Brad Brooks-Rubin, the Kimberley Process veteran who was involved in devising Russian diamond sanctions for the U.S. State Department, has left government to enter private law practice.
He is now a partner at Arktouros, a Washington, D.C.–based firm that specializes in anti–money laundering and sanctions compliance. He also hopes to tackle broader supply chain issues.
Brooks-Rubin joined the State Department’s Office of Sanctions Coordination as senior adviser in 2022. He’d previously served in the State Department as special adviser on conflict diamonds, from 2009 to 2013.
In between his government stints, Brooks-Rubin worked for two industry groups. He was strategic adviser and North American trade lead for the Responsible Jewellery Council and before that, director of global development and beneficiation at GIA. He’s also served as managing director of the Sentry, the investigative arm of antiwar NGO the Enough Project.
In 2014, the Jewelers Vigilance Committee gave Brooks-Rubin its Stanley Schechter Award, for his work upholding industry ethics.
“There is no greater professional privilege or honor than public service, and my two years, four months in the Office of Sanctions Coordination was simply an extraordinary experience and opportunity,” Brooks-Rubin wrote on LinkedIn. “Every day brought new challenges and opportunities. And over those 28 months, we achieved a lot.”
(Photo courtesy of the Responsible Jewellery Council)
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