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29th August 2002
TWO ADDITIONS TO THE INVESTMENT TEAM AT THE
WORLD GOLD COUNCIL
The Executive Committee of the World Gold Council is pleased to announce
the appointment of two new members of the senior management team. Stuart
Thomas is Managing Director of its newly formed subsidiary, World Gold
Trust Services LLC and based in the World Gold Council's New York office
he will be responsible for developing a new gold investment product. Simon
Village will be Managing Director Investment Services based in London
with a similar remit to promote gold investment products globally on behalf
of the World Gold Council.
Stuart Thomas graduated from Fairleigh Dickinson University where he
majored in Economics and Finance. He joins the World Gold Council from
Morgan Stanley in New York where he was First Vice President, Director,
Equity Capital Markets Sales and Solutions. Previously Stuart was with
Merrill Lynch in New York for 9 years.
Simon Village graduated as a Mining Engineer from the Camborne School
of Mines, UK, and gained practical knowledge of the industry working for
Shell Minerals and the Anglo American Group. For the past 8 years Simon
has been with HSBC in South Africa and London. Simon was responsible for
Global Mining Research for the HSBC Investment Banking Group and most
recently repositioned HSBC's Institutional Securities business in South
Africa.
The creation of innovative gold-backed financial products will increase
interest in gold as an investment. This is one initiative of several that
will reinvigorate the Council under the leadership of Chairman, Chris
Thompson, and the recently appointed Jim Burton as the World Gold Council's
Chief Executive Officer.
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