Experience

ANABELA CHAN JOAILLERIE

• United Kingdom
• Retail Luxury Goods and Jewelry
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder & CEO

  • 2013 - Present

  Anabela Chan is the first fine jewellery brand in the world to champion laboratory-grown gemstones and recycled metals paired with high jewellery design and artisanal craftsmanship, always driven by a focus on ethical and sustainable innovations. Independently founded in London in 2013 and a pioneer for merging science with art, Anabela's creations are worn by global superstars from Beyonce to Rihanna, Lady Gaga to Taylor Swift, Dua Lipa to J Lo, Anne Hathaway to Julia Roberts, Lupita Ngongo to Zendaya at The Oscars to the Grammys, BAFTAS to the EMMYS and The Met Gala and beyond. Born in Hong Kong and raised in the UK from age 10, Anabela trained as an architect at University College London, and practiced with Lord Richard Rogers at New York’s Ground Zero project. A Summer internship at Alexander McQueen designing prints and embroidery led her to transition into fashion design for the next five years, before returning to the Royal College of Art to train as a jeweller with a Master of Arts in Goldsmithing & Jewellery. Anabela is a currently a Design & Innovation Ambassador for Great Britain, Visiting Lecturer at Royal College of Art and she was awarded as Walpole’s 50 Most Influencial People in British Luxury 2022 for pioneering new business ideas, and paving the way for change at pace. Anabela opened her first stand alone boutique in London Piccadilly’s Ham Yard Hotel in November 2014, with a 2nd flagship store at the iconic Sloane Street in August 2020. Show less



Royal College of Art

• United Kingdom
• Design Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Visiting Lecturer

  • May 2019 - Present

• Visiting Lecturer

  • May 2021 - Present



Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners

• Assistant Architect

  • 2007 - 2008



Alexander McQueen

• Retail Luxury Goods and Jewelry
• 700 & Above Employee

• Freelance Print and Embroidery Designer

  • 2005 - 2007