Matthew W. Barrett  - Corporate Director. Director since January 2008

Matthew Barrett brings over 40 years of extensive experience in international banking and finance to the Board.  Appointed a director in January 2008, Mr. Barrett is the former Chairman and CEO of Barclays PLC. He began his career at the Bank of Montreal in 1962 where he held a variety of management positions in international banking and treasury during his 37 year tenure. In 1989, he was appointed Chief Executive Officer and was named Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in 1990. He currently serves on the board of directors of Goldman Sachs Bank USA, Samuel, Son & Co. Ltd., and Samuel Manu-Tech Inc. He also serves on the Advisory Board of National Bank of Kuwait. Mr. Barrett is an officer of the Order of Canada.

Micheline Bouchard  - Corporate Director. Director since January 2008

Appointed to the Board in January 2008, Ms Bouchard has considerable expertise in executive leadership and business development.  Ms. Bouchard is the former President and Chief Executive Officer of ART Advanced Research Technologies.  She is also former Global Corporate Vice-President, Enterprise Services at the head office of Motorola Inc. in Chicago after serving as President and Chief Executive Officer of Motorola Canada in Toronto.  Earlier in her career, Ms Bouchard served as Vice-President Business Development at Hewlett-Packard Canada Ltd.  She currently serves on the board of directors of Telus Corporation. Ms Bouchard is a member of the Order of Canada. 

David Carey - President, Hearst Magazines. Director since September 2010.

David Carey brings extensive experience in international publishing and business development to the Board.  Appointed a director in September 2010, Mr. Carey is currently the President of Hearst Magazines.  Previously, Mr. Carey was group president at Condé Nast, where he served as a member of the company’s executive committee and co-lead on all business development efforts, and in other positions at Condé Nast since 1995.  Prior to that, he held business development and marketing positions at Hearst Magazines before becoming the founding publisher of SmartMoney in 1992.   Mr. Carey currently serves on the Executive Committees of the American Advertising Federation and the Magazine Publishers of America.  He is also a board member of the Young Presidents’ Organization and a member of the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism Advisory Committee.  Mr. Carey is a graduate of UCLA.

Robert A. Gannicott - Chairman of the Board & Chief Executive Officer. Director since June 1992

Robert Gannicott brings over 35 years’ experience in the mining industry to the Board. Mr. Gannicott has been a director of Harry Winston Diamond Corporation since the Company’s inception in 1992.  He was appointed President and CEO in September 1999, and Chairman and CEO in July 2004. A geologist, Mr Gannicott has worked extensively in the Northwest Territories and Greenland.

Noel Harwerth - Corporate Director. Director since June 2008

Appointed a director in June 2008, Ms. Harwerth brings considerable experience in the financial services industry particularly in the areas of governance, risk management and taxation to the Board.  In 2003, Ms Harwerth retired from her position as Chief Operating Officer of Citibank International PLC.  Prior to that, she served as Chief Tax Officer of Citigroup, Dun & Bradstreet Corporation and Kennecott Copper Corporation where she worked on large complex international mining transactions. Ms Harwerth currently serves on the board of directors of Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance, Logica Group, Impellam Group PLC, and is Deputy Chairman of Sumitomo Mitsubishi Banking Europe. Ms. Harwerth was appointed by the UK Government to the Horserace Totalisator Board.

Daniel Jarvis - Vice Chair and Chief Financial Officer of Concert Properties Ltd.  Director since June 2008

Daniel Jarvis contributes significant financial and executive expertise to the Board. Appointed a director in June 2008, Mr. Jarvis is currently Vice Chair and Chief Financial Officer of Concert Properties Ltd., a real estate development and investment firm.

From 1989 to 2007 Mr. Jarvis held a number of senior executive positions with Intrawest Corporation; including Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Jarvis was instrumental in taking Intrawest public in 1990 and guided the financial strategy of the company as it grew from a regional multi-family real estate developer to become North America's largest resort developer and a leading operator of year-round resorts. Previously, Mr. Jarvis had been Chief Financial Officer of BCE Development Corporation and Treasurer of BCE, Canada's largest telecommunications company.

Mr. Jarvis has served on the boards of Intrawest Corporation, BCE Development Corporation, New Brunswick Telephone Limited, Canada Tourism Commission, and BC Pavilion Corporation.

Mr. Jarvis holds a BA (Hons) in Economics from Queens University and an MBA from Harvard University.

Jean-Marc Loubier  - Chief Executive Officer of HKL Holdings

Appointed to the Board in December 2010, Mr Loubier has extensive international experience in the luxury, fashion and retail industries.  Mr. Loubier is the Chief Executive Officer of HKL Holdings, a company conducting reorganizations and facilitating repositioning processes of international companies in Europe and Asia.  Prior to joining HKL, he was the Chief Executive Officer of ESCADA AG from June 2007 to June 2008 and was a member of its supervisory board and chairman of its strategy committee since November 2006.  Mr Loubier had held key managing positions for 16 years in the LVMH Group.  He joined Louis Vuitton Malletier in 1990 as Director of Communications, and was later the Executive Vice President until 2000.  From 2000 to 2006, Mr Loubier was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Celine and was a board member of Comite Colbert, French Association of Luxury Companies.  He currently serves on the board of Trinity Ltd. as a non-executive independent director.  Mr. Loubier graduated from Institut d’ Etudes Politiques de Paris, France, and obtained a Master of Business Administration degree from HEC (Hautes Etudes Commerciales), France, in 1983.

Laurent E. Mommeja  - Corporate Director. Director since June 2004

A director since June 2004, Laurent Mommeja has extensive marketing experience in the luxury goods industry.  He currently sits on the managment board of Emile Hermès SARL, the Active Partner of Hermès International SCA.  Mr. Mommeja was the Managing Director of Hermès Maison and President of La Compagnie des Arts de la Table, a subsidiary of Hermès International.  Previously, he was the Europe and Middle East Director of Hermès International. Prior to that, Mr. Mommeja lived in the United States for 14 years where his last assignment for eight years was President and CEO of Hermès Paris Inc., the US subsidiary of Hermès International.  Mr. Mommeja has had assignments in various different countries during his 29 years with Hermès.  He also sits on the boards of Emile Hermès SARL, Hermès Sellier SA and Alain Ducasse Group.

J. Roger B. Phillimore - Corporate Director. Director since November 1994.

A director of Harry Winston Diamond Corporation since 1994, Roger Phillimore brings considerable expertise in natural resources to the Board. For 20 years up to 1993, he was employed by Anglo American, including 11 years as an executive director of Minorco S.A. He is the Chairman of Lonmin plc, a mining corporation based in Britain.