Peter Meeus is chairman of the board of directors, DDE
Peter Meeus
Position: Chairman of the board of directors, DDE
Biography: Peter Meeus has been the chairman of the board of directors of DDE since 2009. DDE is a subsidiary of DMCC and is the first diamond bourse in the region. Meeus began his career as chief of staff for the governor of Antwerp in Belgium, before joining diamond brokerage firm Bonas & Co in 1990. He later became director of the Antwerp Diamond Bourse in 1992.
In 1999, Meeus moved on to become managing director for HRD, an umbrella organisation for the Belgium world diamond centre. He remained in the position for six years, during which the HRD certificate’s market share increased by almost 400 per cent.
Meeus then became executive director for diamonds at DMCC and was responsible for the centre’s masterplan for Dubai’s diamond sector. He graduated with a master’s degree in law from the University of Antwerp in Belgium in 1985.
Contact Tel: (+971) 4 433 6711
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