DUBAI DIAMOND CONFERENCE

Ahmed Bin Sulayem

Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
DMCC

Ahmed Bin Sulayem is the Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of DMCC and has driven its growth from a start-up of 28 member companies in 2003 to the world’s leading international business district in 2025 with over 26,000 member companies from 180 countries, employing over 90,000 people.

Tasked with enhancing commodity trade flows through Dubai, DMCC has introduced to the market a number of value-added products and services under Mr Bin Sulayem’s leadership. In 2023, DMCC was named ‘Global Free Zone of the Year’ by The Financial Times fDi Magazine, for a record ninth consecutive year.

Mr Bin Sulayem oversaw the exponential growth of the DMCC Free Zone master development in Jumeirah Lakes Towers (JLT), a 200-hectare business and residential community in Dubai of over 100,000 people living and working in 87 towers. Mr Bin Sulayem also oversees the development of DMCC’s latest real estate project, the Uptown Dubai district.

Mr Bin Sulayem currently serves as the Chairman of the Dubai Diamond Exchange (DDE) and the Dubai Gold & Commodities Exchange (DGCX).

The Kimberley Process officially appointed the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as the first and only Arab country to Chair the Kimberley Process (KP) in November 2015. Shortly after, the UAE Ministry of Economy appointed Mr Bin Sulayem as the UAE’s Chair of the KP for 2016. Mr Bin Sulayem was reappointed as Chair of the KP for a historic second term in 2024, and again in 2025 as Custodian Chair, marking an unprecedented third term.

Charlotte Rose

President
London Diamond Bourse

Charlotte Rose is President of the London Diamond Bourse, becoming in 2026 the first woman to lead the organisation and the first female President of a World Federation of Diamond Bourses member bourse.

A third-generation diamond professional, Charlotte is focused on strengthening the Bourse’s international standing, modernising its role within the trade and championing the values of trust, integrity and professional excellence. Alongside her presidency, she is Founder of Furlong Auction House, a new, up and coming auction house specialising in fine jewellery. She is also a prominent advocate for the natural diamond sector and the future of the global jewellery trade.

Her leadership is focused on ensuring the diamond trade remains relevant, trusted and commercially strong for the next generation.

Daniel Nyfeler

Managing Director
Gubelin Gem Lab Ltd

A geologist by formation, Daniel did his Master’s thesis in the Limpopo belt in Southern Africa. As part of his PhD in mineralogy at the University of Berne, he worked on a joint research project on superconductors at the IBM Research Lab in Rüschlikon, Zürich, together with Georg J. Bednorz (nobel prize in physics, 1987). He then joined an international management consultancy, where he worked for several years as a strategy consultant. Daniel took over the position of Managing Director of the Gübelin Gem Lab in 2003, overseeing the expansion of the lab to Hong Kong, New York and Bangkok. He also initiated Provenance Proof™, developing a range of groundbreaking tracking and tracing technologies to bring transparency in the value chain of gemstones. Most recently, he and his team developed the deep-learning software Gemtelligence™, which evaluates multimodal analysis data using neural networks to support the work of human experts in determining origin and treatment of gemstones. Daniel is a member of several CIBJO commissions and workgroups.

Daniel Wolfe

CEO
Facent Open Market Administration Inc.

Daniel L. Wolfe is co-founder and CEO of Facent, a fintech company developing an asset-referenced token under the EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA). He is also founder and managing director of Simoleon Long-Term Value, an investment fund focused on blockchain-related businesses and digital assets.

A financial-markets executive, entrepreneur and board director, Daniel has more than 30 years of experience in capital markets, private equity, corporate governance and commodity-linked enterprises. He has served as an independent non-executive director and audit committee chair for leading companies including Uralkali, a global potash producer;UC Rusal, a global aluminum producer;TCS Group, parent company of T-Bank;AFK Sistema;Segezha Group;and Rolf.
Previously, Daniel was Deputy General Director of Onexim Group and co-founded Alfa Capital Partners, which raised more than US$700 million in private-equity funds. He also served as COO of Troika Dialog Investment Bank and as a member of Russia’s National Stock Market Participants Trading Committee and Committee on Settlement and Risk Management.

