Geert van Reisen To head ABN Amro’s Diamond Division

ABN Amro announced on November 30th, 2017 that its Diamond & Jewellery Clients (D&JC) will become part of Trade & Commodity Finance (TCF) within ABN Amro’s Commercial & Institutional Banking business. The…

Graff Buys Peace Diamond For $6.5 Mn

Rapaport Group announced the sale of the 709-carat Sierra Leone Peace Diamond, the 14th largest diamond ever discovered, to the House of Graff for $6,536,360. The diamond was found by a group…

Laurence Nicolas To Head Sotheby’s Jewellery Division

Auction house Sotheby’s appointed Laurence Nicolas as executive vice president, global managing director, jewellery and watches – a position at the junction of two of Sotheby’s fastest growing categories. Nicolas will join…

Ahmed Bin Sulayem To Head Dubai Diamond Exchange

The Dubai Diamond Exchange (DDE), a Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC) platform, confirmed that Peter Meeus will step down as chairman as of January 31st, 2018. Ahmed Bin Sulayem, executive chairman, DMCC,…

De Beers Makes Changes To Executive Committee

De Beers announced three changes to its executive committee. Neil Ventura, currently executive vicepresident, auction sales, will become executive vicepresident, strategy and innovation; Paul Rowley, currently executive vice-president, global sightholder sales, will…

GYAN MUSEUM CREATING HISTORY

Gyan Museum in Jaipur is a fitting tribute by Suresh and Arun Dhaddha to their late father Gyan Chand Dhaddha’s passion for collecting objet d’art from different periods and provenances. The museum…