Malcolm De Vitre has over 30 years of experience in diamonds and jewelry. He has held several senior roles such as Vice President, General Manager, and Head of various departments. His most recent role was as Senior Vice President at Tiana Jewellery Exports Pvt. Ltd., where he was responsible for overseeing operations, quality control, new product development, and more. Prior to that he has worked with several other jewelry companies in roles like Group CQC Manager, Consultant for Quality Control, and Head of various departments involving diamonds, production, and sales & marketing. He has extensive overseas experience and education in the jewelry field.

1. MALCOLM DE VITRE
2 & 6, Divecha House, Malcolm Baug; Jogeshwari (West); Mumbai – 400 102.
Mobile: 9820105477
E-mail: malcolmdevitre@gmail.com
A BRIEF OVERVIEW
• 30 years of rich experience in diamonds
and jewelry.
• Handled various activities giving a
multifaceted exposure in the jewelry
business.
• Overseas experiences and track record
speak for themselves.
WORK EXPERIENCE
FROM DECEMBER 2008 TILL JUNE 2015
TIANA JEWELLERY EXPORTS PVT. LTD.
INTERNATIONAL GOLD CO. LTD
VIVIAN SKYE JEWELLERY EXPORTS PVT. LTD.
LUCKY STAR JEWELLERY EXPORTS (I) PVT. LTD.
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT
Invited by the company’s promoters to rejoin the group. As I am known to the
management since the company’s inception and formed part of the successful
team, I decided to return back and accepted this important position.
The main objective of my appointment is to establish proper operating systems
within the diamond department. The aim to reduce the considerable inventory
that had piled up over the years.
In addition to my diamond input, I am required to add value with my overall
jewellery knowledge in the below mentioned areas.
Note : My diamond department responsibilities are added as an annexure to the
resume.

2. • To take complete charge of the Vivian Skye factory.
• To establish and ensure consistency and overall quality in the diamond
bagging department as the main priority initially.
• To establish a bridal production facility at the Vivian Skye factory.
• To establish CQC (Central Quality Control) within the International Gold
Co Ltd. and all the group companies.
• To establish a research and development (R&D) cell for new product
development.
• To establish and develop CNC/ Machine set/ Auto set.
• To develop new concepts and establish a checking procedure for new
prototypes.
• To develop and establish mass manufacturing capability for Titanium/
Steel /Tungsten steel with studded and gold inlayed jewellery products.
• To develop a new color stone studded jewellery product line.
• Give technical guidance to sales and marketing for customer queries and
to ensure customer delight.
• To establish and develop new vendors for jewellery manufacturing.
• To develop and introduce a system of cost centers that will calculate and
give daily MIS reports of current cost per piece.
• To introduce a strict vigil and deploy a system to log idle hours within all
the group companies.
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3. FROM MAY 2007 TILL DECEMBER 2008
ELEGANT COLLECTION
RB JEWELLERY
JASANI JEWELLERY
GROUP CQC MANAGER
The management was facing serious quality issues in the production lines at
Elegant Collection. A decision to appoint me as the overall group CQC manager
was taken, as I had the necessary credentials to fulfill this difficult task in the
midst of the peak season.
GENERAL MANAGER QUALITY ASSURANCE
158 /159 JASANI FACTORIES
In view of the outstanding performance of the ground floor lines of Elegant
Collection, the management gave me complete charge of both the Jasani
factories and the ground floor premium lines of Elegant Collection shifted to the
new premises.
FROM MARCH 2004 TILL MAY 2007
ELEGANT COLLECTION
RB JEWELLERY
JASANI JEWELLERY
ETHERIAL JEWELLERY (Goregaon unit)
GROUP CONSULTANT FOR QUALITY CONTROL
These companies are the jewelry manufacturing units of the parent diamond
company Jasani. The group is well known over the world for its top quality in
jewelry design and manufacturing. The management was known to me since my
interaction with them during my tenure with Prestige Jewelry (N.Y). for Quality
checking of finished jewelry. The management offered me a consultancy contract
as a 3rd
party QC to check the jewelry manufactured at their 3 factories located in
SEEPZ ; Andheri (West) Mumbai. The activities involved are as follows:
• Final inspection of jewelry pieces manufactured at their factories or
appointed vendors, studded or un-studded.
