Harriet Kelsall is one of the most respected bespoke designers and business trailblazers working in the UK jewellery industry today.

She founded her multi-award-winning business from her kitchen table in 1998, with the ambition to inspire and celebrate individuality through creativity. She started a wave to bring reachable bespoke jewellery design to the high street for the first time. Since then, the business has become the UK’s leading bespoke jewellers, with a team of over 40 across four studios.

Harriet is a pioneer for ethics and sustainability, with determination and resilience to ensure everyone in the supply chain is treated and paid fairly. She helped launch Fairtrade Gold in 2011 and Harriet Kelsall Bespoke Jewellery then became the first in the world to be both Responsible Jewellery Council certified and licensed by the Fairtrade Foundation. This mission has not waned; the business is the 2024 National Retail Jeweller’s Ethical and Sustainable Business of the Year and Harriet is a judge of the Global Good Awards.

Harriet was the first female chair of the UK’s National Association of Jewellers. She is a Non Executive Director for several organisations including the UK’s Intellectual Property Office and the British Allied Trades Federation and she is a Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths and of the City of London.

In 2016 she was HSBC Forward Ladies “Retail Businesswoman of the year”, Everywoman’s “Retail Woman of the Year” in 2011, and one of The Institute of Directors Magazine’s six “women who have most changed the business world”.

Harriet is passionate about inspiring people to pursue creative careers and helping creative businesses flourish. Having mentored many successful creatives, she wove together the threads that led to success in her book. ‘The Creative’s Guide to Starting a Business: How to turn your talent into a career’ won at the 2019 National Business Book of the Year Awards.

She is a regular keynote speaker on subjects including starting and growing a creative business, SME ethics and responsibility and tackling stigmatisms in business around dyslexia and neurodiversity.