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ICA elects new board of directors
The International Colored Gemstone Association has announced the results of its board of directors election, including the re-election of its president for another term.
Hong Kong--The International Colored Gemstone Association has announced the results of its board of directors election, including the re-election of the president for another term.
ICA President Benjamin Hackman was re-elected for a second two-year term, and the organization’s two vice presidents are Damien Cody and Santpal Sinchawala.
Additionally, Philippe Scordia, Gamini Zoysa and Ehud Harel are the secretaries and Marcelo Ribeiro Fernandes is the treasurer.
Retained to the board as immediate past president is Wilson Yuen from China.
Newly elected members of the board include Gabriel Angarita from Colombia, Stephan Reif from Austria, Alice Muthama from Kenya, Warren Boyd from Canada, Jeffrey Bilgore from the United States, Suttipong Dramrongsakul from Thailand, and Captain Ramji Sharma and Mazaru Mizumura from Japan.
Directors who will continue their terms include Ehud Harel from Israel, Duncan McLauchlan from the United Kingdom, Xianjin Yu from China, Bruce Bridges from the U.S., Philippe Scordia from France, Nirmal Kumar Bardiya and Vijay Kedia from India, Shirley Zhang and Rakesh Jain from Hong Kong, Marcelo Ribeiro Fernandes from Brazil, Pavel Sokolov from Russia and Gamini Zoysa from Sri Lanka.
Meanwhile, the board members who are finishing their terms are Susie Kennedy from Tanzania, vice president Jean Claude Michelou from Colombia, Phuket Khunaprapakorn from Thailand, Fujio Takada from Japan and Sushil Goyal from the U.S.
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