BlueRock Diamonds plc announced two changes to the board. Christiaan (Riaan) Visser, formerly CFO of the company, has moved to the role of Chief Executive Officer as he takes an increasingly active role in the business. In addition, the Board has enhanced its mining and technical expertise by appointing John Kilham to join the company as Executive Chief Technical Officer with effect from 1 July 2013.

John Kilham is a geologist with 33 years of experience, 27 of which with De Beers, most recently responsible for Resource Evaluation Projects in Kimberley.