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Eli Izhakoff, Chairman / 580 Fifth Avenue / New York, NY 10036 / USA

WORLD DIAMOND COUNCIL 3RD ANNUAL MEETING

DUBAI ~ MARCH 29-31, 2004

Hosted by Dubai Metals & Commodities Centre


PARTICIPANTS

Abdullah, Tawfique, Chief Executive Officer ~ Dubai Metals & Commodities Centre

 

Abdullah, Tawhid, CEO - Damas & Chairman - Gold & Jewellery Group ~ Damas & Gold & Jewellery Group

 

Abraham, David, Vice President ~ Diamond Dealers Club

 

Al Ghurair, Essa, Chairman ~ Al Ghurair Group

 

Al Shanfari, Thamer, Chairman ~ Oryx Natural Resources

 

Beller, Artur, President ~ Beurs Voor Diamanthandel & Belgian Fed.Diamond Bourses

 

Blom, Ernest, Vice President ~ World Federation of Diamond Bourses

 

Bossart, Dominic, General Manager ~ Brink's Global Services

 

Boyajian, William E., President ~ Gemological Institute of America

 

Bruns, Jay L., Special Negotiator for Conflict Diamonds ~ United States Government

 

Buckley, Gerard J., Director of Development ~ Gemological Institute of America

 

Carver, Mike, Economic Officer ~ US Consulate, Dubai

 

Cassara, John, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) ~ US Treasury

 

Cavalieri, Gaetano, President ~ CIBJO - The World Jewellery Confederation

 

Chikane, Abbey, Chairman ~ SA Diamond Board

 

Cohen, Babette Goodman, Chairman of the Board ~ I.B. Goodman Co.

 

Coxon, Andrew, Executive Vice President ~ De Beers LV

 

Day, Anthony C., Senior Brokerage Examiner ~ Central Bank of the UAE

 

Dorgelo, Maarten, Executive Vice President ~ ABN AMRO Bank

 

Elbashari, Ahmed, Regional Specialist ~ US Treasury

 

Farah, Tawfic E., Office of Vice President General Counsel ~ Gemological Institute of America

 

Feeney, Patricia, Director, Rights & Accountability in Development ~ Raid Oxford

 

Fink-Hooijer, Florika, Head of Unit DG External Relations/A/2 ~ European Commission

 

Fisher, Jane, Assistant Director Public & Congressional Affairs ~ US Treasury

 

Ford, David, Member of Management ~ HSBC

 

Fox, William J., Director, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network ~ US Treasury

 

Gardner, Cecilia, General Counsel ~ World Diamond Council

 

Gershburg, Mark, Chief Executive Officer ~ EGL USA

 

Gilfillan, Corinna, Campaigner ~ Global Witness

 

Gorban, Alexander, Deputy Head of Department ~ Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Russian Federation

 

Griffith, Colin, Executive Director - Gold ~ Dubai Metals & Commodities Centre

 

Gross, Peter, Global Head ID&JG ~ ABN AMRO Bank

 

Hamutenya, Kennedy, Diamond Commissioner ~ Ministry of Mines & Energy

 

Hanard, Freddy, Regional Head - Europe, ME & Africa ~ ABN AMRO Bank

 

Hine, Christopher, Deputy Managing Director ~ I. Hennig & Co. Ltd.

 

Hoymans, Philip, Broker ~ Bonas-Couzyn (Antwerp) N.V.

 

Izhakoff, Eli, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer ~ World Diamond Council

 

Janes, Terry, Vice President Marketing ~ BHP Billiton Diamonds (Belgium) N.V.

 

Johnson, David, Public & Corporate Affairs ~ De Beers Group of Companies

 

Kasongo, Victor, Chief Executive Officer ~ CEEC

 

Katsyuk, Evgeny, Chief Specialist - Gokhran ~ Ministry of the Russian Federation

 

Kersten, Armand, Compliance Officer ~ ABN AMRO Bank

 

Kiknadze, Irakliy, First Deputy Director-General ~ Al Rosa Investment Group

 

Koster, Roel, Chief Operating Officer ~ ABN AMRO Bank

 

Kuravai, Balakrishnan Rajagopalan, Deputy General Manager - Diamond Branch ~ State Bank of India

 

Kuriyan, Vinod, Correspondent ~ Rapaport

 

Kutepov, Andrey, First Deputy Head - Gokhran ~ Ministry of Finance, Russian Federation

 

Langford, William J., Senior Policy Advisor ~ US Treasury

 

Lebedev, Aleksei, Third Secretary ~ Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Russian Federation

 

Leviev, Lev, Chairman ~ Leviev Group of Companies

 

Leviev, Moshe, Managing Director ~ Leviev Group of Companies

 

Levy, Harry, President ~ Levy Gems

 

Lorie, Roland, Chief Executive Officer ~ International Gemological Institute

 

Magubane, Vukani, Director ~ De Beers Consolidated Mines

 

Malhotra, Ganesh, President ~ Genesis International Services Ltd.

