{"id":33919,"date":"2025-11-06T11:24:47","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T05:54:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gjepc.org\/solitaire\/?p=33919"},"modified":"2025-11-06T11:48:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T06:18:13","slug":"de-beers-announces-executive-committee-changes-as-coo-burger-greeff-retires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gjepc.org\/solitaire\/de-beers-announces-executive-committee-changes-as-coo-burger-greeff-retires\/","title":{"rendered":"De Beers Announces Executive Committee Changes as COO Burger Greeff Retires"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>De Beers Group has announced key leadership changes as Chief Operating Officer Burger Greeff prepares to retire at the end of the year, marking the close of a distinguished three-decade career with the company.<\/p>\n<p>Kevin Smith, currently Executive Vice President of Corporate Affairs &amp; Strategy, will become Interim Chief Operating Officer from 1 December 2025. At the same time, Eirik Waerness, Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, will take on expanded responsibilities as Acting Executive Vice President of Corporate Affairs &amp; Strategy.<\/p>\n<p>Greeff joined De Beers in 1993 and has played a pivotal role in shaping the company\u2019s technical innovation, operational excellence, and sustainability practices. CEO Al Cook praised his \u201cintegrity, foresight, and unwavering commitment,\u201d noting that his legacy would endure across the organisation.<\/p>\n<p>Smith, who joined De Beers in 1996, has held leadership roles across De Beers and Anglo American, contributing to major strategic initiatives such as the Upstream Origins strategy and the company\u2019s organisational redesign.<\/p>\n<p>Waerness, who joined De Beers in September 2025 after 12 years as Chief Economist at Equinor in Norway, will now oversee Global Communications, Government Affairs, Strategy &amp; Business Development, and Global Market and Price Analysis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>De Beers Group has announced key leadership changes as Chief Operating Officer Burger Greeff prepares to retire at the end of the year, marking the close of a distinguished three-decade career with the company. Kevin Smith, currently Executive Vice President of Corporate Affairs &amp; Strategy, will become Interim Chief Operating Officer from 1 December 2025.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33924,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-33919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v14.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>De Beers Announces Executive Committee Changes as COO Burger Greeff Retires - Solitaire magazine is a International jewellery magazine - India\u2019s leading B2B gem and jewellery magazine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow\" \/>\n<meta name=\"googlebot\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"bingbot\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gjepc.org\/solitaire\/de-beers-announces-executive-committee-changes-as-coo-burger-greeff-retires\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"De Beers Announces Executive Committee Changes as COO Burger Greeff Retires - Solitaire magazine is a International jewellery magazine - India\u2019s leading B2B gem and jewellery magazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"De Beers Group has announced key leadership changes as Chief Operating Officer Burger Greeff prepares to retire at the end of the year, marking the close of a distinguished three-decade career with the company. 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