Robert Gannicott

Robert Gannicott is the CEO of Harry Winston Diamond Corporation (formerly Aber Diamond Corporation), and he has been one of the Directors since its inception in 1992. He is a leading Geologist and began his career focusing on mining projects in the Arctic regions of Canada and Scandinavia. Following a career in a broad variety of Arctic mineral exploration programs, Mr. Gannicott became involved with Canadian diamond exploration in 1991, immediately following the initial discovery of diamonds made by Dia Met Minerals Ltd. in the Lac de Gras area of the Northwest Territories in Canada. Mr. Gannicott studied geology at the University of Ottawa and graduated in 1975.