World Gold Council

World Gold Council

The World Gold Council was founded in 1987 and is an international industry trade group that was started by the world’s leading gold mining companies. The main goal of the World Gold Council is to stimulate the demand for gold by everyone including consumers, industry, investors, and the official sector. There are many different things that the World Gold Council is involved. For example, on top of their efforts to drive demand within different markets for gold, they also work towards lowering regulatory barriers to the widespread ownership of gold products. There are many different things that this will help to do, however the most notable is the fact that this initiative will help to develop distribution systems as well promote the role of gold as reserve asset among many industries but of course among the official sector.

There are many different members of the World Gold Council that comprise all different aspects of industries that are involved in some way with the trade or sale of gold. There are many different members most of which are gold mining corporations from all parts of the globe. The Chairman of the World Gold Council is Gregory C. Wilkins. He was elected Chairman in March 2008 and held the position of President and Chief Executive Officer Barrik Gold Corporation from 2003 until then. The Chief Executive Officer of The World Gold Council is Aram Shishmanian who became Chief Executive Officer on December 2008. He has over 30 years experience working with many leading financial institutions operating at many different levels as a management consultant. If you are interested in learning more about the World Gold Council, the work they do, and its members, the best place to do is visit their official website online or contact them directly for more information.