Daniel holds a J.D. from Columbia Law School and a B.A., cum laude, from Dartmouth College.

Davy Blommaert

Partner
Panis

Davy Blommaert is a Partner at Panis, an accountancy and advisory firm with more than 75 years of history, where he focuses on the firm’s strategic development, international clients and further growth.

Davy started his career in the diamond industry with International Diamond Laboratories (IDL), a subsidiary of DMCC, giving him an early connection to DMCC and Dubai’s rapidly developing diamond ecosystem from 2007 onwards.

He subsequently spent almost two decades in international banking and financial services, predominantly in Dubai. He spent six years with Antwerp Diamond Bank, working across Antwerp, Hong Kong and Dubai, before joining National Bank of Fujairah (NBF). At NBF, he established and headed the bank’s diamond financing activities and subsequently served as Head of Diamond, Government & Large Corporates. He also played a key role in establishing NBF’s representative office in Antwerp.

Throughout his career, Davy has developed extensive expertise in corporate finance, international trade, banking and the global diamond industry, building a strong network across Europe, the Middle East and Asia. He also serves on the Board of the Dubai Diamond Exchange.

Davy holds Master’s degrees in Commercial Sciences, Law and Tax Law, as well as an MBA. His combination of legal, financial, tax and international business experience allows him to advise entrepreneurs and family-owned businesses from a broad strategic perspective.

Edahn Golan

CEO
Edahn Golan Diamond Research & Data Ltd

Diamond Industry Analyst & Founder, Edahn Golan Diamond Research & Data / Tenoris

Edahn Golan has spent more than 25 years analyzing the diamond industry, from rough diamond pricing to consumer buying behavior. He founded Edahn Golan Diamond Research & Data, a research and consultancy firm serving the global diamond trade, and serves as managing partner at Tenoris, which tracks U.S. jewelry sales on a per-transaction basis and provides retail and consumer trend data to the industry.

In 2018, Edahn launched the industry's first wholesale price list for lab-grown diamonds. His research has informed decisions made by major diamond miners, jewelry retailers, financial institutions, and government agencies, and he's been featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, CNN, Business Insider, and Les Echos.

He guest lectures at Antwerp University and speaks regularly at industry conferences, offering data-driven perspective on the questions shaping the diamond and jewelry world, from mining to the showroom floor.

Follow Edahn on LinkedIn and X @edahn, or explore his research at EdahnGolan.com and Tenoris.bi.

Felicitas Morhart

Professor of Marketing
University of Lausanne

Felicitas Morhart is Full Professor of Marketing at the Business School of the University of Lausanne (Switzerland). She holds a PhD in Marketing from the University of St. Gallen. Her research lies at the intersection of consumer psychology, luxury branding, and authenticity and has been published in top international outlets. In 2027, the second edition of her Research Handbook on Luxury Branding will be published. She is the Founder of the Swiss Center for Luxury Research, co-founder of Originalluxury, and co-host of the podcast Luxury on Air together with Deloitte Switzerland.

Hans Schwab

Co-founder
OriginAll Services

Hans J. Schwab is an entrepreneur with extensive experience in founding and co-founding ventures across the technology, aeronautics, and services sectors. For the past two decades, his focus has been on developing platforms and applications to combat counterfeiting and illicit trade.

Prior to co-founding OriginAll, Hans served as Chief Information Officer of a publicly traded Swiss cybersecurity company. Earlier in his career, he spent a decade in various senior roles at the World Economic Forum in Geneva, Switzerland, including as a member of its Executive Board. He also held senior management positions for seven years at a Swiss multinational in the security industry.

Hans was an early member of the OECD Taskforce on Charting Illicit Trade. From 2014 to 2016, he was a
member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Human Rights and the Meta-Council on the Illicit Economy.

Harsh Kamani

Co Founder & Director
Custodia Luxury Goods Trading FZCO

Harsh Kamani is a financial markets professional, entrepreneur and investor with extensive experience across global capital markets, investment advisory and alternative assets. He is the Co-Founder of Capital Custodia, a Dubai-based luxury asset platform bringing institutional thinking, transparency and financial-market innovation to the world of high-value physical assets.

