Vivek Gadodia

Chief Executive Officer, Petra Diamonds

Vivek Gadodia is Chief Executive Officer of Petra Diamonds, in the role since February 2025.

Petra Diamonds owns the Cullinan and Finsch diamond mines in South Africa. Gadodia took the role as joint CEO with Juan Kemp in February 2025 and led its debt refinancing.

In the job

  1. Petra made Gadodia and Juan Kemp permanent joint CEOs after their interim appointments. Source

Education

Bachelor of Science in Engineering (Mechanical Engineering), University of the Witwatersrand, 2004

Sources

  1. petradiamonds.com
  2. miningmx.com
  3. engineeringnews.co.za

Facts last checked 3 November 2026. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.

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