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Signet Jewelers CEO and executives

Executive Summary. Based on our data team's research, Virginia “Gina” C. Drosos is the Signet Jewelers's CEO. Signet Jewelers has 24,888 employees, of which 43 are in a leadership position.
Here are further demographic highlights of the leadership team:
  • The Signet Jewelers executive team is 50% female and 50% male.
  • 72% of the management team is White.
  • 10% of Signet Jewelers management is Hispanic or Latino.
  • 11% of the management team is Black or African American.
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Virginia “Gina” C. Drosos

CEO

Virginia “Gina” C. Drosos's LinkedIn

Gina is Chief Executive Officer of Signet Jewelers, the world’s largest specialty retail jeweler, where she is focused on delivering a world class digital-first, omnichannel experience to customers of Kay Jewelers, Zales, Jared The Galleria Of Jewelry, H.Samuel, Ernest Jones, Peoples and Piercing Pagoda. Gina served as an independent director of Signet’s Board since 2012. She is also on the Board of Directors of American Financial Group, an insurance and investments company.

Gina has over 30 years of executive leadership experience in the consumer goods, personal care and healthcare industries. She has been at the forefront of globalizing, mass market ecommerce retail while reinventing product categories and turning around billion-dollar brands. She previously served as President & CEO of Assurex Health and Group President at Procter & Gamble. Gina also has a long history supporting purpose-driven organizations including serving on the board of Back2Back Ministries, an international non-profit organization that cares for orphans and vulnerable children and on the Board of Directors for Cosmetic Executive Women, the beauty industry's leading non-profit organization.



Gina has been recognized as one of Fortune's 50 Most Powerful Women in Business (2010, 2011), awarded EY’s Entrepreneur of the Year (2017), Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber of Commerce's Woman of the Year (2017), Ohio Venture Exit of the Year (2016) and the YWCA Career's Woman of Achievement (2008) and the Cosmetic Executive Women Achiever (2007).

Gerald Ratner

Founder

Howard A. Melnick

EVP, Global Chief Informatin Officer (CIO)

Howard A. Melnick's LinkedIn

Howard Melnick is an EVP, Global Chief Information Officer (CIO) at Signet Jewelers and is based in Akron, Ohio. He has worked as Director of International Information Systems at PEPSICO INC; SVP, Information Technology at MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL INC /MD/; and Consulting Manager at Deloitte. Howard attended Binghamton University between 1979 and 1983 and Fordham Gabelli School of Business between 1991 and 1993.

Joan Holstein Hilson

CFO

Colleen J. Rooney

SVP & Chief Communications Officer

Colleen J. Rooney's LinkedIn

Colleen Rooney is a Chief Communications Officer at Signet Jewelers.

Helen E. McCluskey

Board Member

Howard Todd Stitzer

Board Member

Jamie L. Singleton

Chief Marketing Officer

Mary Elizabeth Finn

Chief People Officer

Mary Elizabeth Finn's LinkedIn

Mary Liz Finn is a Chief Human Resources Officer at NIELSEN HOLDINGS PLC and Chief People Officer at Signet Jewelers and is based in Akron, Ohio. She has worked as Human Resources Leadership Program; FMP Program Mgr; Financial Management Program at GENERAL ELECTRIC CO, Senior HR roles (Talent Acquisition; Learning Centre Leader; Commericial; Finance;Engineering) at GE Aviation, and Chief Human Resources Officer at Nielsen. Mary studied at Siena College between 1978 and 1982, Pittsfield High School between 1975 and 1978, and City of London Poly.

Oded Edelman

Board Member

Oded Edelman's LinkedIn

Oded Edelman is the Founder and CEO of R2Net, the company behind JamesAllen.com – a leading online diamond and bridal jewelry retailer. R2Net is a one-stop shop that transitions brick-and-mortars into thriving Bricks & Clicks brands. His areas of expertise include diamond manufacturing, entrepreneurship, research and development, internet marketing and branding. For the last three decades, Oded has been intimately involved within the jewelry industry. From a young age, he began learning every aspect of diamond manufacturing, starting as a diamond polisher. During his early years, Oded’s enthusiasm for innovation and technology led him to design diamond manufacturing machines that helped him automate many aspects of the process. Oded soon began to trade diamonds throughout Belgium, Russia, South Africa and Israel, which eventually lead him to become a Rio Tinto Sight Holder. Throughout his adventure, Oded always kept an eye on the big picture: The most efficient way to get diamonds from rough to the consumer. He started a robust trading network in order to sell his diamonds competitively. In 2007, Oded’s passion for diamonds and technology gave rise to JamesAllen.com, which was built on the back of his ever-growing network of diamond manufacturers. Today James Allen is one of the leading online bridal jewelry brands in the world. Oded believes that a couple in love should be able to buy a high quality engagement ring, at an exceptional value, with complete confidence. He is steadfast in his commitment to developing innovative technologies that make buying a diamond online easier, less expensive and more transparent.

