| Dr Elena Anchutina Head of Reference Material Group Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metals Processing Plant Dr Elena Anchutina graduated from the Physics Department of Irkutsk State University (Russia). She spent 15 years at Vinogradov Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Science. Working on the producing of reference materials of rock, sediments, plants, etc. In 2007 she earned a PhD in Analytical Chemistry. She is now the Head of Reference material group of the Spectral Analysis Laboratory of the Central Analytical Laboratory of the Joint-stock company Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metals Processing Plant (EZ OCM). Before joining EZ OCM she was a Senior Researcher at the Ural Scientific Research Institute of Metrology. Her activities now focus on producing reference materials (RMs) based on precious metals, QMS of RMs production and developing of approaches to RM certification. | |
| Quentin Bochud Laboratory Manager Metalor Quentin Bochud obtained in 2010 his Bachelor in chemistry at the Science University of Fribourg, Switzerland, on the optimization of the trace analysis of 999‰ to 999.99‰ silver by ICP-OES. This work led to a new version of the ISO 15096 standard. He then joined Metalor Technologies as Senior Application Engineer, developing new methods in the spectroscopic fields (ICP-OES, SPARK-OES, XRF…) and collaborating with the American and Asian laboratories of the Metalor group. In 2015 he took the responsibility of the traces analysis laboratory. Recently, in January 2017 he also became the manager of the metallurgy laboratory. | |
| Thomas Brodmann Head of the Central Office for Precious Metals Control Swiss Precious Metals Control Thomas Brodmann is Head of the Central Office of the Swiss Precious Metals Control in Berne. After he graduated as Sworn Assayer in 1988, he worked in several Swiss Assay Offices. He also holds an Executive Master degree in Management of the University of Applied Sciences Basel. Before his appointment as Head of Division three years ago, he served as Quality Manager and was in charge of the technical domain of the Swiss Precious Metals Control. Furthermore Mr Brodmann chairs the Standing Technical Group of the Hallmarking Convention and is an active member of ISO/TC 174/WG1. | |
| Dr Philippe Cettou PM refining process specialist Green Technology & Finance LLP Philippe Cettou, a Swiss citizen born in 1950, has a master degree in chemical engineering (EPFL) and a PhD in electrochemical engineering (ETHZ). After a post-doctoral work at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, he joined Metalor Group where he worked for over 33 years as process engineer, project manager, production manager and industrial manager. He developed skills and competencies in the field of precious metals refining activities (process development, precious metals physical flow management). Since 2015, PC is the president of C&P Consult Sàrl, a consultancy company which provides support to precious metals related industry. | |
| Munyar Chirisa Senior Manager, Financial Advisory Services Deloitte Canada Munyar Chirisa is a Senior Manager at Deloitte LLP’s Financial Advisory Services division. He is a chemical engineer with 10 years’ experience in the minerals industry in an advisory/consulting capacity. Experienced in working with both project owners and financing institutions in all stages of a mineral project’s life cycle, across the full range of minerals. As a chemical engineer, Munyar has had experience in the assessment of process plants and, in particular, precious metal refineries to identify areas where there is risk to metal accounting processes, particularly in the measurement of “Physical” or “Inventory”. These risks could be “specific risks” (those of a once-off nature) or “systematic risks” which occur in small increments over time. Risks assessed are generally around the movement of material into, within and out of a refinery, recording of intake and output, inter-departmental transfers, weighing, assaying, sampling, entering of info into IT systems and lock-up. This work normally results in the generation of heat maps showing areas presenting risks to metal accounting. Munyar’s experience also includes the review of Standard Operating Procedures relating to metal accounting encompassing Intake, Treasury, Operations and Metals Assurance. | |