Drawing on decades of experience in financial markets, Harsh is focused on how principles long established in capital markets — price discovery, liquidity, transparency, risk management and institutional custody — can be applied to traditionally opaque luxury markets.

Through Capital Custodia, he is exploring new models that enable owners of luxury assets to discover fair market value, access liquidity and retain greater flexibility over their assets. The platform combines technology, professional authentication, competitive dealer price discovery and institutional custody to create a more transparent and trusted ecosystem.

Jamal Akhtar

Director
BILLITON DIAMOND FZCO

Jamal Akhtar is a diamond-industry professional and entrepreneur focused on the tokenisation of high-value real-world assets, particularly diamonds and coloured gemstones. He combines more than 15 years of hands-on diamond-industry experience with practical expertise in auctions, mine-to-market operations, valuation, custody, compliance, and technology-enabled transaction systems.

His career includes senior commercial and operational roles with BHP Billiton, Dominion Diamond Corporation and Grib Diamonds NV, where he managed diamond sales and auctions, developed auction and inventory-management systems, strengthened customer engagement, and supported mine-to-market supply chains across international markets.

Jamal’s current work centres on developing credible frameworks for the digital representation, fractional ownership and controlled transfer of diamonds and gemstones. His approach addresses the fundamental requirements for tokenising physical assets: reliable valuation, provenance and asset identification, secure custody, transparent ownership records, investor protection and governance mechanisms linking each digital token to the underlying physical asset.

As Director and Shareholder of Billiton Diamond FZCO, he is responsible for diamond and gemstone operations, supply-chain development, compliance, and systems design. He brings a practical industry perspective to tokenisation—bridging the physical diamond trade with digital infrastructure designed to improve transparency, liquidity, accessibility and confidence in the ownership of rare and valuable assets.

Janak Mistry

CEO
Lexus SoftMac

Janak Mistry is the CEO of Lexus SoftMac, the Surat-based diamond technology company known for its rough diamond planning, scanning, manufacturing and grading solutions.

Janak has 41 years of professional experience, 35 of them in the diamond technology industry. He combines deep technical expertise in diamond manufacturing, grading, optical performance and diamond appraiser with leadership across product development, sales strategy and client relationships. He works closely with leading manufacturers and retailers to turn advanced technology into practical business value.

Octonus Oy of Finland and Lexus SoftMac founded Cutwise in 2012 and today supports diamond planning, visualization and trade. Their portfolio also includes the SMART planning suite, Aqua2 Fancy shaping and GALAHAD Compass.

Today, Janak joins the leaders of FCRF for the first public showcase of fancy color diamond wholesale pricing within Cutwise rough planning. This capability lets manufacturers choose planning options based on expected market value.

Jillian Wolk

CEO
Tracr

Kinjal Shah

Responsible Jewellery Council
Head of Asia & Middle East Development

Since April 2015, Kinjal Shah has been making significant contributions as the Head of Asian & Middle East Development at the Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC). With 25 years of experience—20 of which are rooted in the gem and jewellery industry—he is committed to expanding RJC's impact across Asia from his base in Surat, India. Kinjal focuses on cultivating partnerships with stakeholders to raise awareness and drive membership growth within the region. Before joining RJC, he played an instrumental role at a UK multinational company ( I Hennig & Co), where he enhanced relationships within the mid-stream jewellery supply chain while championing global sustainability efforts. His dedication to collaboration reflects his belief in creating a more ethical future for the industry.

Margot Stuart

Co-founder
ORIGINALLUXURY

Margot brings over 18 years of expertise in combatting illicit trade and counterfeiting. As an early member of the OECD Taskforce on Charting Illicit Trade, she has been at the forefront of initiatives co-developed alongside international organizations such as INTERPOL and WCO.

Beyond countering illicit trade, Margot has a proven track record in establishing and scaling startups. Her role in steering operational activities at a MedTech startup has equipped her with a deep understanding of regulatory and quality mandates. Over the years, she has become a recognized subject matter expert in traceability and product data integrity, with profound insights into Sustainable Business Management.