• The inspection would be for diamonds / color stones / metal.
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4. • Customer samples and commercial orders.
• Parameters for QC would be benchmarked against customer samples or
in case of first time export to a new customer, as per company established
standards.
• Inspection to include random destruction of a piece for metal assay and
gem weight tolerance check.
• Inspect master models, and suggest changes or alterations as required,
technically or aesthetically.
• Seal passed pieces ready for export. Pieces cannot be exported without
my approval or in case of dispute with due documentation.
• Maintain MIS reports daily, monthly and yearly of number of pieces offered
for inspection, pieces passed at first attempt, various repairs, and
rejections.
• Average number of pieces to be checked per month would be
approximately 15,000.
Only group in SEEPZ to adopt the European format for manufacturing and
checking high end jewelry. This unique procedure was introduced by me.
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5. FROM DEC 2001 TO MARCH 2004
DE L’OR (INDIA) PRIVATE LIMITED.
MANAGING DIRECTOR
COMPANY FEATURES
MODEL MAKING
The company has carried out model making activities for major companies in
SEEPZ such as Inter Gold, International Gold Co. , Gem Plus, Rosy Blue (NY),
Rennaisence, Eternity, Precise etc. Our local customers to name a few are Gili,
Reves, Ace, HK Jewels, Emerald (Coiambatore), etc.
WAX-SETTING
The company had an agreement to carry out wax-setting operations with a
company in SEEPZ by the name of Gem Plus. The ready bagged diamonds with
waxes were forwarded to our factory in Vasai. After completion, the wax-set
pieces were transferred to our office at Jogeshwari for Gem Plus QC. The
passed pieces were sealed by the customers QC representative and forwarded
to Gem Plus town office.
Highlights: Completed a 75,000 pieces order for Gem Plus. The end customer
was Sterling NY. The order was completed within one month.
MARKETING CONSULTANCY
Took up consultancy for marketing operations for a company I-cap in Antwerp.
The companies focus was to market jewelry manufactured by Gem Plus (India)
all over Europe. Attended all major jewelry shows such as Basel, Vicenza,
Inhergenta, Paris Jewelry Exhibition. The new product development was carried
out under my supervision. All the models for the Europe Jewelry line were made
by De L’or.
We ended our liaison in the year 2002 due to certain in-acceptable terms dictated
by the Gem Pus management.
JEWELRY MANUFACTURING (On Job work basis).
In the year 2002 we were approached by an Antwerp based company
Zonnebleum bva., to undertake jewelry manufacturing operations. The finance to
set up the factory was undertaken by the Belgian company.
We are proud to declare our company manufactures exclusive titanium jewelry
plain, studded and with gold inlays. We also have our own collection of high end
diamonds and precious/semi precious stones studded gold jewelry that we
design and manufacture in-house.
ESQUADA - QUALITY CONTROL.
I undertook an offer made by a New York based company Prestige Jewelry Inc
NY, to look after their Jewelry production distributed with various vendors located
in SEEPZ and local. The operation involved a thorough quality check as per strict
bench marked guide lines. Not a single consignment has been rejected by the
end customer, which was passed and sealed by our quality team.
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6. MAY 1999 – DEC 2001
INTERNATIONAL GOLD CO. LTD.
Head Sales & Marketing
The company separated from its parent company Intergold and set up its own
Sales & Mktg. Dept. and I was selected to head the Prestige Jewelry (NY)
account.
Role & Responsibility
• Daily communication with the customers.
• Releasing sample / commercial work orders for purchase orders received
from the customer.
• Responsible in activities of follow-up for the production orders at hand
• Authenticate export documentation
• Responsible for generating open order statements (Product development
and Commercial orders)
• New product development activities.
• Responsible for generating MIS reports for exports.
• Responsible for generating open order value statements.
• Export projections based on customer feedback.
OVERSEAS EXPERIENCE
• Visited customers in New York for product development and account
related issues.
• Represented International Gold Co Ltd. for the JCK Show 2001 in Las
Vegas.
• Gained valuable experience in customer relations, as I was allowed to
participate in customer meetings at the Vegas Show.
• Developed two new customers from St. Thomas islands
FROM JULY 1998 TILL MAY 1999
INTERNATIONAL GOLD CO. LTD.
