Bruce Cleaver

Bruce Cleaver was Chief Executive of De Beers group, the world’s largest diamond business, from 2016 to early 2023, and thereafter he was the Chair of De Beers for a further year. During his time as CEO, Bruce was also a member of the Anglo American plc Group Management Committee.

In Bruce’s time, De Beers was transformed into a consumer facing, technology led vertically integrated business, with a strong focus on safety, sustainability and innovation. During Bruce tenure as CEO, De Beers significantly improved its safety record, brought a number of new mines on stream, made sustainability a core part of the business, launched Lightbox as a response to lab grown diamonds, and created the first fully distributed diamond blockchain.

Before he became CEO, Bruce was a director of De Beers from 2008 onwards, responsible at different times for exploration, strategy, corporate affairs and commercial matters.

Prior to joining in De Beers Bruce was a corporate partner at Webber Wentzel, Africa’s largest law firm, and worked in corporate finance for 4 years.

He is a non-executive director on various boards, and involved in various non-profit initiatives.