John Reade joined the World Gold Council in February 2017 as Chief Market Strategist. He is responsible for producing strategy and developing insights on the gold market; leading our global dialogue by engaging with leading economists, academics, policy makers, fund managers and investors on gold; and leading our research team. John has over 30 years’ experience in the gold industry and related fields, most recently as a partner and gold strategist with Paulson & Co for the past seven years. Prior to that, he worked as a precious metals strategist at UBS for 10 years; a gold equity analyst in South Africa for 5 years; and over 8 years held various positions in production and project evaluation in the gold division of Gencor, then a leading South African mining house. John has a degree in Mining Engineering from the Royal School of Mines, a constituent of Imperial College, London.

Host: Amelia BourdeauManaging Director, Diamond Standard

Guest: John Reade - Market Strategist, World Gold Council

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0:42 - John’s work background in the gold market.

2:55 - Mission of WGC

4:30 - Development of gold ETF

8:50 - Structure of gold market

13:22 - Institutional vs retail investing in gold. Physical fundamentals of the gold market.

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Recording date: May 18, 2023

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