| Ruth Crowell Chief Executive London Bullion Market Association Ruth Crowell was appointed Chief Executive of the LBMA in January 2014. She is responsible for the success and strategic development of the LBMA, in partnership with the Chairman and the Board. She is also responsible for maintaining accountability to and the quality of, the Association's Membership and Good Delivery Refiners as well as representing the interests of the Association in relation to regulators, investors, media and international precious metals markets. Before being appointed Chief Executive, she spent seven years working in the Association, initially as Commercial Director and then as Deputy Chief Executive, where she acted as the main lead on Governmental Affairs. 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. As Commercial Director, she oversaw the development of the LBMA Conference, the LBMA's quarterly publication the Alchemist and the LBMA website. Prior to joining the LBMA, she worked in bank finance and US corporate law at the law firms of White & Case and Norton Rose, and also acted as a monitor at the UN Commission on Human Rights in Geneva. She has an MSc in History of International Relations from the London School of Economics and a degree in English Literature from Kenyon College in Ohio. | |
| Pankaj Deshmukh Senior Manager MMTC-PAMP India Pvt. Ltd Pankaj Deshmukh heads the Assay laboratory in MMTC-PAMP India since 2010. Pankaj holds a Masters Degree in Analytical Chemistry. The Company is a joint venture between MMTC Ltd., India’s largest international trading company in the public sector and PAMP Switzerland, the world’s largest privately owned precious metals processing facility. The Company is India’s first and only London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) accredited Good Delivery Refinery for Gold and Silver, maintains an LBMA Responsible Gold Compliance Certificate and is one of only two precious metal refineries in the world holding SA 8000 certification. Prior to joining MMTC-PAMP, Pankaj has worked with Shirpur Gold Refinery Ltd. in its assay laboratory and with Johnson Matthey in their ECT division as Lab-in-charge in Manesar, Gurgaon plant. | |
| Professor Kim H. Esbensen Research Professor Danish Geological Survey and Aalborg University Kim H. Esbensen, Ph.D, Dr. (hon), has been research professor in Geoscience Data Analysis and Sampling at GEUS, the National Geological Surveys of Denmark and Greenland (2010-2015), chemometrics/sampling professor at Aalborg University, Denmark (2001-2015), professor (Process Analytical Technologies) at Telemark Institute of Technology, Norway (1990-2000 and 2010-2015) and professeur associé, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (2013-2016). He phased out a more than 30-year academic career for a quest as an independent consultant from 2016 but, as he could not terminate his love for teaching completely, is also active as an international guest professor here and there. Esbensen, a geologist/geochemist/data analyst of training, has been working 20+ years in the forefront of chemometrics, but since 2000 has devoted most of his scientific and R&D to the theme of representative sampling of heterogeneous materials, processes and systems (Theory of Sampling, TOS), PAT (Process Analytical Technology) and chemometrics. He is a member of five scientific societies and has published over 250 peer-reviewed papers and is the author of a widely used textbook in Multivariate Data Analysis (33,000 copies). He was chairman of the taskforce responsible for writing the world’s first horizontal (matrix-independent) sampling standard (2013 and editor of the magazine TOS forum. Esbensen is fond of the right breed of friends and dogs, swinging jazz, fine cuisine, contemporary art and classical music. His has been collecting science fiction novels for more decades than what he is comfortable contemplating, still, as ever … it’s all in the future. | |
| John Fairley Owner Wallace Trading Ltd. Formerly with Johnson Matthey PLC, senior positions in precious metals refining, including, General Manager of Johnson Matthey PLC’s, Gold, Silver refining business and General Manager of Johnson Matthey Canada. Former Member of the Management Committee and Chairman of the Public Affairs Committee of the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) Technical Consultant to the London Platinum and Palladium Market (LPPM). | |
| Alexandra Gavrilova International Relations Manager JSC Krastsvetmet Born in Krasnoyarsk in 1983, Alexandra graduated from Krasnoyarsk State University in 2005, International Economic Relations degree. From 2005 to 2015 she worked as international roaming coordinator at telecommunication mobile company CJSC Yeniseytelecom - ETK (later known as OJSC Rostelecom and LLC T2 Mobile – Tele2 Russia). She was in charge of negotiations, international roaming agreements, roaming testing coordination and hot line cooperation with more than 2 hundred partners from all over the world. Besides, she was the main contact person on behalf of the company at the International CSMA Association (London, UK). In 2007 she completed the Training Course “International Roaming Management” held by International Data Clearing House MACH S.a.r.L. in Moscow. In 2015 she joined Krastsvetmet team as International Relations Manager of Industrial Appliances Sales Department where she has been working till the present moment. Along with reference materials of precious metals sales, Alexandra is charge of robin analyses cooperation held in national and international laboratories. During 2016 she took part in the science conferences and industry exhibitions and was engaged in the LBMA tender application for reference materials of gold (AuRM4 & AuRM5) production. | |
| Peter Gaylard Metallurgical Consultant Peter worked in the Platinum Industry for approximately 30 years, where he was involved in all areas of the metallurgical extraction and refining processes, including being General Manager of Impala Platinum’s Refineries and Senior Manager in charge of all of Impala’s metallurgical operations, and subsequently as Senior Consulting Metallurgist to Impala. Prior to retiring, he joined the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Cape Town, where he worked for ten years and held the post of Adjunct Professor. While at UCT, he served as a consultant to various mining companies, mainly in the Platinum Industry, and also as Research Coordinator and, later as Research Director for AMIRA International. He was the convenor of the team that compiled the AMIRA Code of Practice for Metal Accounting. He retired to Plettenberg Bay in 2007 but continues to serve as a metallurgical consultant. | |
| Alan Gibbon Consulting Partner Wallace Trading Ltd. Consulting Partner - Wallace Trading Ltd. Formerly Executive Director, Mineral Industry Research Organisation (MIRO). Fellow, the Institute of Materials, Mining and Minerals - Materials Chemistry Committee. Editorial Board Member - Journal of Mineral Processing & Extractive Metallurgy. Member, National Physical Laboratory - Materials Centre Advisory Board An innovative technologist with 40 years’ experience in the development, management and exploitation of research in:
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| Liudmila Gorbatova Head of the Central Analytical Laboratory Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metals Processing Plant Liudmila Gorbatova is Head of the Central Analytical Laboratory of JSC Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metals Processing Plant (EZ OCM). She graduated from Ural Polytechnic Institute on the specialty "Technology of rare and dispersed elements", specializing in physical and chemical methods of analysis of trace elements. | |
| Ankur Goyal President MMTC-PAMP India Pvt. Ltd Ankur Goyal is President (Works) of MMTC-PAMP India since 2009. The Company is a joint venture between MMTC Ltd., India’s largest international trading company in the public sector and PAMP Switzerland, the worlds largest privately owned precious metals processing facility. He holds a BE (Metallurgy) from IIT Roorkee and ME (Metallurgy) from IISc Bangalore. Started carrier with Hindalco and then setting up of the Titan Jewellery manufacturing unit (Tanishq) in 1992-95. Have worked in reputed Precious Metal companies with around 1000 employees in the manufacturing setup for last 25 years. Also is Director on the global RJC Board. | |
| Neil Harby CChem – Chief Technical Officer London Bullion Market Association As Chief Technical Officer for the LBMA, Neil’s responsibilities include acting as the Executive’s main contact for the Good Delivery system for GD Refiners, applicants and LBMA Committees. His duties include managing the LBMA Good Delivery accreditation system, including applications, Pro-Active Monitoring, Proficiency Testing and other GD related projects. The role also involves overseeing the work of the GDL Officer in the administration of the Good Delivery system as well as managing the implementation by gold Good Delivery refiners of the LBMA’s Responsible Gold Guidance and ensuring the efficiency and effectiveness of the Good Delivery work carried out by the LBMA. He brings to the role a wealth of experience having previously been Head of Evaluation at the Rand Refinery in South Africa. He represented the Rand Refinery at the LBMA as the only Referee in the Southern Hemisphere. As one of only five Referees appointed by the LBMA to oversee the maintenance of the LBMA’s Good Delivery List, he has been involved in many initiatives to ensure and develop the integrity of the gold industry. He contributed to the steering committee which produced the “Conflict-Free” Gold Standard of the World Gold Council as well as the development of the LBMA’s Responsible Gold Guidance and presented the Rand Refinery “Artisanal gold” Model at the OECD in Paris. He was a Board Member of the Responsible Jewellery Council representing the Gold and/or Platinum Metals, Refiners and/or Hedgers Forum as well as sitting on the Membership Committee. His work experience included nine years in the Platinum Industry and held the position as a member of the South African Organising Committee of the Royal Society of Chemistry. | |
