An array of figures in the Belgian diamond community were recipients of a royal honor on July 10, 2006 with most of them directors of the Beurs voor Diamanthandel, Anywerp’s largest diamond exchange. The award ceremony took place in the boardroom of the Beurs voor Diamanthandel, and it was presided over by Camille Paulus, Governor of the Province of Antwerp. “We feel these distinctions are a tribute to the daily efforts made by the Antwerp diamond community to reinforce Antwerp’s role as World Diamond Centerâ€, comments HRD’s president Jacky Roth%%The the following leading figures of the diamond industry were honored:$${[Artur Beller, Beurs voor Diamanthandel president of the Belgian Federation of Diamond Bourses, who was proclaimed a Commandor in the Order of Leopold II ][Jacky Roth, Beurs voor Diamanthandel vice president and president of the HRD, who was proclaimed a Commandor in the Order of the Crown][Yves Diamant, a Beurs voor Diamanthandel director, was proclaimed a Knight in the Order of Leopold II][Bernard Glass, a Beurs voor Diamanthandel director, who was proclaimed a Knight in the Order of Leopold II][Bernard Weinberg, a Beurs voor Diamanthandel director, was proclaimed a Knight in the Order of Leopold II][Alain Majerczyk, a Beurs voor Diamanthandel director, who was proclaimed a Knight in the Order of Leopold II][Freddy Prezerowitz, a Beurs voor Diamanthandel director, who was proclaimed a Knight in the Order of Leopold II.][Paul Goris, a Beurs voor Diamanthandel director and chairman of Antwerp Diamond Bank, was proclaimed an Officer in the Order of Leopold II.][Freddy Hanard, managing director of the HRD, was proclaimed an Officer in the Order of Leopold II.]}
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