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Founder

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Virginia “Gina” C. Drosos

CEO

Virginia “Gina” C. Drosos's LinkedIn

Gina is Chief Executive Officer of Signet Jewelers, the world’s largest specialty retail jeweler, where she is focused on delivering a world class digital-first, omnichannel experience to customers of Kay Jewelers, Zales, Jared The Galleria Of Jewelry, H.Samuel, Ernest Jones, Peoples and Piercing Pagoda. Gina served as an independent director of Signet’s Board since 2012. She is also on the Board of Directors of American Financial Group, an insurance and investments company.

Gina has over 30 years of executive leadership experience in the consumer goods, personal care and healthcare industries. She has been at the forefront of globalizing, mass market ecommerce retail while reinventing product categories and turning around billion-dollar brands. She previously served as President & CEO of Assurex Health and Group President at Procter & Gamble. Gina also has a long history supporting purpose-driven organizations including serving on the board of Back2Back Ministries, an international non-profit organization that cares for orphans and vulnerable children and on the Board of Directors for Cosmetic Executive Women, the beauty industry's leading non-profit organization.



Gina has been recognized as one of Fortune's 50 Most Powerful Women in Business (2010, 2011), awarded EY’s Entrepreneur of the Year (2017), Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber of Commerce's Woman of the Year (2017), Ohio Venture Exit of the Year (2016) and the YWCA Career's Woman of Achievement (2008) and the Cosmetic Executive Women Achiever (2007).

Helen E. McCluskey

Board Member

Howard Todd Stitzer

Board Member

Oded Edelman

Board Member

Oded Edelman's LinkedIn

Oded Edelman is the Founder and CEO of R2Net, the company behind JamesAllen.com – a leading online diamond and bridal jewelry retailer. R2Net is a one-stop shop that transitions brick-and-mortars into thriving Bricks & Clicks brands. His areas of expertise include diamond manufacturing, entrepreneurship, research and development, internet marketing and branding. For the last three decades, Oded has been intimately involved within the jewelry industry. From a young age, he began learning every aspect of diamond manufacturing, starting as a diamond polisher. During his early years, Oded’s enthusiasm for innovation and technology led him to design diamond manufacturing machines that helped him automate many aspects of the process. Oded soon began to trade diamonds throughout Belgium, Russia, South Africa and Israel, which eventually lead him to become a Rio Tinto Sight Holder. Throughout his adventure, Oded always kept an eye on the big picture: The most efficient way to get diamonds from rough to the consumer. He started a robust trading network in order to sell his diamonds competitively. In 2007, Oded’s passion for diamonds and technology gave rise to JamesAllen.com, which was built on the back of his ever-growing network of diamond manufacturers. Today James Allen is one of the leading online bridal jewelry brands in the world. Oded believes that a couple in love should be able to buy a high quality engagement ring, at an exceptional value, with complete confidence. He is steadfast in his commitment to developing innovative technologies that make buying a diamond online easier, less expensive and more transparent.

Sharon L. McCollam

Board Member

Brian Tilzer

Board Member

Jonathan Adam Seiffer

Board Member

Nancy A. Reardon-Sayer

Board Member

R. Mark Graf

Board Member

Andre V. Branch

Board Member

Signet Jewelers leadership demographics

Signet Jewelers gender distribution in management team

  • The Signet Jewelers executive team is 50% female and 50% male.
  • Signet Jewelers is 59% female and 41% male company-wide.
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Male
50%
Company-wide: 41%
Female
Female
50%
Company-wide: 59%

Signet Jewelers executives by race

Management Team:
  • The most common ethnicity among Signet Jewelers executive officers is White.
  • 72% of the management team is White.
  • 11% of Signet Jewelers's management is Black or African American.
  • 10% of the management team is Hispanic or Latino.
Company-wide:
  • White is the most common ethnicity company-wide.
  • 69% of employees are White.
  • 13% of employees are Hispanic or Latino.
  • 10% of employees are Black or African American.
  • Management team
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What employees say about the executives at Signet Jewelers

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Pros of working at Signet Jewelers

Health insurance and a desk job

Cons of working at Signet Jewelers

Leadership that does not listen to employees and blatantly lies. No work life balance. Only yes men rewarded. Repeats history of bad choices.

Signet Jewelers benefits

Jewelry discount

What do you like best about Signet Jewelers's CEO and the leadership team?

Nothing. All leadership who was trust worthy and dedicated to the people have left, retired or been fired. Current leadership is just aiming to fill their pockets as much as they can before sinking the ship

How would you improve Signet Jewelers's culture?

Go back in time about 20 years and don't do anything the same past then.

How did you prepare for the Signet Jewelers interview?

Reading the job description and having questions for them prepared

How does your compensation at Signet Jewelers compare to the industry average?

Pitiful. Most skilled people could make 5 bucks more an hour managing a taco bell and the oldest workers make the least

What's the diversity at Signet Jewelers like?

A lot of lip service but not much else

What brings you the most joy at Signet Jewelers?

Going home

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Signet Jewelers may also be known as or be related to Ratner Group (1949–1993) Signet Group plc (1993-2008), Signet Jewelers, Signet Jewelers Limited and Signet Jewelers Ltd.