Vincent Pardieu

Vincent Pardieu is a consultant at "VP Consulting". Since 1998 he lead 148 successful field expeditions to colored gemstones producing areas in Asia, Africa, Australia and South America. After studying chemistry in France, he studied gemology in Myanmar (Burma) and at GIA in Thailand. He worked as a Director of the AIGS Lab in Bangkok, as gemologist at the Gubelin Gem Lab and as Senior Manager for Field gemology at GIA. Then after leaving GIA he created "VP Consulting SPC" and advised "Greenland Ruby" and the "Bahrain Institute for Pearls & Gemstones (DANAT)". As field gemologist, he combined his passions for gemology, traveling and nature.