Jonathan Kendall is retiring!
Jamie Clark, will take charge of diamond laboratories De Beers Group announces that after 20 years with the business, Head of De Beers Group Industry Services and Head of Forevermark Operations, Jonathan (Jonnie) Kendall will be retiring at the end of the year. Jonnie has played an integral role in leading the evolution of many of De Beers Group’s downstream activities since he joined the company in 2001, holding a variety of roles during this time. Key achievements included helping to modernise the company’s approach to building stronger relationship with clients, launching the original Forevermark programme in 2005 and undertaking major marketing campaigns to support De Beers Group’s global leadership position. In recent years, Jonnie led the development and launch of what is today known as De Beers Group Industry Services and the Institute of Diamonds, offering world-class diamond grading, testing, synthetic detection technology and education services to the diamond trade.