Today, Margot co-leads the ORIGINALLUXURY initiative, uniting over 500 luxury stakeholders and +30 technology partners to promote transparency and traceability. She also serves as the Designated Operator of the DMCC Luxury Innovation Centre, a pioneering hub in Dubai dedicated to accelerating innovation in luxury, empowering brands and technology providers to collaborate, showcase solutions, and shape the future of responsible luxury.

Margot serves on the Advisory Board of Truly Precious, where she contributes her expertise in traceability, transparency, and responsible innovation to support the organization's mission of advancing trust, ethical practices, and sustainability throughout the global jewellery and gemstone ecosystem.

Margot is also an Advisor to Women in Sustainable Luxury, supporting the community in driving high-impact projects, fostering responsible practices, and empowering women shaping the future of the luxury industry. Margot also serves as a jury member for the Packaging Première Luxury & Premium Innovation Awards, lending her expertise in traceability and transparency to recognize the most innovative packaging and product design projects in the luxury industry.

Martin Leake

Executive Director
Martin Leake FZCO

Dr Martin Leake is a diamond and natural-resources executive with more than 30 years’ international experience spanning exploration, mining, sales and marketing, industry governance and government policy. A geologist by training, Martin began his career in mineral exploration and played an integral role in the discoveries of Canada’s Ekati Diamond Mine and the Essakane Gold Mine in Burkina Faso. He subsequently became Vice President and General Manager of BHP Billiton Diamonds Marketing, where he led the commercial strategy for Ekati and pioneered transparent, competitive approaches to rough-diamond sales. Since moving to Dubai, Martin has worked extensively with DMCC and the UAE Government, including as Special Advisor for Precious Stones and Special Advisor to the UAE Chair of the Kimberley Process in 2024 and 2025. He has also served on the Board of the World Diamond Council, the Executive Committee of the World Federation of Diamond Bourses and as Vice Chair of the Responsible Jewellery Council. Throughout his career, Martin has focused on how transparency, competition, technology and better market structures can unlock value. He is currently exploring how tokenisation and blockchain-based ownership models can broaden access to high-value gemstones and create new opportunities for investment, liquidity and trust in the diamond and gemstone markets.

Michael Mintrone

Head of Diamond Department
SSEF (Swiss Gemmological Institute)

Michael joined SSEF in 2022 as a research scientist and is since April 2024 the Head of the Diamond Department at SSEF. He holds a Ph.D. from ETH Zürich in Earth Sciences, specialised in geochemistry and petrology. Today, he is mainly focusing on impurities present in both natural and synthetic diamonds to improve their identification.

He participated in the ASDI-500 development, the first automated device to screen natural colourless diamonds as small as 0.5 mm. He is involved in different research projects on natural, treated, and synthetic diamonds and in several teaching activities at the SSEF.

Mohammed Karam

Associate Director
Precious Metals & Stones, DMCC

Mohammed Karam is Associate Director for Precious Metals & Stones at DMCC, where he supports the development of its precious metals and stones ecosystem and works with industry stakeholders to strengthen Dubai’s position as a leading global hub for gold, diamonds, gemstones, and jewellery.

With over a decade of experience across the gemmological and commodities sectors, Mohammed brings together technical expertise and commercial insight to support industry growth, strategic partnerships, and international trade.

Prior to joining DMCC, Mohammed held several senior positions for Dubai Municipality. He started his career as a gemmologist, developing extensive expertise across gemstone and precious metals analysis before moving into leadership roles combining technical oversight with broader strategic responsibilities.

Mohammed holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in Geology from the United Arab Emirates University. He also studied Gemology at the Gemological Institute of America (GIA).

Molefi Letsiki

Director
Molefi Letsiki Diamond Holdings

• Founder & Director – Molefi Letsiki Diamonds
• President – Diamond Gem & Jewellery Association of Southern Africa
• Treasure General – World Federation of Diamond Bourses
• Ambassador – World Diamond Council [SoW]
• Former President – South African Young Diamond Beneficiators Guild
• Organizing Committee Member - Young Diamantairs

Molefi Letsiki Diamonds is client of SA State Diamond Trader, Petra Diamonds and First Majority Black Owned De Beers Sightholder in the world.

