Advisory Group

Saleem Ali – University of Vermont

Ernie Blom – President, World Federation of Diamond Bourses, South Africa

Abu Brima – Network Movement for Justice & Development, Sierra Leone

John Cassara – Author; ex-US Treasury Department

Abbey Chikane – CEO, State Diamond Trader, South Africa, past Chair, Kimberley Process

Chris Davis – Fairtrade Foundation, London

Peggy Jo Donahue - Donahue & Associates

Amir Dossal – Executive Director, UN Fund for International Partnerships

Kevin D’souza – Wardell-Armstrong Consulting Group UK

Chaim Even-Zohar – Tacy Ltd., author, journalist, consultant, Tel Aviv

Jeffrey Fischer – President, International Diamond Manufacturers Association, New York

Nigel Fisher – President and CEO, UNICEF Canada, Toronto

Simon Gilbert - Diamond Industry Expert/Consultant

Darci Glass-Royal – Foundation for Environmental Security & Sustainability, Washington

John Hall – Rio Tinto Diamonds, Antwerp

Karen Hayes – PACT, London

Eli Izhakoff – Chairman and CEO, World Diamond Council, New York

Baudouin Hamuli Kabarhuza – CEDADEP, Kinshasa

Usman Kamara – Ministry of Mineral Resources, Sierra Leone

Ben Kinzler – International Diamond Manufacturers Association, New York

Dr. Martin Leake – BHP Billiton

Rosemary McCarney – CEO, PLAN; Canada

Paul Mitchell – Secretary General, International Commission on Mining, London

António Pedro – United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Addis Ababa

David Pratt – former Minister of Defense, Ottawa, Canada

Martin Rapaport – Rapaport Group of Companies

Christopher Sheldon – Communities & Small Scale Mining Secretariat, World Bank

Ray Simmons - Founding Director and President of the Foundation for Environmental Security and Sustainability

Bernard Taylor – Executive Director, Partnership Africa Canada,Ottawa, Canada

Salil Tripathi – International Alert, London

Steven Ursino – International Development Consultant

Greg Valerio – Association for Responsible Mining, Chichester

Prof. Alyson Warhurst – University of Warwick, founding director of Maplecroft Consulting

Dr. John Watson – International Development Consultant, Ottawa, Canada

Alex Yearsley – Global Witness, London

Edward Zwick – Film Producer and director (Glory, Last Samurai, Blood Diamond)