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08 May 2026

Anoop V. Mehta Elected Vice President of World Diamond Council

Anoop V. Mehta was recently elected as Vice President of the World Diamond Council (WDC) at the Annual General Meeting of the organisation held in Antwerp on May 7. The prestigious global body, formed in 2000, is the diamond and jewellery industry’s official representative within the Kimberley Process (KP).

Newly elected WDC President VanderLinden welcomed the election of Anoop Mehta, describing him as “a pillar of both the Indian and global natural diamond trade. His experience, leadership and deep connections across the industry will be extremely important as we continue this work together.”

WDC works along with governments and civil society to end the trade in conflict diamonds and to protect the integrity of natural diamonds and their distribution chain.

Anoop Mehta, who was elected to the WDC in 2022, and also served earlier as Treasurer of the organisation, is the President of BDB, Convener of the Diamond Panel Committee of GJEPC, Chairman and Managing Director of Mohit Diamonds Pvt. Ltd., and an Executive Committee member of the World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB).