About Us
The behind the scenes at Young Diamantaires
About Us
The Young Diamantaires project was launched in 2016 at the 37th World Diamond Congress in Dubai as a discussion group. With now over 500 diamond industry members from all around the world and a number of chapters around the world, we represent the future generations of the diamond industry. Our members come from many different cultures and backgrounds but share a common interest in diamonds as our primary source of income.
Redefining the Next Generation
The overwhelming response from around the world has shown us that this initiative was long overdue. Young Diamantaires from all the major diamond centres have identified a need to communicate with each other taking on challenges and leading the trade into the future with an aim to redefine our industry for generations to come.
Powerful Platform
To provide a platform where discussion can take place on topics relevant to our industry in a respectful manner and without judgement.
Connecting People
Equal Opportunities
Begin to cultivate a path into leadership roles within the industry. One which fosters the goal of women playing an equally prominent role in our industry.
Positive Impact
To support several important projects that we, as a group, can sponsor and contribute too and truly make a positive impact on the lives of those less fortunate and who are part of our industry.
Our Mission
Young Diamantaires operate at the forefront of our industry.
To unite, inspire, and empower the next generation of diamond and jewellery industry leaders and professionals, through, global networking, collaboration, knowledge sharing, experiences and impactful initiatives.
meet our amazing YDOC team
The Faces Behind our Success
We Couldn’t Do It Without Them
Melissa Smet
David Troostwyk
Dr. Adriana Traviati
Mike Asscher
Rachel Sahar
Kevin Vantyghem
Elodie Daguzan
Shai Schnitzer
Christopher Zoettl
Harsh Shah
Harsh Parekh
Prernaa Makharia
Tamar Gabay
Rami Baron
Molefi Letsiki
Alain Zlayet
RAMI BARON
Our Why
The initiative was conceptualised by Rami Baron, a third-generation family jeweller, Former Executive Member and former Chairman of the WFDB’s promotions committee and former President and Vice President of the Diamond Dealers Club of Australia.
Rami identified a need to create a medium and ultimately a platform for the next generation of diamantaires to communicate their ideas, passion and inspiration that our industry needs to bring us into the new century.
"My goal is to challenge our thinking as an industry. We are facing the most difficult times in 100 years . Today we must look to inspire the next generation and not encumber them with our fears and past failures. In the greatest adversity comes opportunity, by accepting that all the premises that we base our decisions on can and must be challenged, the door is open to empowering women, embracing technology , and understanding that only when we look after our those around us and our environment will we once again find the quality of life and business that we all hope to achieve."
Beautiful Message From De Beers
Congratulations to the Young Diamantaires on the launch of their website. I commend them for their vision and desire to change and set the narrative around our industry straight to both that operate in our industry and to those who are outside it; especially our consumers whose demands have progressed from: “Tell me what you do for the environment and your host communities” to “Show me what you do to protect the environment and what you do to add value to your host communities”. As diamonds are the ultimate symbol of love, commitment, achievement and self-expression, we all have a role to play to ensure that every diamond is ethically sourced, that fundamental human rights are not infringed in how we mine each carat and as the rough diamonds we mine and sell continue their journey in the diamond pipeline globally. Furthermore, responsible sourcing is also about developing communities, giving opportunities that wouldn’t necessarily have been available otherwise. Diamonds are a source of good and positive stories and we want to get out there; tell; share and demonstrate these stories. We at De Beers Group are proud of what we do for the communities in which we operate and I am particularly pleased that we were able to demonstrate this to your members when they visited our only remaining mine in South Africa - Venetia Mine in Limpopo Province. I am looking forward to working in partnership with the Young Diamantaires. Together we have the opportunity to shape the future of the industry that all of us are so passionate about.
