Aber/Harry Winston Appoints Nancy Murray Vice President of Investor Relations and Corporate Communications

Aber/Harry Winston today announced Nancy Murray has joined the company as Vice President of Investor Relations and Corporate Communications, a newly created position. The appointment is effective immediately. Ms. Murray will report to Thomas J. O’Neill, President of Aber and Chief Executive Officer of Harry Winston on all matters relating to investor relations, and she will report to Susy Korb, Chief Marketing Officer and Creative Director regarding corporate communications responsibilities. Ms. Murray, who is based in New York, will be responsible for the company’s investor relations, business and trade media communications, corporate events and will act as the company’s primary jewelry and watch liaison with the consumer and fashion media. "We are delighted to have an executive of Nancy’s caliber join us. This is an important time in our company’s growth as we execute on strategies that require a solid communications professional to clearly articulate our message to analysts, investors and the business media,” said Robert Gannicott, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Aber. "With her unique experience in global corporate communications and her expertise in working with investors and analysts, Nancy is a key addition to our management team. We look forward to her contributions as we continue to communicate our global growth strategy,” said Thomas J. O’Neill. Previously Ms. Murray was a senior vice president at Polo Ralph Lauren where she served in a variety of communications positions from 1999 until August 2007. During her tenure at Polo, she was the company’s chief liaison to the investment community and had oversight of corporate, employee, and fashion communications, as well as investor relations. Prior to joining Polo, she was Vice President of Investor Relations and Corporate Communications at BF Holdings, Inc., responsible for financial and media relations, crisis management and public relations for the New York-based advertising and marketing corporation. Previously, she held newspaper management positions leading to her appointment as Vice President and an Officer of the Denver Rocky Mountain News, an E.W. Scripps property, in 1992. Prior to that, Ms. Murray spent 15 years as a journalist and editor with regional newspapers, beginning as a Fashion Editor at the Houston Chronicle where she was responsible for market coverage in New York, Milan, London and Paris. Harry Winston Diamond Corporation (NASDAQ: ABER; TSX: ABZ), is scheduled to become the new name of Aber Diamond Corporation in fall 2007. The company is a specialist diamond enterprise with assets in the mining and retail segments of the diamond industry. The company supplies rough diamonds to the global market from its 40% interest in the Diavik Diamond Mine, located at Lac de Gras in Canada’s Northwest Territories. The company’s retail division, Harry Winston Inc., is a premier jewelry and watch retailer with salons in key locations such as New York, Paris, London, Beijing, Tokyo and Beverly Hills.