| Mike Hinds Assay Chemist Royal Canadian Mint Mike enjoyed university so much that he stayed there for many years while obtaining: B. Education 1979 (University of Regina), B. Science - Chemistry 1983 and Ph.D. Analytical Chemistry 1988 (University of Saskatchewan). Between degrees, he was employed as a school teacher, laboratory instructor, and held various summer research positions. Mike joined the Royal Canadian Mint in 1988 and has been employed as the Assay Chemist to the present day. The main functions of his work involve: developing and introducing new analytical methods to support all the Mint’s activities, making and certifying precious metal reference materials, and advising on sampling and mass metrology. Mike has been involved authoring 45 refereed publications and has given 39 invited conference presentations. He is the Chair of the LBMA Reference Material Project Steering Committee and has been the writer of the Metal Analysis section of Atomic Spectrometry Updates on Industrial Materials in the Journal Analytical Atomic Spectrometry from 1995 - 2013. Since 2005, he has been a lecturer at the annual X-ray Fluorescence Short Course at Western University, London, ON, Canada. | |
| Dr Jonathan J. Jodry Head of Laboratories Metalor Technologies Jonathan J. Jodry is the Head of Laboratories at Metalor Technologies, a company he joined in 2009. Based in Marin, Switzerland, he collaborates closely with all Metalor subsidiaries in America and Asia. Jonathan is a Referee at both the LBMA and the LPPM, as well as a member of the Management Committee of the LPPM since 2015. He is a founding member of the European Chapter of the IPMI, and currently acts as its Vice-President. In 2016, he was also elected chairman of the ISO Technical Committee 174, in charge of standards related to Jewellery, which also covers all standards for precious metal analyses. He holds a PhD from University of Geneva (obtained in 2000 in organic and supramolecular chemistry), worked 8 years in Japan both in the academic system and for the industry, and completed last year the Global Executive MBA from London Business School and Columbia University of New York. | |
| Katsuji Kobayashi Technical Advisor Asahi Refining Canada Ltd Katsuji studied Metallurgy at Nagoya Institute of Technology and then conducted research on archaeological science at the University of Melbourne. He joined Asahi Pretec in August 2011 and worked as a lab supervisor responsible for carrying out research and development of analytical techniques and the company’s lab operations. After acquisition of the North American gold and silver refining business by Asahi, he was transferred to Asahi Refining Canada and has held the position of Technical Advisor since April 2016. His main role in the company is to perform method development and lab efficiency improvement. | |
| Susan La Niece Senior metallurgist in the Department of Scientific Research British Museum Senior metallurgist in the Department of Scientific Research at the British Museum. Research interests include the history of gold usage and the techniques such as inlays and plating which have been used to make decorative metalwork through the ages. Has published extensively on non-ferrrous metals of all periods and cultures. Lectures internationally to academic and wider audiences and is author of the popular British Museum publication ‘Gold’. | |
| Robert Lawrence Evaluation Manager Asahi Refining Canada Ltd Robert attended the University of Toronto and joined Asahi Refining Canada Ltd. right after graduation. He started in the laboratory and now holds the position of Evaluation Manager. He has 24 years of experience in analytical processes and refining. He has developed many instruments in the years to be used in the day to day operations of the laboratory. He has been an integral part of the Health and Safety Committee and the Continuous Improvement team. Robert provides support to customers and other Asahi Refining locations on evaluation and analytical issues. He also oversees the LBMA proficiency testing for Asahi Refining Canada Ltd. Brampton, ON, Canada. | |
| Daniela Manara Head of Laboratory PAMP SA Daniela Manara has been with PAMP SA since 2008, incorporating her 30 years of experience to the development of chemical, spectrometric and metallographic analysis methods, as well as the accreditation of laboratories. As a sworn assayer, she is currently appointed as the Head of Laboratory for both PAMP SA and MMTC-PAMP India, Pvt. Ltd., and represents PAMP as a referee at both the LBMA and LPPM. In 2015, she became a member of the federal exams commission of sworn assayers. | |
