Harriet Kelsall
Biography
Harriet Kelsall is one of the most respected bespoke designers and business trailblazers working in the UK jewellery industry today. She founded her multi-award winning business from her kitchen table in 1998 and then started a wave to bring reachable bespoke jewellery design to the high street for the first time. she was the 2016 HSBC Forward Ladies “Retail Business Woman of the year”, Everywoman’s “Retail Woman of the Year” in 2011, one of The Institute of Directors magazine’s six “women who have most changed the business world” in 2014 and is a Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths and of the City of London.
Having finished her term as the chair of the National Association of Jewellers in 2020, she is now the deputy chair. She has been a non-executive director for the British Hallmarking Council since 2016 and she advised the Creative and Cultural Skills Academy on jewellery skills from 2012-2018. She was a Non-Executive Director of the International Responsible Jewellery Council from 2016-2019.
Harriet is passionate about helping creative businesses flourish and her book on the subject which won at the 2019 Business Book of the Year Awards. She is a regular keynote speaker on starting and growing creative businesses and the benefits of dyslexia and she speaks nationally and internationally about responsible business. Harriet lives in Cambridge and has 2 children.
Non-executive board member, IPO
The role of our Steering Board is to advise Ministers, through our Director General, on our strategies and performance (including targets) as set out in our Corporate Plan. It also provides guidance from a commercial standpoint on our operation and development across a range of issues.
During the last 12 months, the Steering Board has provided advice and guidance on a wide range of topics, such as our Corporate Plan, Agency Targets, Intellectual Property Policy, Accounts and Risk Management.
The Steering Board meets six times a year.