Having completed his first term in office as President of the Israel Diamond Exchange (IDE), Yoram Dvash sat down with 'Rough & Polished' to discuss his achievements during his first period in office, and plans for the second term following his reelection in October.
One of the changes agreed at the IDE's last General Assembly was for the term of IDE president to last three years rather than two to give the man at the helm time to plan and execute changes, meaning Dvash’s second term will end in 2020.
One of the first things you notice when you sit down to interview Yoram Dvash is that he is a man in hurry. Having just come from one meeting, and on the way to another as soon as our meeting is over, it is clear that he is a president with a big agenda.
He has an ongoing and continuously growing list of changes and improvements that he wants to make after identifying the lack of faith in the work of the exchange as problematic. That was clear from the list of achievements from his first term in office.
He is open to new ideas, indeed welcomes them, if they can bring more benefits to his bourse members and push the IDE further along the road to success and transparency. Interviewing him after celebrations in Tel Aviv to mark the exchange's 80th year, Dvash is still beaming as he recounts the Israeli ministers, senior officials and members of parliament who attended the event and publicly praised the work of the exchange.
In the full interview, which you can read here , Dvash talks about the achievements of his first term and developments already taking place in the second term.
