Award recognizes Ms. Damiani as a leading global Entrepreneur and business pioneer in the jewellery sector

Manama - 05 April 2015

The Damiani Group, the renowned international jeweler, today announced, that Ms. Silvia Damiani, Vice President of the Group, has been named 2015 Entrepreneur of the Year by the Femmes Chefs d'Entreprises Mondiales (FCEM) at its 63rd Annual World Business Women's Congress held recently in the Kingdom of Bahrain and attended by more than 500 leading business women and entrepreneurs from around the world.

FCEM is a premier business and entrepreneurship association uniting women business owners from the world over. Founded in France in 1945 at the end of World War II, the Association quickly spread into other European countries and then across five continents.

Ms. Damiani was presented with Entrepreneur of the Year Award in the Association's Pioneers Award category each year this recognition marks the achievements of one FCEM member heading a medium or large-size company active in international business and who has been an owner for the least 10 years and still actively involved in the managing of their company's operations.

Here below the official motivation of the award: "Damiani is a very well-known brand of jewellery representing a family business that open doors to market and became public (Damiani is a listed company in Italian Stock Exchange since 2007) without forgetting to be close to their customers.

The special "care of customers" all around the world make this Company and in particular

Mrs Silvia Damiani a special entrepreneur that valorise the value and the importance of the customer care. We really appreciate the Damiani attention to their customer as a value added that is more and more important and appreciate. Furthermore the company always valorized the women and employed worldwide more women than men, 70% of the employees are women."

Commenting, Mrs. Laura Gucci, the President of FCEM said, "We congratulate Ms. Silvia Damiani on this honour and recognition of her as a notable entrepreneur and business pioneer. Her success in helping to spearhead the growth of the Damiani Group into a leading global company, now listed on the Milan Stock Exchange, makes her a notable example for all women business-owners. Ms. Damiani has been instrumental in establishing Damiani as internationally recognized brand for luxury and Italian style, quality and craftsmanship. This award is a tribute to her achievements and an inspiration to other women business-owners around the world."

"It's a great honour for me to receive this award given by and among so many dynamic and entrepreneurial business women from across the globe," said Ms. Damiani. "This award is however not only a tribute to me, it is a recognition of the achievements of the entire Damiani Group who became in these years one of the world's best known luxury jewelry brands. I am especially pleased to have been given this award at this year's conference taking place in the Middle East, one of the most important and growing regions for Damiani. The work of FCEM and all of its members to support, promote and award entrepreneurship and cross border ties, co-operation and trade among women is commendable and Damiani looks forward to continuing our support for FCEM and its activities around the world."

Ms. Damiani was also the keynote speaker at the Congress's Gala dinner where she inspired delegates and attending dignitaries from the Gulf and MENA region with her story of success and the dynamic growth and global expansion of the Damiani Group over the past 90 years. Established in 1924 as a family business, Damiani is now one of the world's most sought after jewelry brands.

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About Damiani
Founded in Valenza in 1924, Damiani is leaded today by the grand children of the founder: the three brothers Guido, Silvia and Giorgio Damiani.  Damiani is the Italian leader in manufacturing and marketing high end  jewelry and luxury watches.  Each piece of Damiani jewelry means sophisticated creativity, exclusive design, careful attention to details, quality of gems and meticulous craftsmanship. Besides being distributed in 600 exclusive stores, Damiani operates in Italy and globally through boutiques, shop in shops positioned in the most important international luxury streets. With a tradition that is centuries-old, the brand is careful to interpret its historical heritage with respect for its tradition and keeping with the innovative spirit of its origins.

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