Brandon de Bruin joined Gem Diamonds from Clifford Chance LLP, one of the world’s leading international law firms. Practising in New York and London, he specialised in Debt and Equity Capital Markets and Corporate Finance. Brandon gained extensive commercial and legal experience in international corporate and finance transactions working for clients such as Citigroup, UBS, JPMorgan, ABN Amro and Bank of America. He also gained valuable experience in stock exchange listings in London, Luxembourg and New York. At Gem Diamonds, Brandon has led numerous corporate and financial transactions and managed the Group’s Sales, Marketing and Manufacturing division. In 2017, Brandon headed up the Group’s Business Transformation program as the Chief Business Transformation Officer and recently, following his appointment in 2019 as the Group Operations and Business Transformation Executive, he has been appointed as the Group’s Chief Operating Officer. He was appointed to Letšeng Diamonds Board of Directors in February 2014. Brandon has a Bachelor of Commerce Degree (Economics and Business Economics) and a Bachelor of Laws Degree from the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa. He is a qualified attorney in South Africa and a solicitor in England and Wales.
