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Our Story
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Who We Are
Kanta Ventura
Creative Director
Known as the ‘eye’, Kanta is the creative force behind Ventura Fine Jewellery. As a qualified jewellery designer, and former fashion designer, Kanta has one of life’s rare attributes - an unerring ability to conceive of design patterns, colour combinations and textures that consistently deliver a ‘wow’ reaction.
Neil Ventura
Founder & CEO
A highly respected industry figure, Neil has worked throughout his 34 year career with De Beers - a name synonymous with diamonds. Inspired by his grandfather, Leslie Joseph Ventura (himself a jeweller), Neil forged an extensive international career that quickly saw him become an expert in diamonds, buying, selling and auctioning diamonds all over the world including several exceptional rare diamonds. As his career progressed, he became an integral part of the De Beers Executive team, pioneering change in established businesses, alongside spearheading the development of several new ventures for the organisation. Neil is a member of the National Committee of the National Association of Jewellers in the UK. In founding Ventura Fine Jewellery, Neil feels his life has come full circle - with the opportunity to extend the Ventura family association with the jewellery industry and utilise his experience to serve private clients.
Pritam Mukhi
Director
Pritam is a 3rd generation jeweller and a gemstone and jewellery expert. He has extensive experience in sourcing and valuing gemstones and diamonds from around the world from a network of trusted sources curated over several decades. A qualified GIA gemologist, Pritam is also a former ambassador of the International Coloured Gemstone Association and is a recognised appraiser of fine jewellery.
What We Do
Ventura Fine Jewellery designs and creates one off bespoke commissions, unique high jewellery creations and periodic jewellery collections helping our private clients communicate a personal statement, whether subtle or bold, allowing them to look a little less like everyone else. Our creative, often colourful pieces reflect exceptional design, artistry and craftsmanship, balancing timeless yet contemporary elements. Whilst uncompromising on the beautiful and rare diamonds and gemstones that feature in our jewellery, we strive to offer our private clients unrivalled value and service.
With a hugely respected and knowledgeable team of the highest calibre, Ventura Fine Jewellery has a noteworthy ‘black book’ of the very best diamond and gemstone producers, suppliers, cutters, polishers and jewellery makers from around the world, with whom we have relationships nurtured over several decades. In collaboration with these partners, our mission is to change how jewellery is experienced and appreciated by our clients. Ventura Fine Jewellery has the knowledge, experience, expertise and connections to be your trusted jewellery guide.
We offer our customers a unique opportunity: working in collaboration with you on design, from our private studio, enabling you to learn about the gemstones and diamonds and make informed choices. The end result being the creation of beautiful pieces enabling you to elevate your individual style. Our customers benefit from our painstaking attention to detail and our passion for perfectly cut gemstones and diamonds. Many of our pieces have an element of surprise – we often introduce clever multi-functionality, as well as offering a ‘day to night’ option on several designs. At Ventura Fine Jewellery we will not compromise on quality, and we are a proud member of The National Association of Jewellers. We are also advocates of sustainability and work extensively with partners from the Responsible Jewellery Council.
Our Path to Sustainability
At Ventura Fine Jewellery, we understand that the essence of a jewellery purchase goes beyond its outward shimmer. It's about trust — the trust our customers place in us to ensure their cherished pieces are as responsibly crafted as they are beautiful.
Collaborative Efforts
The path to sustainability is not one we can travel on alone and requires collaboration, recognizing that strength lies in unity, pushing us to work together across the value chain to forge new paths towards a sustainable future. We are committed to fostering partnerships within the industry, working alongside organizations and business allies to champion best practices throughout the entire value chain.
Responsible Sourcing
Ventura Fine Jewellery strives to source the materials used in it’s creations responsibly, respecting ethical business practices, human and labour rights, and the environment.
We are diligent in ensuring our diamonds, gemstones and setting materials, such as gold come from reputable sources, where origins are transparent and verified using well established industry protocols. In practice this means sourcing from members of the Responsible Jewellery Council, the world’s leading sustainability standard setting organisation for the jewellery and watch industry, wherever possible. Outside of this, we only source from trusted suppliers with whom we have built up relationships over several decades, and can provide us with proof of provenance.
Diamond certification
Ventura Fine Jewellery diamonds are certified by one of the few leading laboratories in the world. A certificate issued by one of these laboratories is a blueprint of a diamond and documents its unique characteristics in a precise manner. Whilst we aim to be inclusive on certification, we recognise through our experience that not all laboratories are able to offer the same uniform levels of grading and certification consistency. As such, we will default to leading laboratories as certification from leading internationally recognised laboratories like the Gemological Institute of America (GIA) afford the buyer complete peace of mind.
Innovative materials
In addition to responsible gold sourcing, which includes use of recycled gold, we also seek to incorporate innovative materials such as ceramics, or titanium in our designs.
Craftsmanship and Beyond
Our partnership with the world's leading jewellery manufacturers underscores our dedication to quality and sustainability. We work with our partners to explore ways to continuously improve their contributions to our jewellery story for the benefit of all.
This commitment extends to our packaging, using environmentally responsible materials to ensure our impact is as positive and lasting as the memories our jewellery helps create. For example, our signature, dark grey bags are made of Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) paper. FSC certification guarantees our packaging is sustainably sourced and made in a way that protects biodiversity.