Jim Vimadalal, who previously worked at Indian offices of Rio Tinto and Swarovski, was appointed as Director of ALROSA's representative office in Mumbai. The Director of the representative office will cover ALROSA's activity in India. His key responsibilities will include cooperating with local industry organizations and advising current clients of the company on different technical issues. He will also negotiate with potential clients and monitor the condition of Indian diamond market. In addition, Jim will deal with issues relating to research of Indian consumption market, as well as issues of preventing synthetics from entering the Indian natural diamonds market. Prior to joining ALROSA, within three years Jim was with the sales and marketing team at Rio Tinto's Indian representative office, and before that, he headed up Swarovski's Western India business operations.