For over five years Uwe Bergold was head of one of the first asset management companies in Germany focusing on precious metal and commodity investments. In his publications, he warned of the stock crash in March 2000, and one year later accurately predicted the gold boom. Since then his investment focus is on the gold and commodity sector. Uwe Bergold is fund manager and author of various books.
His book "Investmentstrategien mit Rohstoffen" (Investment Strategies with Commodities) by now is one of the standard works on the topic. From 2001 to 2007, he was a lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences Amberg-Weiden and guest lecturer at a university in Poznań, Poland. From 2001 to 2003, Bergold was a lecturer at Sparkassenakademie Bayern in Landshut and, from 2004 to 2006, he was a lecturer at Deutsche Sparkassenakademie in Bonn. Since 2005 (when the fair took place for the very first time), he is one of the speakers at the International Precious Metals & Commodities Show in Munich. Bergold is responsible for the investment strategies of three investment funds: pro aurum ValueFlex, NOAH-Mix OP and GR Dynamik OP.
As deputy CIO of Tiberius Asset Management AG, Zug/ Switzerland Dr. Torsten Dennin is responsible for analyzing international commodity markets with a focus on energy. Furthermore, he covers natural resources equities from the global sectors oil & gas, metals & mining, and agriculture. Prior to joining Tiberius in 2013, Dr. Dennin has been responsible for managing commodity funds as well as single accounts at Deutsche Bank, Frankfurt am Main (2003-2010).
Afterwards he managed a commodity fund and a natural resources equity fund at VCH Investments, Frankfurt am Main (2010-2013). Dr. Dennin holds a master equivalent degree in Economics from University of Cologne/ Germany, studied at Pennsylvania State University/ USA, and wrote his PhD-thesis on "Commodity Futures in Asset Management". He is author of two books, published numerous articles in industry journals, and appears regularly in Press & TV to commend on commodity markets.
Claudio Grass is a Mises Ambassador and an independent precious metals advisor based in Switzerland. He is a strong advocate of individual liberty and the protection of property.
Dr. Markus Krall is managing director with the German consulting Firm goetzpartners, where he is head of the financial services practice. He has more than 25 years’ experience in the financial industry from a consulting as well as from a line role perspective mainly with banking, primary insurance and reinsurance, and regulatory affairs.
As Chief Risk Officer and member of the executive board at Converium Reinsurance in Zürich, a global top 10 institution of its industry, he was part of the management team that successfully turned this company around.
Having started his career at Allianz AG Holding in Munich as a member of the executive board staff he focused on financial services and risk management advisory first at the Boston Consulting Group, later at Oliver, Wyman & Company as a Partner and Director and as a Senior Partner and head of the risk management practice at McKinsey & Company.
He has successfully lead a global portfolio of risk management and strategy assignments and projects covering banking and insurance in continental Europe, the UK, the US, Middle East, Asia and Australia. Among his clients were several of the global top 20 financial service providers, regulatory bodies, governments and supranational institutions.
Markus Krall is the author of the bestselling book “The Draghi-Crash” (an English edition is planned for Q4) and a regular columnist for several of Germanys leading print and online publications where he focuses on monetary policy and European affairs.
He holds a diploma and a doctorate in economics from Freiburg University and completed his postgraduate studies at the Imperial University in Nagoya, Japan (Meidai) with a doctoral thesis on Japanese capital markets.
