David explains how the WGC is bringing gold bullion into the digital age, why gold improves risk/return characteristics and shares his experience of climbing Everest five times!
David explains how the WGC is bringing gold bullion into the digital age, why gold improves risk/return characteristics and shares his experience of climbing Everest five times!
It’s not every day that one of our guests from the world of finance has successfully scaled Everest 5 times, been awarded an MBE by the Queen, raised millions for charity, and is a vocal ambassador for the NSPCC.
But for his day job, he led trading desks at Goldmans, CS and UBS and Bluecrest. If that wasn’t enough for most people, he then became sufficiently intrigued by the changing world of gold to become CEO of the World Gold Council (WGC).
In this fascinating conversation, David explains how the WGC is bringing gold bullion into the digital age from regulatory, provenance, ESG, and tokenisation angles.
He assesses institutional demand (gold prices have recently hit record highs), describes the supply side dynamics, examines why gold improves the risk/return characteristics in a portfolio, why gold mining companies may be too cheap, and how the future may look for gold.
Finally, David reflects on his childhood as a victim of child sexual abuse, the agony and therapy of the film about him, Sulphur & White, and the priorities which need addressing (in the UK alone, 1 in 20 children suffer sexual abuse).
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