We’re like most independents, family owned and operated, we are passionate about what we do, and what you do too. We’re invested, we’ve been listening and we’re here for you.
Established by industry experts with over 70 years combined experience, devoting all efforts in improving the profitability and ultimately the survival of independent business.
Headed by well-known industry leader Josh Zarb and his expert team; Senthil Jayaraman, Summer Gartrell and Emily Lucas, their bespoke offering brings together the best there is in financial acumen, leading technology, strategic and digital marketing, innovation and business know how.
The IJC vision is to create an unparalleled level of one on one support, a true partnership, ensuring independents stay relevant to the upcoming generations of jewellery buyers. By re-educating, rejuvenating and elevating jewellers and supply partners on a new journey of modern retailing, aligning them with vital business checkups, recommended proven strategies and critical best practice initiatives.
Josh Zarb
Chief Executive Officer
Josh has over 22 years’ experience assisting Australian independent jewellery businesses at every level. Previously holding roles in Retail Management, Store Management in one of Australia’s major jewellery chains, General Management and Group General Management. He has served as a past director and vice president of the Jewellers Association of Australia (JAA) and holds an honors degree in statistics. This unique love for numbers yet love for people has served him well to date, and he is always forward thinking with his hands on support for sales, training, digital and traditional marketing and jewellery buying and wholesale and general business assistance. At IJC, Josh manages the direction of the business and ensures a direct personal relationship with each and every partner.
Senthil Jayaraman
Chief Technology Officer
Senthil is perhaps the biggest star on the team, with more than 2 decades of senior IT experience with his financial orientated business systems and business intelligence in wide use all round Australia. He has worked for startups to big financial corporations. Senthil has a ‘hawk-eye’ when it comes to attention to detail and is very passionate on automating the mundane routines in software systems. He has designed and developed the entire central billing suite of systems and integrated with CRM and ERP in his previous roles. When offline, he is a very keen gardener and is an avid cyclist, he also loves to watch his boys playing cricket on the weekends. Senthil's role at IJC will fundamentally be managing the smooth operation of our exclusive ‘Ezi Billing’ and communication platforms.
Summer Gartrell
Head of Marketing
With over 20 years’ experience in supporting independent jewellers, and over 6 years’ experience working in the entertainment and media industries, Summer has an extensive background in knowing the fundamentals in what’s needed for success in retail. Summer is a quality focused creative, and a passionate self-starter who is known for creating some of the most brilliant jewellery campaigns available with her incredibly talented award winning team. She has extensive experience in B2B and B2C marketing and service delivery, and has always taken a collaborative approach in working with a large group of differing independent business wants and needs. There’s not much Summer doesn’t know about all aspects of jewellery marketing. Summer manages all our Marketing, Networking and Communications functions at IJC.
Emily Lucas
Digital Marketing Executive
Emily Lucas is a digital marketing and content specialist with 10 years’ experience in supporting small to medium business owners across a variety of retail industry sectors including jewellery, giftware, homewares, books, media, entertainment, and pet care. Having worked behind a retail counter herself for many years, Emily went on to establish a career in managing digital campaigns from creation through to execution, across a variety of mediums. Understanding a retailer’s time constraints and challenges in keeping up to date with an ever-evolving digital landscape, Emily is a passionate and ever-constant student of the field who loves to teach, share knowledge, and find ways to turn often complex subjects into understandable, actionable goals for business owners.