board of directors

International Diamond Laboratories brought together an international team of top experts with a wide-range of management, operational and research experience. Our senior gemologists all have extensive experience at reputed gemological institutes. Our researchers have a strong academic background as well as field experience with leading institutions within the diamond trade. Our management team brings together leading players from all aspects of the diamond trade  

The Board of Directors comprises leading international authorities in the global diamond business:

 

Ahmed Bin Sulayem, is Executive Chairman of DMCC. Prior to joining the DMCC, he served as Assistant General Manager at the Asteco Group of Companies where he was responsible for liaising with various government departments of the Emirate's administrative bodies. He has received several honors in recognition of his role in developing Dubai as leading diamond market.





Malcolm Wall Morris, a commodity and derivatives expert with over 16 years experience in the physical commodity and exchange sectors, brings with him a wealth of strategic development skills and market knowledge. Before joining DMCC in November, 2009, Malcolm spent two years as CEO of the Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange (DGCX) and successfully consolidated DGCX as the region’s leading derivatives exchange for commodities and currencies business. In 2008, Malcolm played the lead role in launching crude oil futures contracts on DGCX, which became the most successful product launch in the exchange’s history and today remain an important part of the exchange’s product portfolio. Previously, Malcolm has been involved in the physical coffee trade, based in Paris and London, as well as helping pioneer the world’s first on-line b2b marketplace for the global coffee trade. More recently, he headed Business Development, Commodity Products, at Liffe, the derivatives business of NYSE Euronext, where he played a significant role in expanding Liffe’s commodity business.

Peter Meeus, International Diamond Laboratories CEO, served as Chief of Staff of the Governor of Antwerp before joining the diamond trade as Director of the Antwerp Diamond Bourse in 1992. He was appointed Managing Director to the HRD, the umbrella organization of Belgian's world diamond center in 1999, a position he held for six years. Early 2006, Meeus moved to Dubai to join the DMCC. As Executive Director Diamonds, Meeus is in charge of implementing the DMCC Masterplan for Diamonds.




Peter Gross previously served as global head of the International Diamond & Jewelry Group at ABN AMRO Bank. Prior to joining the ABN AMRO, Gross spent 24 years with the Chase Manhattan Bank, where he experienced a broad exposure to international banking and took on varied assignments in commercial and investment banking. In recent years, Gross has also been an active participant in the public life of the global diamond community and was one of the original members of the World Diamond Council.





Ian White has over 40 years experience in the diamond industry, working in almost all major diamond markets around the world. He joined the industry as a diamond buyer for the DTC, traveling extensively throughout Africa, before moving to India where was he was instrumental in creating the Government of India/DTC joint. In Belgium, White headed up Diamdel Antwerp, the local selling arm of DTC, before being appointed Managing Director of the Diamdel Group worldwide. For ten years he served as the DTC's Director of Sales in London.

 



"Headquartered in Dubai, International Diamond Laboratories is the only government supported diamond laboratory with an international vocation and one of the few in the Middle East. We are convinced that the trade and retailers of the buoyant Middle East market will find this service a welcome tool to stimulate their business and to support consumer confidence in diamonds.' Ahmed bin Sulayem, Executive Chairman of DMCC.

"International Diamond Laboratories® is built on the existing international standards and practices but will complete them with new technology and better servicing offering higher consistency and more added value to the trade." Peter Meeus, CEO of International Diamond Laboratories.

"As the number of treated diamonds and synthetics increases, the role of laboratories is becoming increasingly important. That also implies a greater responsibility for diamond labs. I look forward to helping International Diamond Laboratories contribute to such a vital role in further ensuring consumer confidence in their diamond purchases,' Peter Gross

"The diamond market has become a rapidly changing environment. Certificates can help manufacturers and dealers in driving their sales. It is an exciting challenge to assist in developing new services that do just that," Ian White