WP Diamonds’ Luxury Experts

Meet WP Diamonds’ Luxury Experts

WP Diamonds’ highly experienced luxury expert team is second to none in the industry. Our knowledge, scale, professionalism and marketing leading prices have resulted in over 1,000 satisfied customer reviews.

Since launching in 2012, WP Diamonds has traded hundreds of millions of dollars of diamonds, jewelry, watches, sneakers and handbags. With offices in the US, UK, Hong Kong and Tokyo, sell online or meet with our luxury experts in person.

Andrew Brown

CEO

Andrew graduated from UCE Birmingham, UK with a B.A. (Hons) in Accounting in 1994 and went on to gain an MBA in Finance & Accounting from NYU Stern and a MS in Real Estate Development at NYU. He has worked in a variety of financial roles, including M&A at Activision Inc., corporate finance at HSBC Investment Bank and equity research at Morgan Stanley. Latterly, he worked in private equity at MMC Capital, and went on to launch his own real estate development company based in New York.

Andrew co-founded WPDiamonds’ parent company in 2010 and launched WP Diamonds in 2012. Andrew has spearheaded the team and the company’s growth through product extensions (from diamonds to branded jewelry to watches to handbags) and geographic expansion (US to UK to Hong Kong to Japan).

Louise Lieblich

Head of Diamonds & Jewelry

Louise graduated from Purchase College with a B.A. and went on to attain a Master’s Degree, specifically related to the auction business, and the identification and dating of antiques, jewelry and other areas of sale, from Sotheby’s Institute of Art.

A founding employee and a 20 year diamond industry veteran, Louise manages the diamond and jewelry buying team and the inventory processing team (handling the re-cutting and certification of diamonds, repair of jewelry and their preparation for sale).

Thomas Pozsgay

Head of Fine Watch Division

Thomas Pozsgay has worked in the luxury watch business for over 35 years. For the past 27 years his area of expertise has been the pre-owned luxury watch market. He began his career as a sales associate at one of the largest watch retailers in the country. His main experience came with Tourneau a leading authorized watch retailer for top brands. After valuing 1000s of watches he is considered by many to be a leading watch expert in the USA. Constantly analyzing the ever changing pre-owned watch market he is able to offer competitive prices to the company’s clientele.

Maya Ali

Head of Handbags

Maya started in the resale industry late 2014 working at Designer Exchange Knightsbridge, her intrigue and curiosity drove her from sales to authentication and pricing handbags. Maya then went on to join Cudoni as head of authentication where she expanded and developed her skills from handbags to clothing, accessories and footwear. Whilst constantly learning on the job, Maya became a vital part of the resale industry in London by giving opinions and valuations with 7 years of authentication experience under her belt.

True to her passion in 2022 Maya joined WP Diamonds to lead the handbag division in New York where she is responsible for pricing, training, and ensuring all our products go through a rigorous authentication process.

Leah Goldblatt

Sales Director, Consumer VIP

Leah graduated from FIT with a B.S. in International Trade and brings a wealth of luxury experience. Most recently, over eight years at The RealReal, Leah established the successful branded jewelry and watch division. Leah was the leading performer company-wide for over seven years, responsible for building a merchandising channel into a formidable division via procurement with major jewelry brands and manufacturers.

Previously, Leah had a 15 year career in television, working as a celebrity stylist at three major TV studios: Sony Television, Viacom and Paramount Pictures. Leah also founded Edited Jewels, LLC, where she curated fine jewelry brands for special events. A thought leader in the industry, Leah has served on think-tank panels for luxury brands, including Lalique and Cartier.

At WP Diamonds, Leah has launched two world-class, white glove teams; one to source fine jewelry, watches and handbags from high net worth individuals via in-home appointments, and a second to handle Trust and Estates.

Client Services

Throughout the selling process, you will work with our dedicated Client Services team who can expertly handle any questions or queries you may have about selling diamonds, jewelry or watches. Once you complete the online form, Mark Salinaro (646 758 0274), Emre Kocahasan (646 758 0238) or Zachary Learned (646 758 0276) will be in touch.

Mark Salinaro

Head of Client Services

Graduated from Furman University with a B.A. in Business Administration, Mark went on to be a professional poker player, making the final table at The World Series of Poker. Having joined WP Diamonds in 2013, Mark has managed the consumer buying team for the last two years and has purchased approximately $20mm of diamonds, jewelry and watches from consumers.

Matthew Jacobson

Head of Finance

Matthew graduated from the University of Maryland with a BS in Marketing and went on to obtain an MS in Accounting from the American University. He is both a licensed CPA and a CFA charterholder. He began his career in public accounting at CBIZ, providing audit, tax and advisory services to corporate, federal government and nonprofit clients.

Having joined WP Diamonds in 2012, Matthew oversees the finance and accounting function and is responsible for day to day financial activity, internal and external reporting, FP&A, audits and regulatory filings.

Ella Morgan

Head of Marketing

Ella graduated from the University of Exeter with a BA in Modern Languages in 2012 and joined the WP Diamonds team in 2014. Starting her career in digital marketing in London, she focused on high growth startups before moving to New York in 2013.

Ella is responsible for all aspects of marketing, including SEO, PR, website development, PPC campaigns, affiliate programs, social media, email campaigns and the marketing strategy for our e-commerce channel, myGemma.