By Richard Chetwode chairman of Namibian diamond mining company Trustco Resources in London Years ago, I noticed a plaque hanging on the wall in a private equity group in Mayfair that read: “The Roman Empire wasn’t built by holding committee meetings; it was built by annihilating the opposition”. Success in business today often depends on aggressive strategies, rather than cautious consensus; nowhere is this truer than in the diamond industry. For 80 years, De Beers promoted and protected the concept of the ‘Diamond Dream’, the idea that diamonds are the ultimate symbol of love and commitment….