Adonis Pouroulis, (Executive Chairman) aged 38, is a mining engineer with a mining degree from the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. On leaving University he was involved for one year working in South African gold mines thereafter for a further year investigating mining propositions in the former Soviet Union. In 1997 he created and founded Petra Diamonds Limited and floated the company on the AIM of the London Stock Exchange in April of the same year.

Johan Dippenaar (CA), (Chief Executive Officer) aged 50, was previously the CEO of Crown Diamonds. He is a chartered accountant by profession and a member of the Chartered Accountants of South Africa with over 17 years’ experience in the management of companies of which 15 years has been in the management of mining companies.

David Abery (ACA), (Finance Director) aged 44, is a Chartered Accountant (ICAEW), who brings to Petra extensive experience as a finance Director in both the South African and UK business environments, as well as an in-depth knowledge of AIM. Prior to Petra, Mr Abery was Finance Director of Mission Testing plc, the Gatwick based software testing consultancy successfully floated on AIM in December 2000. Before that, he was Head of Finance for Tradepoint Financial Networks plc (consequently renamed Virt-x plc), the high-tech electronic stock exchange which was also quoted on AIM.

Jim Davidson, (Technical Director) aged 62, was previously Technical Director of Crown. He is responsible for all Petra’s geological matters and group technical development. He is a qualified geologist and a member of the Geological Society of South Africa with over 20 years experience in mine management.

Volker Ruffer, (Non-executive Director) aged 68, consults for KPMG Frankfurt where he specialises in international tax planning, mergers, acquisitions and company re-organisations. He was previously managing partner from 1972 to 1994. He holds a Masters degree in business administration from the University of Munster, Germany.  He is a member of Petra's Audit and Remuneration committees.

Charles Segall, (Deputy Chairman and Non-executive Director) aged 65, is a director of the Atlantic Trust Company Limited of South Africa where he specialises in providing trustee services. He is admitted as an attorney of the High Court of South Africa.  He is the Chairman of Petra's Audit and Remuneration committees.