For the past five years, Chiquet — who was appointed
global chief executive of Chanel in 2007 — has mentored Borgo, offering insight, assistance and, sometimes, simply a sounding board, as the New York - based
jewellery designer has faced the challenges of building a still - nascent
brand, which, he says, is profitable — growing 30 percent year over year, with turnover projected to hit $ 12 million in 2016.
A bullish Dane with an endless line of patter and apparently boundless self - belief, this is Nielsen's tenth visit to the
jewellery fair — eight of which were with Pandora, a
jewellery brand that he helped nurture to
global prominence — and it feels like a homecoming.