Our Leadership
David Tait
Chief Executive Officer
Headquarters: London, United Kingdom
Biography
David Tait was appointed CEO of the World Gold Council in November 2018.
During his 35 years in the financial services industry, David has worked for a variety of highly regarded firms, most recently as Global Head of Fixed Income Macro Products at Credit Suisse. Prior to that he held senior trading roles at both Credit Suisse and UBS Investment Bank.
David began his career trading at Goldman Sachs, and then moved to Credit Suisse before building considerable asset management experience as a Partner at Bluecrest Capital.
He is a member of the Financial Markets Standards Board (FMSB) Advisory Council and chairs FMSB's Precious Metals Working Group.
David is also a major supporter of the NSPCC and has raised over £1.5 million by summiting Mount Everest on five occasions. He was the first person to traverse Everest from the North to South in 2007. He is an ex-trustee, Chair of the Rebuilding Childhoods Board and was awarded an MBE by the Queen for his services to the charity.
His life story has been made into the Julian Jarrold directed motion picture “Sulphur and White” starring Anna Friel, Dougray Scott, Mark Stanley and Emily Beecham. The Royal Premier was February 2020 and the proceeds will benefit the NSPCC.
Terry Heymann
Chief Financial Officer
London, UK
Haydn Main
General Counsel
London, UK
John Reade
Market Strategist, Europe and Asia
London, UK
Juan Carlos Artigas
Global Head of Research
New York, USA
Joseph Cavatoni
Market Strategist, North America
New York, USA
Christine Du Toit
Global Financial Controller & Regional COO, Americas
New York, USA
James Spake
Global Head of Digital Marketing
London, UK
Rakhi Khanna
Global Head of Corporate Communications
Mumbai, India
Roland Wang
Regional CEO, China
Beijing, China
Andrew Naylor
Head of Middle East and Public Policy
UAE
Sharon Ives
Head of Human Resources
London, UK
Shaokai Fan
Head of Asia-Pacific (ex China) and Global Head of Central Banks
Singapore
Paul Bass
Global Head of IT
London, UK
Mike Oswin
Global Head, Market Structure and Innovation
London, UK
Claire Lincoln
Global Head of Institutional Investor Relationships
London, UK
Rupesh Kolwalkar
Deputy Global COO
Mumbai, India
Amanda Krichman
COO Funds
New York, USA
Sachin Jain
Regional CEO, India
Mumbai, India