Keynote Speakers

Frank Holmes is the CEO and chief investment officer of U.S. Global Investors. Mr. Holmes purchased a controlling interest in U.S. Global Investors in 1989 and became the firm’s chief investment officer in 1999. In 2006, Mr. Holmes was selected mining fund manager of the year by the Mining Journal, and in 2011 he was named a U.S. Metals and Mining “TopGun” by Brendan Wood International. In 2016, Mr. Holmes and portfolio manager Ralph Aldis received the award for Best Americas Based Fund Manager from the Mining Journal. He is also the co-author of The Goldwatcher: Demystifying Gold Investing. More than 30,000 subscribers follow his weekly commentary in the award-winning Investor Alert newsletter which is read in over 180 countries.

Under his guidance, the company’s mutual funds have received recognition from Lipper and Morningstar, two trusted independent financial authorities. In 2015, Mr. Holmes led the company into the exchange traded fund (ETF) business with the launch of the U.S. Global Jets ETF, which invests in the global airline sector.

Mr. Holmes is a native of Toronto and is a graduate of the University of Western Ontario with a bachelor’s degree in economics. He is a former president and chairman of the Toronto Society of the Investment Dealers Association.

Mr. Christian is Managing Partner and founder of CPM Group, one of the most respected precious metals and commodities research companies in the world. He founded CPM Group in 1986 when he bought the Commodities Research Group he managed from J. Aron and Goldman Sachs. He is a globally recognized authority on the markets for gold, silver, and the platinum group metals, and is well known for his application of economic and econometrics across commodities markets. He published two books, Commodities Rising in 2006 and World Guide To Battery-Powered Road Transportation in 1980, as well as numerous papers.

He also is well known for his financial engineering work using commodities derivatives both for hedging and investment purposes. He has worked with the Common Fund for Commodities on various programs, as well as with numerous governments, central banks, the United Nations, World Bank, International Finance Corporation, International Monetary Fund, and many of the world’s largest and most prominent mining companies, industrial companies, investment banks, and institutional investors.

Suki Cooper joined Standard Chartered in 2015 from Barclays, where she spent 11 years, most recently as Head of Metals Research. Previously, she was a Chartered Accountant at PriceWaterhouseCoopers. Suki is a member of the Public Affairs Committee of the London Bullion Market Association, and regularly features in the media. She is an ACA Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

Ruth is responsible for the strategic development of the LBMA and the quality of, the Association’s Membership and Good Delivery Refiners. Ruth also represents LBMA’s interests in relation to regulators, investors, media and international precious metals markets.

She was also responsible for the Association’s work on supply chain due diligence, with particular regard to the creation and implementation of the LBMA’s Responsible Gold Guidance. She has represented the Association at industry, governmental and multi-stakeholder regulatory forums. She continues to serve as Vice Chair of the OECD Multi-Stakeholder Governance Group for Responsible Minerals.

Prior to joining the LBMA, she worked in bank finance and US corporate law and also acted as a monitor at the UN Commission on Human Rights in Geneva.

Ronnie is managing partner of Incrementum AG and responsible for Research and Portfolio Management.

He studied business administration and finance in the USA and at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration. Upon graduation he joined the research department of Erste Group, where in 2007 he published his first In Gold We Trust report. Over the years, the In Gold We Trust report has proceeded to become one of the benchmark publications on gold, money, and inflation.

In 2014, he co-authored the international bestseller “Austrian School for Investors”, and in 2019 “Die Nullzinsfalle” (The Zero Interest Rate Trap). Moreover, he is an advisor for Tudor Gold Corp. (TUD), a significant explorer in British Columbia’s Golden Triangle as well as a member of the advisory board of Affinity Metals (AFF).

Ronnie is married and proud father of three daughters. He spends his spare time with his family, watching and playing football, running, and at classical concerts.

Charlie Morris is the head of Multi Asset at Atlantic House Fund Management, where he manages the Total Return Fund. He has 22 years’ experience in fund management, where he has built a reputation for managing active portfolios with an emphasis on efficient diversification and risk management. In previous roles, Charlie was the Chief Investment Officer at Newscape until 2018 and the Head of Absolute Return at HSBC Global Asset Management until 2015.

His interest in gold dates to the late 1990s, when it was a forgotten and widely ridiculed asset. While at HSBC, he became an active market participant and was frequently quoted in the media. He has developed a gold regime model and a gold valuation model which were first published in his occasional blog, Altas Pulse.

In other roles, Charlie is the chairman and founder of the popular Bitcoin analytical website ByteTree.com, and is the editor of the leading UK investment newsletter, The Fleet Street Letter (est 1938). Prior to a career in finance, Charlie was an officer in the Grenadier Guards, British Army.

Terry Heymann is CFO, overseeing finance and operations. Terry has broad experience across the gold supply chain. During his time with the World Gold Council, he has led the development of the Conflict-Free Gold Standard, the first industry-led scheme to set out responsible business practices in conflict-affected areas. He has also led the development of the Guidance Note on All-In costs, which has been universally adopted by the gold mining industry to improve the transparency and integrity of their financial reporting. In addition to his role as CFO, Terry also oversees the World Gold Council’s work on standard-setting for the industry.

Prior to joining the World Gold Council, Terry was a Principal at Marakon Associates, a leading strategy consultancy, where he helped clients in a number of industries on strategic issues and new product development.

Daniel Litvin is the Founder and Managing Director of Critical Resource, an advisory firm specialising in political, stakeholder and sustainability challenges in the mining and energy sectors. He is a former consultant at McKinsey & Company where he advised the firm’s leadership on “business in society” issues. Prior to his work at McKinsey, Daniel was policy advisor to Rio Tinto plc, where he worked with senior management on human rights and other sustainability topics. He is the author of ‘Empires of Profit: Commerce, Conquest & Corporate Responsibility’, and a former senior research fellow at Chatham House, specialising in the geopolitics of energy. He started his career at The Economist, where he worked as the magazine’s environment and resources correspondent.

Ross started his business career with business guru Sir Clive Sinclair of Sinclair Research in Cambridge, before joining Johnson Matthey as Gold Refining Manager (then the worlds largest gold refiners), then as a gold trader at NM Rothschild & Sons (the Chairman of the London Gold Fixing) and later Credit Suisse, where he was a Senior Dealer in physical bullion trading.

Ross has an enviable record within the London Bullion Market in forecasting the gold price over the last decade and is frequently sought by the media for commentary on the bullion markets. Ross has made frequent appearances on TV (BBC, CNBC, CBC) in newspapers (FT. Wall Street Journal) as well as in the newswires (Reuters, Bloomberg and Dow Jones).