HEAD OF THE DIAMOND DEPT.
Role & Responsibility
• Responsible for the overall inspection of incoming diamonds against
commercial and sample orders.
• Take care of the assortment and picking (Clarity & Color) and matching.
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7. • Responsible for forwarding various MIS reports to the management.
FROM JANUARY 1997 TIL JULY 1998
INTERNATIONAL GOLD CO. LTD.
ASSISTANT MANAGER - PRODUCTION
Role & Responsibility
• Head of Waxing, Investment and casting, wax-setting.
• Responsible for activities of Product development and model
maintenance.
• In charge of the companies jewelry range display.
FROM DECEMBER 1996 TILL SEPTEMBER 1997
INTER GOLD (INDIA) LTD.
MANAGEMENT TRAINEE
Role & Responsibility:
• Completed a training program in manufacturing rough Diamonds.
• Other topics covered were Rough assortment (Planning), Bruting, Table
smoothing, Grain setting, Top / bottom faceting and Polish assortment.
• With the added knowledge of manufacturing rough diamonds, became an
important member of the management core group for planning production
and quality.
• Formed part of the training cell established by the management and was
immediate assistant to the training consultants from Belgium.
• The management offered to introduce me to jewelry at their new factory
International Gold Co. Ltd., which was the first company in SEEPZ to
manufacture platinum jewelry.
Even though jewelry was not my subject, I immediately took up the
responsibility as a challenge to add a new facet to my work experience that
would make me a complete jeweler with my strong diamonds background.
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8. FROM JUNE 1990 TILL JUNE 1996
MAHENDRA BROTHERS
HEAD OF ROUGH PROCESSING DEPT
The management introduced a new rough assortment section comprising of 80
trainee ladies personnel and I was selected as the head of the dept. Over the
years, the department was successful to develop activities to include…
• Color grading rough and polished diamonds.
• Rough diamond assortment.
• Drawing lots for manufacturing diamonds.
• Gauging rough and polished diamonds.
FROM DECEMBER 1984 TILL JUNE 1990
MAHENDRA BROTHERS ( NAVSARI, GUJARAT)
Management Trainee
Formed part of the manual cleaving department. Practically, learned to cleave
and understand rough diamonds. Since the company is a sight holder, was
fortunate to process almost all types of rough diamonds mined from all over the
world. The company was the only one to have exclusive rights for rough
diamonds mined from the Argyle Mines Australia. My overall experience gave me
a mastery in…
• Cleaving rough diamonds.
• Marking for laser cleaving and sawing.
• Sawing rough diamonds.
• Rough assortment.
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
• SSC - BILLIMORIA HIGH SCHOOL, PANCHGANI.
• HSC - BHAVAN'S COLLEGE, ANDHERI.
• MECHANICS - MAZAGON DOCKS LTD.
ATTRIBUTES
• Positive Attitude.
• Dedication to work.
• Lateral thinking.
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9. • Result orientation.
• Unquestioned loyalty to the organization.
PERSONAL DETAILS
Date of birth: 15th December, 1965.
Religion: Zoroastrian (Parsi).
Marital status: Married.
SOCIAL COMMITMENTS
Director (youth welfare) in the Rotary Club of Navsari. Was the project chairman
for a youth vocational programme on diamond awareness conducted in the state
of Gujarat (1995).
OTHER INTERESTS
Billiards & Snooker: Represented Mazagon Docks in open tournaments
Represented Parsi Gymkhana in the Bombay League
Quarter Finals: Western India Junior Billiards tournament. (1982)
Finals: YMCA Billiard tournament. (1982).
Playoff: Bombay Open Billiards League tournament. (1983)
CONTEMPORARY ART
Painting with water colors, pastels, pencil colors, charcoal drawing, pen hatching
pencil sketching, digital art.
PROFESSIONAL SINGER
I sing professionally and have done big events (1000+ audiences). Gifted to
sing in English and Hindi equally well. My live event recordings are on
SounCloud.com
BONSAI CREATIONS
I am a very avid Bonsai enthusiast. Learnt the art from Mrs. Mangala Rao, an
authority on Bonsai over Asia.
MY MOTTO!!!
IN GOD I BELIEVE, REST HAS ALWAYS BEEN HONEST HARD WORK
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