Gem Diamonds Appoints Harry Kenyon-Slaney As Director And Chairman

(IDEX Online) – Gem Diamonds has appointed Harry Kenyon-Slaney as an independent Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the company to succeed Roger Davis who will be stepping down at the Annual General Meeting.

Kenyon-Slaney's appointment will take effect after the Annual General Meeting of the company being held on June 6.

Kenyon-Slaney is currently a senior advisor to McKinsey & Co and has over 33 years of experience in the mining industry, principally with Rio Tinto. He is a geologist by training and his experience spans operations, marketing, projects, finance and business development and he has worked in South Africa, Australia and the UK.

Until 2015, Kenyon-Slaney was a member of the Group Executive committee of Rio Tinto where he held the roles of CEO of Energy, and before that CEO of Diamonds and Minerals. Prior to this, he variously led Rio Tinto's global titanium dioxide business, was CEO of Rio Tinto's listed subsidiary, Energy Resources of Australia Ltd, was GM Operations at Palabora Mining Company in South Africa and held senior marketing roles in copper, uranium and industrial minerals. He began his career as an underground geologist with Anglo American on the gold mines in South Africa.