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Clark has over 20 years experience in the diamond industry holding positions that span the complete supply chain from mining through to retail. Starting off in retail sales and quickly moving into polished buying, Clark's practical experience has included everything from buying rough in Africa; buying polished on all of the worlds major markets; rough and polished trading; diamond and jewelry manufacturing as well as a variety of marketing functions. This hands on experience has enabled him to take a holistic view of the industry that few can share. Most recently Clark's served as Manager of the CanadaMark program for BHP Billiton, the world's largest diversified natural resource company, where he took an unproven branding concept and turned it into a multi-million dollar success story. The CanadaMark program changed the diamond industry by branding the supply chain and for the first time offering a mine to retail guarantee. Clark's past positions include Managing Director, Triton Trading BVBA Antwerp; Vice President, Purchasing, TDS Ltd. Barbados; Director, Loose Diamond Division and Diamond Controller, Spence Diamonds Ltd. | 