Atlas Pearls Ltd. announced the appointment of Mr. Michael Ricci as Chief Executive Officer effective 13 June 2022. Mr. Ricci joins Atlas having spent the last eleven years in the role of Chief Executive Officer for a variety of large private companies. Most notably Mr. Ricci has extensive understanding of the pearling industry having been Chief Executive Officer of the MG Kailis Group for six years, which included the Kailis Australian Pearls business.

Mr. Ricci has also spent eighteen months with John Hardy Jewelry as an expat based in Indonesia. Prior to that Mr. Ricci spent twenty-eight years in CEO, COO and Finance roles across Australia and Asia. Mr. Ricci has a Bachelor of Business from Curtin University and holds a CPA qualification.

Mr. Ricci has a record of success in companies he has led and worked with.