Nishit Parikh of Diarough NV has been elected as AWDC president for the next two years. He is the first person of Indian origin to head the body which is the primary representative organization of the Antwerp diamond sector.
Earlier this month, Parikh was one of the six Indian diamantaires who made a clean sweep of the six elected seats in the AWDC Board. This is his second term as AWDC Director having been first elected in 2006.
Parikh who hails from a family of well known Palanpuri diamantaires, was born in Navsari, India, in 1965. He moved with his family to Antwerp, where his father, Mahendra Parikh, established the Diarough office in 1975.
Diarough, which Parikh heads, employs a staff of 50 in Antwerp, and has manufacturing operations in India, Thailand, Botswana, South Africa and Canada.
“We congratulate Mr. Nihit Parikh upon his election as AWDC President,” said Freddy J. Hanard. CEO of AWDC. “With his intimate knowledge of the diamond business and his long record of public service, he comes well equipped to fill this role. And with his dedication to the continued strength of the Antwerp centre, we are confident that, just like his predecessors, he will loyally defend the interests of all the sectors that make up our business community.”
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