Rush Gold expands Advisory Board with appointment of Luke Collins
Rush Gold, Australia’s award-winning fintech app and platform, is thrilled to announce the appointment of Luke Collins to the Rush Gold Advisory Board.
Collins is the Head of Commodity Sales for Australia at ANZ Bank and has more than 25 years’ experience in the commodities markets. His expertise spans all facets of precious metals markets, from mining to shipping, logistics, sales contracting, financing, price determination and hedging.
Rush Gold CEO, Jodi Stanton announced the appointment noting: “with our strong fundamentals in place, Luke has been assisting Rush to further institutionalize our platform as we turn our focus to high-net-worth clients and international businesses seeking to put their gold to work for them.”
“I am super excited to have Luke, his insights, and his experience on board. We are engineering new ways for our customers to access and use gold, one of the world’s highest quality and most liquid assets.”
“We are expanding into Europe and launching our new financing products later this year and Luke has hit the ground running as an invaluable addition to our growing team,” said Stanton.
Collins has held several notable senior roles prior to joining ANZ Bank and Rush Gold, including most prominently the world’s largest commodities trading firms, Glencore International in Switzerland and the world’s largest miner, BHP Billiton.
As an expert in trading a wide range of physical commodities internationally, his key relationships established over this course impressively includes foreign banks, government agencies, refineries, and trading houses throughout the Chinese, Indian and Middle East regions.
Collins was recently named to the London Bullion Markets Association Working Group on the LBMA Global Precious Metals Code. Rush Gold was the first digital gold provider to formally sign the Code when it was first announced in 2017.
Collins added: “I am very excited to be a part of Rush Gold, which has demonstrated a strong institutional and compliance culture while continuing to launch innovative solutions that unlock value in the $12 trillion global gold market.”
“I think we’re at the beginning of a brand-new era for gold, and it feels great to be working to expand the access and utility of gold with such an experienced team.”
Gold has been moving to the fore as governments struggle with unprecedented debt levels, markets struggle with sanctions and rapidly rising inflation, and cryptocurrency investors recognise the need for stable value options for decentralised finance. Rush Gold is a global leader in the space, offering unprecedented access and liquidity to instantly buy, sell, send, and spend based on 100% title to physical gold bullion.
Collins joins other Rush Gold Advisory Board members, including long term advisors Stuart Thomas (10 Network), Christopher Cheong (Advisor to Monetary Authority of Singapore and former CEO HSBC James Capel Singapore), Ken Chapman (Australian Securities Exchange) and Maria Loyez (Australian Ethical Investment, formerly Volt Bank and OFX).
