Jason Holt (businessman)

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Jason Bruno Acker Holt CBE (born 17 November 1969), is a director of R. Holt & Co, London.

Holt was born into a family of jewellers. His father, R. Holt, had founded R. Holt & Co, a Hatton Garden firm, in 1948. [1]

Holt was educated at Highgate School; [2] he trained as a lawyer and worked for Eversheds. In 1998 he joined R. Holt & Co as a partner.

Around 1999 he founded the not-for-profit Holts Gem and Jewellery School (now Holts Academy of Jewellery). [1]

In 2006, he was awarded the Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion. [3] He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2015 New Year Honours for services to the jewellery sector and apprenticeships. [4] [5]

References

  1. 1 2 Clegg, Alicia (27 September 2006). "A professional in the family" . Financial Times. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. "Jewellery trailblazer rewarded for Government role with CBE". Ham & High. 7 January 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  3. "The Queen’s Award for Enterprise Promotion", (21 April 2006). The London Gazette , Supplement No. 1, pS5. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  4. "No. 61092". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2014. p. N9.
  5. 2015 New Year Honours List Archived 2 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine