Vipul Shah, the most influential in global diamond industry
People of the Year 2023 released for global diamond industry The world’s most influential and most read diamond-focussed publication Rapaport named Hon Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi among the movers and shakers of the global diamond industry in the year 2023. Other members including Vipul Shah, Chairman, The Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC). Gina Drosos, CEO, Signet Jewelers; Feriel Zerouki, president, World Diamond Council (WDC); Mokgweetsi Masisi, president, Botswana; Gabi Tolkowsky, Belgian diamond cutter; were at the forefront hailed by Rapaport the most powerful/ influential people in the world to shape the future of the diamond industry. Our People of the Year, reflect the realities of 2023, said Rapaport in its foreword. Some of these individuals were directly involved in solving the industry’s acute problems — facilitating India’s freeze on rough imports, for example, or identifying ways to adapt retail strategy to the situation.