
Arik Sela
UK Office
Arik Sela is the Managing Director of the Hennig Group. After graduating from the Israeli Air Force Academy and eight years of active air-force service, Arik joined the Company in 1988 as Deputy Managing Director of the Israeli branch.

Alex Beal
UK Office
Alex joined Hennig in May 2007 following 18 years with De Beers. His career started on the rough sorting floors, and after gaining a solid knowledge of the full range of De Beers’ assortments and prices, he joined the overseas buying staff.

Frank Auger
South Africa Office
Frank joined Hennig in 2021 after 31 years with the De Beers Group. His career in the diamond industry started after studying at Swansea University, spending 4 years as a diamond sorter in the Charterhouse Street office.

Ilan Carny
Israel Office
Ilan Carny joined Hennig in 2019, as Group’s VP Managing Director in Israel, and was appointed Managing Director of the Israel office in January 2022. Prior to joining our team, Ilan worked as a Senior Sales Manager within the Travel Retail sector. During the years 2007-2013 Ilan worked for SodaStream and served as one of its leadership team who led the company towards its successful IPO on NASDAQ in 2010.

Jeffrey Schwartz
UK Office
Jeffrey Schwartz joined Hennig in 2001 to manage the UK office and IT infrastructure. As well as being responsible for the development of our proprietary software, Jeffrey advises our clients on De Beers’ Best Practice Principles.

Kersi Bhikhaji
India Office
Kersi Bhikhaji has been part of the Hennig family for the past 25 years.
Kersi graduated from the Mumbai University in 1989 in Commerce.

Naftoly Horowitz
USA Office
Naftoly Horowitz entered the diamond industry in 1972 as a broker selling rough diamonds and established a reputation as a trusted negotiator at all levels of the business.
Naftoly joined Hennig in 1977 as Managing Director of the USA operations.

Nilesh Pillay
India Office
Nilesh joined Hennig’s Mumbai office in September 2020 after working with Rio Tinto for over 30 years. During his tenure at Rio Tinto he worked in several roles in the Mumbai office, the last being as Supply Chain Manager.

Sarah Stewart
UK Office
Sarah Stewart joined Hennig in 2003 as Group Finance Director. In addition to her main responsibilities of looking after Hennig’s finances and investments she assists clients with the financial aspects of their DTC Sight Application.

Tshebetso Kgatlwane
Botswana Office
Teekay joined Hennig in January 2008 as director of the new Botswana office located in Gaborone. Having gained a Masters degree in Town Planning from the University of Nottingham, England, Teekay worked for the Botswana Government for 22 years.

Zack Uchovsky
Israel Office
Zack Uchovsky is the Global Head of Business Development at Hennig. Zack joined the company in 2019 and is responsible for identifying, evaluating and executing new business development initiatives globally. Zack brings broad experience in new business development, M&A and strategy consulting.

Minakkshi M Agshikar
Dubai Office
Minakkshi Agshikar joined the Hennig team in February 2023 as Head – I Hennig Dubai office and is responsible for setting up the new Hennig Dubai operations.
Prior to I. Hennig, she was a Senior Account Manager with De Beers Auction Sales, Dubai.