| Dippal Manchanda Technical Director AnchorCert Group Dippal Manchanda is the Chief Assayer and Technical Director at the AnchorCert Group, working on both day-to-day assay management and non-statutory technical projects. He holds a Masters degree (MSc) in inorganic chemistry and has over 31 years of experience in assaying and examination of precious/non-precious metals, alloys, hazardous substances in consumer goods and accessories as well in leather, plastic textiles products including electronic items. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), a Chartered Chemist (CChem) and a Chartered Scientist (CSci). Since completing his Master’s Degree, Dippal has spent the majority of his career in the field of analysis of precious metals and has been involved in several prestigious projects. In his role as Chief Assayer, he is responsible for setting, managing and maintaining high analytical standards throughout the AnchorCert Group and providing scientific and technical support on a day-to-day basis to both statutory and non-statutory parts of the business. During his career he has written, contributed to and had published a range of scientific papers as well as presented at numerous international conferences. | |
| Ilonka McDougall Senior Manager - Fabrication, Quality Control, Finished Goods and Dispatch, Metrology Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd Ilonka Macdougall is the fabrication, quality and finished goods & despatch manager for Rand Refinery. Ilonka joined the company in late 2013. She has complete business responsibility for the production of cast bars, minted bars, coin blanks, product quality control, finished goods and despatch ,mass metrology and asset maintenance team dedicated to the fabrication Business Unit. Ilonka joined Rand Refinery after having spent 20 years in the Pharmaceutical industry. Her experience encompasses the areas of research and development, regulatory compliance, new business development, marketing, supply chain, project management and validation. Ilonka has studied Analytical Chemistry at Technikon Witwatersrand (now the University of Johannesburg) and holds a BCom degree in supply chain management and Total Quality Management from the University of South Africa. | 0 |
| Dr Stewart Murray Good Delivery Consultant London Bullion Market Association After graduating with a degree in metallurgy from London University, Stewart studied for a PhD on titanium at Imperial College, London which he completed in 1973. In the decade up to 1984, he worked for the International Wrought Copper Council, serving as its Secretary General from 1980 to 1984. He then joined Consolidated Gold Fields (CGF) where he was responsible for the group’s base metals commodities research. In 1989, he set up Gold Fields Mineral Services (GFMS) of which he was Chief Executive for the next nine years. GFMS continued the work of publishing the highly respected annual survey of the gold market which CGF had pioneered in the late 1960s. In 1995, GFMS was appointed by the Silver Institute to research and compile its annual survey of the silver market. Stewart’s own area of research at GFMS focused on the Middle East and the Indian Sub-continent. Stewart’s earlier interest in base metals was reflected in his involvement over a twenty-year period with the World Bureau of Metal Statistics, of which he was chairman from 1989 to 1991. In October, 1999, he was appointed Chief Executive of the London Bullion Market Association. During his 14 years at the LBMA he introduced many developments to the Association’s Good Delivery system, which is arguably the core activity of the LBMA and widely regarded as its “crown jewels”. On his retirement as LBMA Chief Executive on 31st December, 2013, he established a precious metals consultancy, London Precious Metal Services Ltd, and he continues to advise the LBMA on Good Delivery questions in a consultancy capacity. | |
| Varsha Peiris Good Delivery List Officer London Bullion Market Association Varsha is the GDL Officer, and is primarily responsible for the administration of the LBMA Good Delivery System, including all GD applications, Proactive Monitoring, the Proficiency Testing Scheme and Reference Material. She is responsible for maintaining strong working relationships with vaults, members, refiners and others on issues relating to Good Delivery. She joined the LBMA in September 2009. | |
| Dr Alessandro Ruffoni Analytical Techniques Manager Argor-Heraeus SA Alessandro graduated in Chemical Engineering at the Swiss Federal Institute for Technology in Zurich (ETHZ) and gained his Doctorate at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL). Since 1988 he has been working at Argor-Heraeus in Mendrisio, where is responsible for analytical techniques and environmental protection. He is sworn Assayer and member of the ISO TC174/WG1 Working Group “Methods for Determining Fineness”. He has contributed with his team to the accreditation of Argor-Heraeus as LBMA Referee and to the ISO 17025 accreditation of the company’s Assay Laboratory. | |
| Hiroshi Sawai Assay Chemist, TKG Laboratory Center, Planning & Development Office Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo.K.K. Japan Hiroshi Sawai received a Bachelor degree in Chemical Engineering from Kansai University in 1984 and a Masters degree in 1986. He joined Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K. in 1986, initially assigned to the Technical Department at Ichikawa Plant. In 1995 he transferred to the Quality Assurance Section at the Ichikawa facility where he was concerned with the development of new assay methods. In 2007 he transferred to the Laboratory Centre. | |
