Design in London, UK, with a BA Honours Degree in Jewellery Design. One of the great places in the world to study jewellery, her education provided fantastic opportunities to collaborate with top designers and prestigious companies such as Goldsmiths, De Beers and Cartier. More about Alice Herald...

Richard Prout – Managing Director

Richard has a degree in computing from Manchester University, UK, and a long history of founding and executing successful entrepreneurial ventures. In his mid twenties, Richard had become a director of Kinesis Computing, which was sold to Price Waterhouse Coopers for $25m, and by the age of 30 he had founded another company, the precursor to today's social networks, which sold within four years from startup for $150m. More about Richard Prout...

Bruce Smeaton – Marketing Manager

Bruce is the colourful and creative marketing manager of 1791 Diamonds Ltd. He has an impressive 11 years experience of web copywriting and online marketing, as well as 25 years experience in sales, marketing and advertising. Bruce has numerous award-winning radio, print and television commercials under his belt.