About Us

Ramon Cortes

Founder, Director, Gemologist (G.I.A)

A graduate of the Gemological Institute of America (G.I.A), Ramon Cortes is a Swiss Gemologist and, for the past 25 years, a high level professional in the gem and jewelery field. Mr. Cortes is sought after for his expertise skills in diamonds, coloured stones, pearls and meteorites.

Before joining the Bucherer team, he headed, during a number of years, a diamond purchasing agency of rough diamonds and diamantiferous prospection in Guinea.

After a few trips around the world in search of stones, he returned to Switzerland. He worked as a top level executive manager for major international brands.

In 2004, he founded his company selling diamonds and jewelry : diams.ch SA