Nathalie Colin (born 17 April, 1966) is a French

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er and the director of

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Biography

Colin was born on 17 April 1966, in

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in the town of

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(

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, 88). She graduated fro
Institute de Commerce de Nancy
later she worked for

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in the merchandising department, with

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as the current director. In 1990 in Paris, she started to work as a marketing director for Promotion, a trend-forecasting agency. In 1998, Colin founded her own company, Cultural Sushi, a design agency. In 1999/2000, she relocated to

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, China to start an apparel brand with Olivier Lapidus for a Chinese company (Yimian Group).

Career

In 2006, she joined

under the title of Director of Swarovski. From 2014 to June 2016, her director role extended to Executive Vice President Communication. Since 2006, she has been a member of the Management Board for the Consumer Goods Business (CGB) division.

Publications

Nathalie released a book titled, ''Multifaced(t)s, style yourself with jewelry'', in 2012.

References

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