Edward Asscher named World Diamond Council president

Edward Asscher has been named president of the World Diamond Council (WDC), the international organisation that is charged with leading the industry’s effort to prevent conflict diamonds from entering the jewellery supply chain and with representing it in the tripartite Kimberley Process coalition. Formerly the WDC VP, he assumed the role during a virtual board meeting on June 5, taking over from Stephane Fischler, who had served first as WDC’s acting president, starting in 2017, and then for two years as president, beginning in 2018.