Bertrand Richez

is a graduate of Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Decoratifs in Paris (class of 1987). He has spent most of his international career as an in-house designer; Cebe, Tefal, Philips. He worked as senior designer and design manager in numerous product sectors; spectacles, sports goggles, domestic appliances, lighting and electronics, and managed more than a hundred different product programs.

In 2006 he left his role of design account manager at Philips-Design in order to focus on luxury and jewelry. He graduated from the IFM Global Fashion Management Executive MBA in 2008. Since then, alongside his jewelry design work, he has been practicing as a design strategy consultant for jewelry clients such as Boucheron.