Mustapha Turay

Sierra Leonean & American

Mustapha has been in the diamond industry since 1972. Mustapha attended diamond grading courses at the International Gemmological Institute in Antwerp and the GIA and has a graduate diploma in diamond grading from the European Gem Laboratory. He has also attended an “effective chief executive programme” at the Irish Management Institute, sponsored by UNDP, and two courses at the Institute of Public Administration & Management at the University of Sierra Leone.

Mustapha has undertaken and completed the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca.

  • 2003 to present.

    Manager for DCi in West Africa (Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia).

  • 1999 to 2003.

    Valuer for DCi in Angola, Guinea and Sierra Leone.

  • 1995 to 1998.

    General Manager, GGDO.

  • 1991 to 1995.

    Joint General Manager, GGDO.

  • 1987 to 1991.

    Valuer for the Government Gold & Diamond Office (GGDO), Sierra Leone.

  • 1984 to 1986.

    Valuer for National Diamond Mining Company of Sierra Leone.

  • 1972 to 1984.

    Sorter for the NDMC in Sierra Leone.