A number of figures in the Belgian diamond community were recently given royal honors. Most of the recipients at the July 10 ceremony are directors of the Beurs voor Diamanthandel, Antwerp’s largest diamond exchange.

 

The ceremony, which was presided over by Camille Paulus, Governor of the Province of Antwerp, took place in the boardroom of the Beurs voor Diamanthandel, reports the Antwerp Facets News Service.

 

“We feel these distinctions are a tribute to the daily efforts made by the Antwerp diamond community to reinforce Antwerp’s role as [a] world diamond center,” said HRD president Jacky Roth.

 

The recipients of the awards were:

 

• Artur Beller, Beurs voor Diamanthandel, president of the Belgian Federation of Diamond Bourses, was proclaimed a Commander in the Order of Leopold II.

• Jacky Roth, Beurs voor Diamanthandel, vice president and president of the HRD, was proclaimed a Commander in the Order of the Crown.

• Yves Diamant, a Beurs voor Diamanthandel director, was proclaimed a Knight in the Order of Leopold II.

• Bernard Glass, a Beurs voor Diamanthandel director, was proclaimed a Knight in the Order of Leopold II.

• Bernard Weinberg, a Beurs voor Diamanthandel director, was proclaimed a Knight in the Order of Leopold II.

• Alain Majerczyk, a Beurs voor Diamanthandel director, was proclaimed a Knight in the Order of Leopold II.

• Freddy Prezerowitz, a Beurs voor Diamanthandel director, was proclaimed a Knight in the Order of Leopold II.

• Paul Goris, a Beurs voor Diamanthandel director and chairman of Antwerp Diamond Bank, was proclaimed an Officer in the Order of Leopold II.

• Freddy Hanard, managing director of the HRD, was proclaimed an Officer in the Order of Leopold II.