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RAPAPORT...
Marking an official public appearance of De Beers executives on U.S. soil, the Diamond & Importers Association of America (DMIA) hosted its members and the diamond trade for an ''Evening with De Beers'' on January 8, 2013 in Manhattan. Philippe Mellier, the chief executive of the De Beers Group; Varda Shine, the executive vice president of global sightholder sales and Stephen Lussier, the executive vice president of marketing, presented "Diamond Equity and the De Beers Group" to some 300 in attendance.  DMIA's president Ronald Friedman said they've been talking about and planning such an event for a few years. So, it was more than fitting that these three pivotal diamond industry leaders provided what the DMIA leadership refers to as a ''U.S. inaugural address'' to the New York and U.S. diamond industry, he added.
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