De Beers Execs to Make First U.S. Official Appearance at DMIA Meeting

Philippe Mellier

(IDEX Online News) – Philippe Mellier, CEO of the De Beers Group and Varda Shine, the CEO of the Diamond Trading Company (DTC) will be the guests of honor and keynote speakers at the General Membership Meeting of the Diamond & Importers Association of America (DMIA) on January 8, 2013. Their participation will mark the first public appearance of De Beers' executives in the U.S.

The event, which is being called "An Evening with Philippe Mellier and Varda Shine" will headline the meeting. The two are expected to make a comprehensive presentation about the De Beers Group of Companies, diamond mining, polished markets, and the state of the international, as well as the American diamond and jewelry industry.  

"The DMIA members are proud and honored to be hosting Varda Shine and Philippe Mellier at their annual membership meeting," said DMIA president Ronald Friedman.

"We have been talking about and planning this event for a few years. So it is more than fitting that these two pivotal diamond industry leaders will be giving what the DMIA leadership refers to as a 'U.S. Inaugural Address' to the New York and American diamond industry."