Paul Rowley

Between 1986 and 1987 Paul undertook a secondment to DTC South Africa in Kimberley, before taking up a role in the DTC Purchasing Department. This position gave him extensive diamond buying experience in Angola, Antwerp, Zaire, Congo and Guinea.After filling several senior positions in the Purchasing Department, Paul was appointed as Director of the DTC Diamond Division in 2007. In this capacity, Paul was a member of the DTC Executive Committee and served on the boards of DTC Botswana and Namibia DTC.

In 2012, Paul assumed the role of acting Managing Director of DTC Botswana, before taking up the position of Senior Vice President, Operations Midstream at GSS, where he oversaw the day to day running of the operations while preparing for the relocation of the Sightholder sales functions from London to Gaborone.

In January 2014 Paul became Executive Vice President, Global Sightholder Sales and was appointed to the De Beers s.a. Executive Committee.