Molefi Letsiki is a South African diamond dealer, industry leader, and second-generation diamantaire whose journey in the diamond industry began long before he ever saw his first diamond.

Raised by a father who worked as a diamond polisher, Molefi grew up hearing stories about diamonds without fully understanding their allure. In a twist of irony, he spent years listening to conversations about these remarkable stones while never having seen one himself. That changed one afternoon after school while waiting for his father to finish work. As he watched a diamond being polished, a flash of scintillation from a stone held in a polishing tang captured his attention. In that moment, fascination turned into passion, and a lifelong relationship with diamonds was born.

Today, Molefi is the Founder and Director of Molefi Letsiki Diamonds, a company that is a client of the South African State Diamond Trader and Petra Diamonds, and proudly became the first majority black-owned De Beers Sightholder in the world. With extensive experience in the diamond trade, including cutting, polishing, trading, and industry development, Molefi has established himself as a respected voice within the global diamond community. He currently serves as President of the Diamond Gem & Jewellery Association of Southern Africa (DGJASA), the unified body representing the interests of the diamond, gemstone, and jewellery sectors across Southern Africa. Through this role, he actively advocates for industry growth, ethical trade, beneficiation, youth participation, and greater value creation within producing countries.

Beyond his commercial achievements, Molefi is deeply committed to youth development and empowerment. While studying Information Technology at Vaal University of Technology, he worked as a radio presenter at VUT FM and served in various youth leadership roles within church organisations in the Vaal region. Throughout his career, he has remained dedicated to mentoring young people and creating opportunities for the next generation of entrepreneurs and industry leaders.

Molefi believes that diamonds are more than luxury products. They are symbols of human achievement, craftsmanship, heritage, and possibility. His philosophy is simple: the industry should not merely polish diamonds for jewellery, but polish diamonds that inspire jewellers, consumers, and future generations alike.

Today, he continues to champion the natural diamond industry globally while helping shape a future that is more inclusive, innovative, and sustainable for all stakeholder.In a twist of irony, he spent years listening to conversations about these remarkable stones while never having seen one himself. That changed one afternoon after school while waiting for his father to finish work. As he watched a diamond being polished, a flash of scintillation from a stone held in a polishing tang captured his attention. In that moment, fascination turned into passion, and a lifelong relationship with diamonds was born. Today, Molefi is the Founder and Director of Molefi Letsiki Diamonds, a company that is a client of the South African State Diamond Trader and Petra Diamonds, and proudly became the first majority black-owned De Beers Sightholder in the world. With extensive experience in the diamond trade, including cutting, polishing, trading, and industry development, Molefi has established himself as a respected voice within the global diamond community. He currently serves as President of the Diamond Gem & Jewellery Association of Southern Africa (DGJASA), the unified body representing the interests of the diamond, gemstone, and jewellery sectors across Southern Africa. Through this role, he actively advocates for industry growth, ethical trade, beneficiation, youth participation, and greater value creation within producing countries.

Beyond his commercial achievements, Molefi is deeply committed to youth development and empowerment. While studying Information Technology at Vaal University of Technology, he worked as a radio presenter at VUT FM and served in various youth leadership roles within church organisations in the Vaal region. Throughout his career, he has remained dedicated to mentoring young people and creating opportunities for the next generation of entrepreneurs and industry leaders. Molefi believes that diamonds are more than luxury products. They are symbols of human achievement, craftsmanship, heritage, and possibility. His philosophy is simple: the industry should not merely polish diamonds for jewellery, but polish diamonds that inspire jewellers, consumers, and future generations alike. Today, he continues to champion the natural diamond industry globally while helping shape a future that is more inclusive, innovative, and sustainable for all stakeholder.

Neil Ventura

Special Advisor
DMCC

Neil Ventura is the Special Advisor to DMCC’s Precious Stones Ecosystem, where he provides strategic counsel to advance the growth, innovation, and global competitiveness of the sector. His role supports DMCC’s position as a global hub for the trade of diamonds and precious stones, anchored by the Dubai Diamond Exchange (DDE) – the world’s largest diamond tender facility.

