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PARIS, France--The French high jewelry brand, Messika, made a number of organizational changes and appointments to its US operation. Among them, Adam Epstein has joined Messika as director of Sales, U.S. East Coast, South and Canada. His appointment became effective May 20.

Epstein has more than 22 years of experiences in the watch and jewelry industry in North America. He previously spent 10 years at worked at LVMH and Hublot where his last role was director of Sales Wholesale and Franchise Boutiques for the U.S. and Canada. He also spent 12 years in commercial roles with Ippolita and David Yurman.

Epstein will have the mission to develop Messika's footprint in his territories with a focus on elevating the Messika customer experiences at the point of sales. He will oversee sales operations in in the U.S. and Canada by supporting Sonya Giambattista. He will be stationed in New York and will be reporting to Guillaume Cousin, Messika’s managing director of the Americas.

In addition, Messika promoted Samantha Morley to the role of area sales manager, US East Coast. Morley joined the Messika US Commercial team nine months ago. She will report to Epstein and have the responsibility to develop Messika’s business with direct management of designated key wholesale accounts.

Also, Courtney Grafeld is promoted to director of Sales, US West Coast and National Chains. Cousin said that over the past two years, Grafeld was instrumental in developing the Messika brand on the West coast and some department stores chains.