New boss for NDTC
Eiseb appointed to take over at the diamond trading company.
The Namibia Diamond Trading Company (NDTC) board of directors has announced the retirement of chief executive officer Shihaleni Ellis Ndjaba.
Ndjaba had led the pioneering entity for 11 years. He is succeeded by Brent Eiseb, who previously served as senior manager for sales and marketing. Eiseb’s appointment is effective from 1 January 2019.
Ndjaba served as director of operations in the ministry of fisheries and marine resources before he took up the role of deputy permanent secretary in the ministry of finance.
He was later appointed as permanent secretary in the ministry of works, transport and communication in 2005. In the same year he made his debut in the diamond industry when he was tasked to lead the government negotiating team to negotiate the sales agreement between Namibia and the De Beers Group.
This agreement paved the way for the establishment of NDTC, among other developments that supported further development in the diamond industry. Ndjaba briefly served as NDTC’s first board chairperson in 2007 and was then appointed as CEO in 2008.
He has overseen the establishment and growth of NDTC, resulting directly in the expansion of the local diamond manufacturing industry and realising downstream beneficiation.
The Namibian diamond sector has seen significant improvements in a number of areas such as skills development and technology.
Eiseb started with the De Beers group 23 years ago when he joined as a trainee sorter. After completing 12 months of on-the-job training, Eiseb joined the rough diamond division and occupied a variety of roles over the next few years.
During this time he took up a secondment to the De Beers UK office which laid the foundation for what would become his deep-rooted passion for diamonds.
After ten years in the rough diamond division, he joined the sales team in London before returning to Namibia in December 2007.
After the migration of sales from London to Botswana, he relocated to Gaborone to take up the role of vice president sales Eastern Hemisphere for De Beers Global Sightholder sales, responsible for the Indian and the Far East markets.
returned to Namibia in May 2016 as senior manager for sales and marketing at NDTC and was instrumental in the successful implementation of the new Namibian sorting, valuing, sales and marketing agreement.
Ndjaba had led the pioneering entity for 11 years. He is succeeded by Brent Eiseb, who previously served as senior manager for sales and marketing. Eiseb’s appointment is effective from 1 January 2019.
Ndjaba served as director of operations in the ministry of fisheries and marine resources before he took up the role of deputy permanent secretary in the ministry of finance.
He was later appointed as permanent secretary in the ministry of works, transport and communication in 2005. In the same year he made his debut in the diamond industry when he was tasked to lead the government negotiating team to negotiate the sales agreement between Namibia and the De Beers Group.
This agreement paved the way for the establishment of NDTC, among other developments that supported further development in the diamond industry. Ndjaba briefly served as NDTC’s first board chairperson in 2007 and was then appointed as CEO in 2008.
He has overseen the establishment and growth of NDTC, resulting directly in the expansion of the local diamond manufacturing industry and realising downstream beneficiation.
The Namibian diamond sector has seen significant improvements in a number of areas such as skills development and technology.
Eiseb started with the De Beers group 23 years ago when he joined as a trainee sorter. After completing 12 months of on-the-job training, Eiseb joined the rough diamond division and occupied a variety of roles over the next few years.
During this time he took up a secondment to the De Beers UK office which laid the foundation for what would become his deep-rooted passion for diamonds.
After ten years in the rough diamond division, he joined the sales team in London before returning to Namibia in December 2007.
After the migration of sales from London to Botswana, he relocated to Gaborone to take up the role of vice president sales Eastern Hemisphere for De Beers Global Sightholder sales, responsible for the Indian and the Far East markets.
returned to Namibia in May 2016 as senior manager for sales and marketing at NDTC and was instrumental in the successful implementation of the new Namibian sorting, valuing, sales and marketing agreement.
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