With over 35 years of international experience, Neil brings deep understanding of the diamond and precious stones industry, including lab-grown diamonds. His full end to end value chain experience spans mining, trading and jewellery, and he has lived and worked across Africa, Asia, Europe, the UK and the Middle East.

He works closely with internal and external stakeholders to shape policy, drive trade facilitation, and enhance global visibility for Dubai’s precious stones ecosystem.

Before joining DMCC, Neil held several senior global leadership positions at De Beers and Anglo American. He led the turnaround and transformation of De Beers Auction Sales business, and breakthrough digital trust platform, Tracr, Lab-grown diamond business Lightbox, and championed inclusive initiatives such as GemFair, supporting responsible sourcing and social impact across artisanal and small-scale mining communities.

In addition to his role at DMCC, Neil serves as an Expert Advisor to the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and sits on various advisory boards including Hydgen (Green Hydrogen). His
experience in corporate strategy, innovation, and technology integration adds further depth to DMCC’s long-term ambitions for the precious stones sector.

Nicolas Freudiger

CEO/Co-Founder
ID Genève Watches

Nicolas Freudiger, co-founder and CEO of ID Genève Watches. After graduating from the Lausanne Hospitality business school and a short corporate career, Nicolas decided to pursue his dream and create a new identity in the world of watchmaking, entirely based on sustainable development and the integration of circular materials that have a lower carbon footprint than the industry average. ID is already backed by impact investors as well as influent Swiss family offices including Leonardo DiCaprio in person.

Olivia Landau

President
The Clear Cut

Olivia Landau is the Founder and President of The Clear Cut and a leading digital authority on natural diamonds. In 2026, The Clear Cut was acquired by Signet Jewelers (NYSE: SIG), the world’s largest retailer of diamond jewelry.

A fourth-generation diamond expert and GIA Graduate Gemologist, Olivia launched The Clear Cut as an educational platform before transforming it into a pioneering direct-to-consumer brand that redefined how a new generation discovers and purchases natural diamonds.

Today, Olivia continues to lead The Clear Cut while helping shape the next chapter of Blue Nile. Her work brings together natural diamonds, innovative technology, and white-glove service to create a more personal and elevated luxury experience for the next generation of consumers.

Olivia has been named to Forbes’ 30 Under 30 and Entrepreneur’s 100 Women of Impact, received Digiday’s Future Leader in Fashion Award, and led The Clear Cut to recognition on the Inc. 5000 list of America’s fastest-growing private companies.

Paul Herman Boots

Senior Director – Head of Sector Development
Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA)

Paul Boots is Head of Sector Development at the Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA), bringing extensive experience across financial services, strategy, technology, innovation, and market development.

Previously, as founding Group COO of Beehive, he helped pioneer one of the region’s first peer-to-peer lending platforms. He also co-founded a boutique advisory firm focused on leadership development and strategic transformation for major UAE-based organisations, with a particular emphasis on AI-driven technologies.

Earlier in his career, Boots served on the executive leadership team at the Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC), contributing to Dubai’s development as a global trade hub. During his tenure, he conceptualised and built DMCC’s commodity trade finance platform and established partnerships with Islamic banking institutions. More recently, he led the creation of a large-scale B2B marketplace for the Investment Corporation of Dubai, further demonstrating his expertise in developing innovative platforms that support economic growth.

A graduate of Babson College, Boots is passionate about leadership, entrepreneurship, and building high-performance teams. At VARA, he leads sector development as Dubai continues to strengthen its position as a global hub for virtual assets and innovation.

Rajesh Kothari

VP - Operations & Market Development
GIA Laboratory FZCO

With over 35 years of illustrious experience in the global gem & jewellery industry, from sourcing rough diamonds internationally, to cutting & polishing, to driving technological innovations that have transformed the industry. His leadership has seen the establishment of cutting & polishing units across Russia, South Africa, Botswana, and multiple cities in India. From his role as Director & CEO at Sarin Technologies India Pvt. Ltd., where he pioneered the integration of diamond scanning technology into manufacturing, to VP–Manufacturing Operations at De Beers, he has always championed innovation. At GIA, as VP–Operations & Market Development EMEA, he continue setting global standards in quality, productivity, and skill development.

