Eminent personality of the Belgian diamond industry, Mr. Jacky Roth has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the World Diamond Council. His name was proposed by the presidents of all four Belgian diamond exchanges, and WDC President Eli Izhakoff. "We are indeed privileged to have an individual with Jacky's breadth of knowledge and experience on the WDC Board of Directors," said Mr. Izhakoff. "I am confident that he will play a valuable role in helping the WDC fulfill its valuable mission." %% In his tenure serving the Belgian diamond industry, Mr. Roth’s achievements include being elected to the board of the Beurs voor Diamanthandel (Antwerp Diamond Bourse), serving at various posts at the diamond exchange and at the Federation of Belgian Diamond Bourses, as a board member of the HRD (Diamond High Council), which was restructured into the Antwerp World Diamond Center (AWDC) in 2006. He was elected as its president in 2004, and after retiring earlier this year he was named the AWDC Honorary President. In 2005 he was decorated with the title of Commander in the Order of Leopold II by King Albert II.