52 | Informa Markets Jewellery Letitia’s path in the jewellery industry began in 1980 as the Executive-in-Charge of the De Beers Diamond Promotion Service in Southeast Asia. Her passion for promoting the growth and development of the sector in the region led her to co-found one of the jewellery industry’s first professional B2B publications, Jewellery News Asia (JNA), with veteran journalist Peter Brindisi in 1983. JNA became one of the largest and most influential jewellery industry magazines in the market, and four decades later, it remains a valuable and trusted resource for the community. Letitia’s endeavours went beyond publishing. As the Director of Business Development and Publishing for UBM Asia’s Jewellery Group (now Informa Markets Jewellery), she launched the JNA Awards 12 years ago. In 2021, the awards programme underwent a rebranding to become the Jewellery World Awards (JWA) to reflect its expanded scope and commitment to recognising outstanding achievements and leadership in the international jewellery sector. That same year, its first regional edition, JWA Dubai, was also launched. 周美麗在1980年出任戴比爾斯鑽石推廣服務東南亞主管，從此踏上璀璨的珠寶事業之 旅。她對促進亞洲地區珠寶行業的增長和發展充滿熱忱，並於1983年與資深記者Peter Brindisi共同創立了《JNA亚洲珠宝》。該雜誌是珠寶行業其中一份最早期的專業刊物，旋 即成為市場上最具規模和影響力的行業媒體之一。40年後的今天，它仍然是深受行業信 賴的寶貴資源。然而，周美麗對行業的貢獻不止於此：於12年前擔任亞洲博聞珠寶集團 (現為Informa Markets Jewellery) 業務發展及出版總監期間，她創辦了JNA大獎；該獎項 計劃於2021年更名為Jewellery World Awards (JWA)，為國際珠寶及寶石業界的創新人 才及傑出領袖提供平台，與全球業界分享其成功經驗和卓越成就。同年，JWA推出首個區 域版獎項活動：JWA Dubai。 LETITIA CHOW MEI LAI 周美麗 Co-Founder, JNA 《JNA亚洲珠宝》聯合創始人 Founder, Jewellery World Awards (JWA) 創始人
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