 

Marriott, Martyn, Managing Director ~ DCI

 

Martin, Isabelle, Head of Political Affairs ~ Canadian Embassy

 

Martin, Tim, Chairman ~ Kimberley Process

 

Mayne, Susan, Section Chief, Office of Strategic Analysis ~ US Treasury

 

Meeus, Peter, Managing Director ~ Antwerp Diamond High Council

 

Mehta, Harshad, Director ~ Rosy Blue

 

Mehta, Vasant, Vice President ~ International Diamond Manufacturers Association

 

Moopeloa, Dikgang H.E., Ambassador ~ South African Embassy

 

O'Ferrall, Rory More, Director-Public & Corporate Affairs ~ The De Beers Group of Companies

 

Omar, Abdul, Policy Advisor - Kimberley Process ~ DFAIT

 

Oppenheimer, Nicholas, Chairman ~ De Beers Group of Companies

 

Oulin, Serguei A., Vice President ~ Al Rosa Co. Ltd.

 

Panchekhin, Sergey, Deputy Head of External Relations Department ~ Al Rosa Co. Ltd.

 

Pattanayak, Bijayananda, Regional Head ~ ABN AMRO Bank

 

Perez, Antonio, Director ~ ABN AMRO Bank

 

Ping, Lu, Assistant to Chairman ~ Shanghai Diamond Exchange Administration

 

Qi-mei, Shan, Section-Chief ~ Shanghai Diamond Exchange Administration

 

Ramaswamy, Seshadri, Executive Director ~ The Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council

 

Rapaport, Aryeh, Assistant to Chairman ~ Rapaport Group

 

Rapaport, Martin, Chairman ~ Rapaport Group

 

Runci, Matthew, President & Chief Executive Officer ~ Jewelers of America / World Diamond Council

 

Sallie, Faried, P.A. To the Chairman ~ De Beers Group of Companies

 

Sathak, Najmuddin, Managing Director ~ Beyroha General Trading

 

Schulman, Adam, Director International Operations ~ Rapaport Group

 

Selekane, Louis, Chief Executive Officer ~ SA Diamond Board

 

Shah, Mukesh, President ~ Ratilal Becharlal & Sons

 

Shandliya, Arun, General Manager - Commercial Banking, Local Head Office - Diamond ~ State Bank of India

 

Shtyrov, Viatcheslav, President ~ Republic Sakha (Yakutia)

 

Singh, Harjit, Head of International Diamond & Jewellery Group - UAE ~ ABN AMRO Bank

 

Skinner, Trevor, Examiner ~ Central Bank of the UAE

 

Smillie, Ian, Research Coordinator ~ Partnership Africa Canada

 

Tache, Isaac, Chief Executive Officer ~ Tache Diamonds

 

Tache, Joseph, Chief Executive Officer ~ Tache Diamonds

 

Tolpezhnikov, Leonid, Head of the Precious Metals & Gems Department ~ Ministry of Finance, Russian Federation

 

Van Bockstael, Mark, Chairman Technical Committee ~ World Diamond Council

 

Van den Reeck, Marc H.E., Ambassador ~ Belgium

 

Veerasaksri, Vichian, Managing Director ~ Aquarius Gems Trading Co. Ltd.

 

Verhaegen, Gilbert, Vice President ~ Dexia Bank Belgium

 

Vybornov, Sergey, Chief Executive Officer ~ Investment Group Al Rosa

 

Wright, Clive, Head of Govt. Diamond Office ~ Foreign & Commonwealth Office

 

Xiong, Fang, Chairman ~ Shanghai Diamond Exchange Administration

 

Yearsley, Alexander, Campaigner ~ Global Witness

 

Yudin, Mikhail M., H.E., Consul General ~ Consulate General of the Russian Federation

 

Zimmerman, Jacques, Director - International & Institutional Relations ~ Leviev Group of Companies
 

 

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