Following the resignation of Simon Teakle as U.S. head of jewelry to join an established jeweler on the East Coast, Rahul Kadakia has been appointed as the new head of Christie’s jewelry in the Americas. Now a senior specialist at Christie’s Geneva, Kadakia will assume his position on Oct. 4, 2004.

Kadakia was born in Bombay into a family of jewelers and began his career at Christie’s London in 1996.