Mary Oppenheimer is the daughter of Harry Oppenheimer, who was chairman of both Anglo American Corporation and De Beers Consolidated Mines, the world’s largest diamond company, for more than a quarter of a century until his retirement in the early 1980s. Harry’s father, Sir Ernest Oppenheimer, formed the Anglo American Corporation PLC in 1917
Stockdale Street is named after a street in Kimberley, South Africa in which the De Beers head office was originally located.
Today, MOD has extensive investment holdings in Africa, North America, Europe and Asia. MOD is a patient, long-term and responsible investor with an intimate understanding of doing business in Africa and a commitment to furthering the socioeconomic development of the continent.