| Konstantin Shatnyh Section manager for industrial appliances and reference materials production JSC Krastsvetmet Born in Krasnoyarsk in 1982, Konstantin graduated from Krasnoyarsk State University in 2005, Chemistry department, Analytical Chemistry degree. Later, in 2008 he completed the postgraduate course at Siberian Federal University (early known as Krasnoyarsk State University). During the studies, he had published a number of articles on gold and silver sorption concentration, gold and silver separation and reference materials of precious metals in national and international science magazines. From 2004 to 2016 Konstantin had been working in Krastsvetmet central laboratory where he was involved with fire assay analyses and reference materials of gold, silver and platinum group metals production. In 2008 and 2013 he took part in the projects held by the LBMA for reference materials of silver (AgRM1, AgRM2) and gold (AuRM3). Since 2016 he has headed the section of industrial appliances and reference materials of precious metals production of Krastsvetmet. In 2016 Konstantin was chosen as the Chairman of reference materials of precious metals Industry Association by the number of votes of the industry members of Russia. | |
| Chris Walne Laboratory Manager London Assay Office Chris has spent 32 years working on the identification and analysis of precious metal materials i.e. scrap metal, dore, bullion, jewellery and mineral ores beginning as a chemist in the general analytical labs at D C Griffths which is now known as Inspectorate International. After moving to London Assay Office in 1989, he studied LRSC chemistry and took up the position of Senior Assayer and then subsequently Laboratory Manager with the responsibility for all test methods and procedures including smelting and XRF analyses for hallmarking purposes. He also currently sits as a UK expert on the ISO technical committee for methods for determining finenesses of jewellery alloys. | |
| Elaine Woo Chemical and Environmental Technology British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) Elaine Woo is an instructor of Chemical and Environmental Technology at the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) in Vancouver, Canada. She is a BC Certified Assayer who also serves on the BC Assayer Certification Board of Examiners. She received her Diploma of Technology in Chemical and Metallurgical Technology from BCIT and Bachelors of Science degree from Simon Fraser University. A strong advocate for hands-on training and critical thinking, she involves her students in a variety of interactive problem solving activities. In 1996, she developed the Assayer Training Program, delivering continuous education through distance self-study format. The objective of this program is to improve the quality of mineral assaying around the world by providing opportunities to novice and seasoned assayers for obtaining theoretical and practical knowledge required for meeting high industry standard. Elaine helped in founding the BC Assayers Program Council of Advisors in 2000. Wanting to introduce the sciences and trades to children at a young age, she founded the BCIT Mini-Technology Summer Camps, where she served as its director from 1998 to 2003. This summer camp program has received special recognition for promoting applied sciences and technology among young women. She has been honoured with both the BCIT Excellence in Teaching Award and BCIT Alumni Teaching Award. Prior to joining the faculty at BCIT, Elaine was a senior assayer at the Cominco (now known as Teck) Exploration Research Laboratory. | |
| Roland Zils Expert on minting and counterfeit coins Deutsche Bundesbank, Nationales Analysezentrum für Münzen Roland Zils has a diploma in material science and business administration. He has more than 20 years of experience as a materials and corrosion specialist and area sales manager in the industrial fields of high tech materials and complex construction components out of high alloyed steels and ceramics. Since 2015 he has been working for the coin national analytic centre of Deutsche Bundesbank, in charge of counterfeit gold coins. | |
| Stefan Zorn Head of Laboratories Allgemeine Gold- und Silberscheideanstalt AG Stefan started his career with Allgemeine Gold- und Silberscheideanstalt AG in 1982 in the analytical laboratory. After completing training he worked with fire assay, gravimetry, ICP-OES and Spark within the whole spectrum of precious metals. After gaining a great deal of experience in this area he became the manager of analytical services in 2000 and began work in the following committees:
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