Gareth Penny (born 1962) is a South African businessman and Managing Director of De Beers. 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... The De Beers Group is a Johannesburg-based diamond mining and trading corporation. ...

Penny was educated at Diocesan College and Eton College, before reading a MA in PPE at the University of Oxford, where he was both treasurer and librarian of the Oxford Union and a Rhodes scholar. The Diocesan College, or Bishops as it is more commonly known, is a private, all-boys school situated in the leafy suburb of Rondebosch in Cape Town, South Africa. ... The Kings College of Our Lady of Eton, commonly known as Eton College or just Eton, is an internationally renowned Public School (privately-funded and independent) for male students, founded in 1440 by Henry VI. It is located in Eton, Berkshire (traditionally part of Buckinghamshire), near Windsor in England... A masters degree is an academic degree usually awarded for completion of a postgraduate course of one or two years in duration. ... Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) is a popular interdisciplinary degree which combines study from the three eponymous disciplines. ... The University of Oxford, located in the city of Oxford, England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ... The Oxford Union Society, commonly referred to simply as the Oxford Union, is a private debating society in the city of Oxford, whose membership is drawn primarily but not exclusively from the University of Oxford. ... Rhodes House in Oxford Rhodes Scholarships were created by Cecil John Rhodes. ...

Penny joined Anglo American and helped establish the Anglo American and De Beers small business initiative. He then helped start a diamond cutting factory in Botswana. Penny was later promoted to the position of Diamond Consultant for Southern Africa in 1996, where he was responsible for the sales of rough diamonds to the South African cutting industry. In 1999, he was appointed manager in charge of the De Beers Strategic Review and in 2001 was appointed director in charge of the Diamond Trading Company’s sales and marketing activities, based in London. In 2002, Penny was appointed to the Board of De Beers Centenary and in 2003 he was appointed to the Board of De Beers sa. In 2004 Gareth became Managing Director of the Diamond Trading Company. Anglo American plc (LSE: AAL) is a world-wide group of companies, originally founded in South Africa as a mining enterprise but now extending into other areas. ... Anglo American plc (LSE: AAL) is a world-wide group of companies, originally founded in South Africa as a mining enterprise but now extending into other areas. ... The De Beers Group is a Johannesburg-based diamond mining and trading corporation. ...

References

• De Beers Group Directorate