World Diamond Council
International Headquarters: 580 Fifth Avenue / New York, NY 10036 / USA
Eli Izhakoff, President / 580 Fifth Avenue / New York, NY 10036 / USA
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE |
For more information, contact Eli Izhakoff, 212-575-8848 Matthew Runci, 646-658-0246 |
Abbey Chikane Named WDC Director
The World Diamond
Council is pleased to announce the appointment of Abbey Chikane of South
Africa as a director of the organization. Chikane joins fellow directors
Sean Cohen, Eli Izhakoff, Peter Meeus, Sergey Oulin, Matt Runci and Shmuel
Schnitzer.
Mr. Chikane most recently served as chair of the Kimberley Process during the period of South Africa’s leadership of that process. He is widely recognized as having skillfully guided the multilateral negotiations between governments, civil society, and industry leading up to the launch of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme earlier this year.
Mr. Chikane’s term as chair concluded at the recent plenary meeting in Sun City, South Africa where Canada assumed the reins of leadership of the KPCS in the year ahead. Mr. Chikane resides in his hometown of Johannesburg, where he is continuing to help reinvent the city that was built on gold.
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