The Diamond Trading Company (DTC) Botswana announced the appointment of Marcus ter Haar to the position of Head of Sales and Marketing of DTC Botswana with effect from 1st May 2011.



Marcus began his career as a Graduate trainee, subsequent to which he became the Personal Assistant to the former Chief Executive Officer of De Beers, Gareth Penny.



He was later seconded to NM Rothschild as an Investment Analyst in order to further develop his commercial experience, before returning to De Beers as a Corporate Finance Executive (De Beers Group Services) and, more recently, the Group Manager for Business Development at Debswana Projects.



“In his new role, Marcus will be responsible for the sales and marketing function and for leading DTCB’s activities to support the ongoing development of a sustainable [diamond] cutting and polishing industry in Botswana,” DTCB said in a statement.