World Gold Council

World Gold Council

"Founded in 1987, the World Gold Council is an organisation formed and funded by the world's leading gold mining companies with the aim of stimulating and maximising the demand for, and holding of, gold by consumers, investors, industry, and the official sector. "

Leadership
Accessed May 2013:


 * Ian Telfer - Chairman
 * Aram Shishmanian, Chief Executive Officer
 * Brenda Bates Director, Corporate Communications
 * Albert L. H. Cheng, Managing Director, Far East
 * Jeanette Gooding, Director, Operations
 * Marcus S.A. Grubb, Managing Director, Investment
 * David Lamb, Managing Director Jewellery
 * Robin Lee, Chief Financial Officer
 * Somasundaram PR, Managing Director, India
 * Jason Toussaint - Chief Executive Officer, World Gold Trust Services

Contact

 * Web: http://www.gold.org

Related Sourcewatch articles

 * Wolff-Olins
 * PLUS Media
 * Simon Village
 * Kelvin Williams
 * James Lowe - former CFO
 * Christopher M. T. Thompson - former chair
 * Gary Mead - former head of PR
 * Kelvin Dushnisky
 * GLD is a trust, sponsored by the World Gold Council (through World Gold Trust Services), which oversees the performance of the trustee, which is Bank of New York Mellon (note Suzanne Hutchins works for the trustee). "Toussaint defends GLD by noting they are regulated by the SEC. “We are filing 10-Qs [quarterly reports with the SEC], on a regular basis,” he said, then added “I also think the world’s largest hedge fund managers take their due diligence seriously,” referring to investments in GLD by world-renowned hedge fund managers like John Paulson and George Soros, among others."