Celebrating 40 Extraordinary Years / September 2023 | 83 Born in 1958 in Antwerp, Stéphane is a third-generation diamantaire who has been supporting the local and international diamond industry since the 1980s. He served as Chairman of the Antwerp World Diamond Centre for three terms, Secretary-General/ Treasurer of the International Diamond Manufacturers Association and Chair of the International Diamond Council. Stéphane has been much involved with the so-called “conflict diamonds” issue. He was in contact with Canada’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Robert Fowler, in 1999. Their initial meeting took place in Antwerp, followed by another meeting at the UN headquarters in New York. The industry proposed a certification system that became the “Kimberley Process” (KP) and established the World Diamond Council (WDC) in 2000 in Antwerp in the presence of Ambassador Fowler and international dignitaries. Stéphane was elected Chairman of the WDC in 2017 and served in that capacity until May 2020. He was invited early on to join the Diamond Development Initiative and the Responsible Jewellery Council. Stéphane is currently the Chairman of the CIBJO Technological Committee, a member of the Board of Trustees at RESOLVE-Washington DC and a Board Member of the KD museum in Belgium. 第三代鑽石商Stéphane於1958年在安特衛普出生，自1980年代起一直積極支持當地和 國際鑽石行業的發展。他曾擔任安特衛普世界鑽石中心三屆主席、國際鑽石製造商協會 秘書長和司庫，以及國際鑽石理事會主席。他一直積極參與「衝突鑽石」事宜，並於1999 年與加拿大常駐聯合國代表Robert Fowler大使聯繫；首次會議在安特衛普舉行，其後在 紐約聯合國總部舉行了另一次會議。鑽石行業提出了一個認證制度(即後來的「金伯利進 程」)，並於2000年在Robert Fowler大使和國際政要的見證下，在安特衛普成立世界鑽石 委員會(WDC)。Stéphane於2017年當選為WDC主席，並擔任該職務至2020年5月。此外， 他在早期已獲邀加入鑽石發展倡議和責任珠寶業委員會(RJC)。目前，他擔任國際珠寶首 飾聯合會(CIBJO)的技術委員會主席，RESOLVE-WashingtonDC董事會成員，以及比利時 KD博物館董事會成員。 STÉPHANE FISCHLER Former Chairman, World Diamond Council (WDC) 世界鑽石委員會前主席
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