SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: Lucapa Diamond Company (ASX: LOM) announced the appointment of Nick Selby as Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director.

The appointment transitions Mr Selby from the Interim Chief Executive Officer role which he has held since August 2023.

Mr Selby, an extraction metallurgist, joined Lucapa in October 2014 as Chief Operating Officer and was appointed as Executive Director Operations in September 2017. Mr Selby began his career with De Beers, where he spent 19 years in a range of technical roles.

He joined Gem Diamonds in 2005, where he was responsible for establishing diamond projects in countries including Angola, Australia and DRC, the Central African Republic, Indonesia, Lesotho and Botswana.