Judith Cobham-Lowe

IT’S ABOUT TIME: UK GOLDSMITHS’ COMPANY APPOINTS WOMAN AS CHIEF

Judith Cobham-Lowe OBE has made history: According to Jewellery Focus, Cobham-Lowe is the first woman to be named Prime Warden of the Goldsmiths’ Company. This is the first time a woman has been appointed to the position since the Goldsmiths’ Company received its Royal Charter in 1327.

 

According to the piece, “over two million precious metal items are marked each year at the Assay Office in Goldsmiths’ Hall”, and the organization center in Clerkenwell offers business training, studio space, and workshops for “emerging goldsmithing and silversmithing businesses”.

 

Cobham-Lowe, who has a background in “academia, corporate strategy and business leadership”, according to the piece”, is quoted as saying: “Quite apart from kicking off the next decade of activity, it’s a tremendous honour to be chosen to lead a Livery Company that still has a real job to do: assaying and hallmarking precious metals, training apprentices, and changing lives through the gifts our historic wealth and current members’ donations let us make”.

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