“To blame diamonds – or any gem or metal – for fuelling conflict misses the fact that plenty of good can be accomplished with earnings from natural resources.”
Patrick Mazimhaka, African Union Commission
Senior Advisors
Simon Gilbert - Extractive Industries Management Consultant, UK-Past Member, DDI Board
Jon Hobbs - Responsible Trade & Investment Advisor, WWF; Tanzania- Past Member, DDI Board
Ray Simmons - Founding Director and President of the Foundation for Environmental Security and Sustainability; USA- Past Member, DDI Board
Advisory Group
Saleem Ali – Director, Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, Australia
Ernie Blom – Vice President, World Federation of Diamond Bourses, South Africa
Abu Brima – Network Movement for Justice& Development, Sierra Leone
Abbey Chikane – Past Chair, Kimberley Process, South Africa
Peggy Jo Donahue – Donahue and Associates, USA
Amir Dossal – Executive Director, UN Fund for International Partnerships, USA
Chaim Even-Zohar – Tacy Ltd., Author, Journalist, Consultant, Israel
Jeffrey Fischer – President, Fischer Diamonds Inc., USA
Nigel Fisher – UN Deputy Special Representative for Haiti, Canada
Ronny Friedman – President, Diamond Manufacturers and Importers Association of America
Karen Hayes – PACT, UK
Eli Izhakoff – Chairman and CEO, World Diamond Council, USA
Baudouin Hamuli Kabarhuza – CENADEP, Democratic Republic of Congo
Ben Kinzler – Executive Director, International Diamond Manufacturers and Importers Association of America, USA
Rosemary McCarney – President & CEO Plan, Canada
António Pedro – Regional Director, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Rwanda
David Pratt – Vice President, GCI Group, Former Minister of Defense, Canada
Martin Rapaport – Rapaport Group of Companies, Israel
Bernard Taylor – Director Partnership Africa Canada, Ottawa, Canada
Salil Tripathi – Institute for Human Rights and Business, UK
Steven Ursino – Deputy Special Representative of the UN, Former UNDP Liberia Country Director
Greg Valerio – Jeweller and Activist, UK
Ronnie VanderLinden – Secretary General, International Diamond Manufacturers Association and President, Diamex Inc.
Prof. Alyson Warhurst – University of Warwick, Warwick Business School, UK
Dr. John Watson – University of Ottawa, Former Executive Director, Care, Canada
Alex Yearsley – UN Consultant, UK
Edward Zwick – Film Producer and director (Glory, Last Samurai, Blood Diamond), USA