Robert Farquhar

Chief Executive Officer, MENA
Ctrl Alt

Robert is Chief Executive Officer, MENA at Ctrl Alt, where he leads the firm's growth across the region with a focus on tokenization and the convergence of traditional and digital finance. He works closely with governments, financial institutions and regulators across the GCC to develop compliant digital asset infrastructure and digital capital markets. Robert's background is in investment banking at Lloyds Banking Group in London, where he structured financial products for non-bank financial institutions. Since relocating to Dubai, he has built and scaled ventures across FinTech and PropTech, developing a close understanding of the region's regulatory, commercial and cultural dynamics. He combines financial engineering discipline with practical execution, supporting governments and financial institutions in bringing alternative assets on-chain at scale. Ctrl Alt served as tokenization partner for the Dubai Land Department's Real Estate Tokenization Project and holds a VASP licence from Dubai's Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA), the first firm to receive an Issuer licence. Ctrl Alt has tokenized more than $1.7 billion in alternative assets across real estate, private credit, funds and commodities.

Robert Wake-Walker

Diamond Industry Strategist and Consultant
WWW International Diamond Consultants

Robert Wake-Walker is a valuation, market intelligence and finance consultant with WWW International Diamond Consultants, an independent diamond valuation, strategy and consultancy firm advising governments, listed and private mining companies, midstream and downstream companies and financial institutions.

Robert’s work centres on rough and polished diamond valuation and on the financing of, and investment in, the diamond industry. He carries out rough diamond valuations for government departments and mining companies, and provides diamond services to banks, structured credit funds, hedge funds and private equity investors. He also advises on fundraising, equity and debt structuring, restructuring, legal risk, diamond industry market data and intelligence, compliance and ESG strategy throughout the diamond pipeline.

Since 1996, WWW has been at the forefront of providing diamond market consultancy services, including rough and polished diamond valuations, to key players in international diamond finance, mining companies and governments, with its fully independent proprietary pricing data.

Before joining WWW, Robert spent over seven years as a lawyer with White & Case LLP in London and Hong Kong, advising private equity funds, public companies and credit institutions on leveraged buyouts, disposals, restructurings and debt finance. He qualified as a Solicitor of England and Wales in 2017.

Roy Safit

CEO
Fancy Color Research Foundation

MBA graduate and serial entrepreneur, Roy brings more than 25 years of business leadership and technology expertise with tech startups, as well as publicly traded companies. Roy is also a veteran working with leading companies that participate in the Diamond sector. Overall, Roy has played key roles in expanding tech companies’ reach in multiple geographies and different sectors worldwide.

​Tzafrir Engelhard

CEO
Sarine Technologies Ltd.

Tzafrir Engelhard has served as the Group's CEO since July 2026. Prior to his appointment as CEO, Mr. Engelhard served as the Group’s Vice President of Business Development from 2017, with responsibility for developing new business lines and strategic collaborations. He previously served as Vice President of Business Development - Polished Diamonds Trade from 2013 to 2016 and as the Director of Business Development from 2010. During 2009, Mr. Engelhard served as the CEO of Sarin India, where he was responsible for the overall management of the operations and business activities in India, including the launch of Sarine’s first Galaxy® inclusion mapping service centre there. Earlier in his career at Sarine, he served as a Product Manager responsible for several of the Group’s products. Before joining Sarine, Mr. Engelhard worked at eTouchware, a software company providing solutions for secure and efficient file transfers over the Internet from 2007 to 2008, and at Cognitens Ltd., subsequently acquired by Hexagon Metrology Inc., from 2004 to 2007. Cognitens developed and sold high-precision, non-contact measurement devices for the global automotive market. Mr. Engelhard holds an MBA from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, specialising in marketing strategy, and a Bachelor’s degree in Optomechanics Engineering from the Technion.