The newly composed  Board of Directors of the Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC) comprising Samir Mehta, Jacques Weisz (both re-elected), Vimal Lakhani, Nishit Parikh, Amratlal Chetankumar Shah and Rajiv Kothari (newly elected) re-elected Stéphane Fischler as President of the body on a meeting held on June 27th . This will be Fischler’s third term in office. He was first elected as President in 2012 for a two-year term and then re-elected in 2014. 

At the same meeting, Nishit Parikh was elected as Vice-President.

"I sincerely congratulate Mr. Fischler and Mr. Parikh on their election as AWDC President and Vice-President,” said AWDC's CEO Ari Epstein. “I look forward to continuing the excellent cooperation with both Mr. Fischler and Mr. Parikh and our Board of Directors."