WFDB Presidents' Meeting Opens
April 11, 11WFDB President Avi Paz, and members of the Trade and Promotion Committee, expressed their deep sorrow over the sudden death of committee chair and deputy-treasurer Hager.
Paz appointed Trade and Promotion Committee vice chair Suresh Hathiramani, president of the Diamond Exchange of Singapore, as acting chair. Hathiramani asked Rami Baron, president of the Diamond Dealers Club of Australia, to serve as vice chair.
The Trade and Promotion Committee discussed the strengthening of the WFDB Mark, the quality mark of the WFDB, used by some 1,250 bourse members worldwide. They also debated the introduction of the WFDB Retail Mark that will soon be launched in the downstream market.
The official opening of the WFDB 2011 Presidents' Meeting is today (Tuesday).