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Peter Meeus to Advise WFDB on Synthetics
Jun 27, 2019 10:28 AM
By Leah Meirovich
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RAPAPORT... The World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) has hired
Peter Meeus as an external adviser. He will be responsible for helping the
organization fine-tune its position on lab-grown diamonds and other industry
matters.
Synthetic diamonds are a huge concern in the industry, and many
trade organizations created in the past 20 years are not geared toward defending
the natural-diamond sector, WFDB president Ernie Blom told Rapaport News
Thursday.
The WFDB’s job is to protect the midstream’s interests,
Blom said. The organization has a large membership base and the power to
discipline its members, which is particularly important when it comes to
lab-grown-diamond issues such as mixing parcels and non-disclosure, he pointed
out.
“This is…new territory [for the WFDB], and it is our
intention to deal with the matter in the most professional and diligent
manner,” Blom explained. “Hence the idea to engage an external adviser.”
Meeus is a government adviser on the diamond trade for the
Central African Republic (CAR), and has served as the managing director of the
Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC) and HRD Antwerp. He was chairman of the
Dubai Diamond Exchange, and is the head of the WFDB’s World Diamond Mark
program.
“His 30 years of experience…as well as his vast network in
Africa, and his knowledge of diamond certification and…lab-grown diamonds, will
provide the WFDB with the proper means to define a strategy to assist our
30,000 members,” Blom added.
Image: Peter Meeus. (World Diamond Mark)
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Tags:
Antwerp World Diamond Centre, AWDC, car, Central African Republic, Dubai Diamond Exchange, Ernie Blom, HRD Antwerp, Leah Meirovich, Peter Meeus, Rapaport News, Synthetics, WFDB, World Federation of Diamond Bourses
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