- You have started about 18 months ago.
You have launched a new strategy.
If you take a step back now, what are your main reflections?
- I think it's all about the people.
So the first step
was to build the right leadership team for De Beers.
We went about 70% on experience
and 30% on some fresh faces and some fresh thinking,
we've got a fantastic leadership team.
I think the second thing was to empower that team
and to allow people to use their experience,
use their innovation, and devolve the responsibility
and we've worked very hard on that.
- And what is the one topic
which you would like to see CEOs talk more about?
- I think it's cutting through the noise.
So the clock speed of the world seems to run faster
and faster and faster.
As CEOs, particularly in an industry like ours
where we invest for decades going forward,
we have to be able to cut through those cycles,
cut through that noise
and really understand where we're taking companies
in the long term
and I think it gets really distracting
if you look all the buzz around you all the time
and I think one thing CEOs need to talk more about
is how we cut through those cycles
and do the right thing for the long term
and work to avoid getting distracted by the noise.
(buoyant music continues)