Mr Nicky Oppenheimer will be giving a presentation at RUSI on May 31 at 12:15 where he will discuss the continent's considerable achievements, and its future priorities.
Mr Oppenheimer joined the Anglo American Corporation in 1968 as Personal Assistant to the Chairman, and subsequently worked in the Gold and Diamond Divisions of the Corporation. In 1974 he was appointed a director of Anglo American Corporation, and in 1978 he was appointed a director of de Beers. In March 1990 he was appointed Deputy Chairman of the newly formed Swiss based company, de Beers Centenary AG. Nicky Oppenheimer became Chairman of the de Beers Group on 1 January 1998. On 1 October 2003 he was bestowed with an honorary Doctorate in Technology by the Technikon of Witwatersrand in South Africa. In 2004, he received the Presidential Order of Honour from his Excellency the President of the Republic of Botswana, Mr Festus Gontebanye Mogae.