Gerhard Max Schubert

Founder

Schubert Commodities

Profile:

Gerhard Schubert is the founder of Schubert Commodities Consultancy MCC. Gerhard Schubert was the Head of Gold and Commodities at Arab Banking Corporation (ABC Bank) in Bahrain, before returning in March 2015 to Dubai.

Emirates NBD, in Dubai was his first posting in the Middle East, where he led the bank’s global mandate in this key sector from 2011 until 2014.

Prior to this, Schubert was with Fortis Nederland, now ABN AMRO Nederland, as Global Head of Precious Metals. He joined Fortis Nederland following a brief stint at INTL Commodities, where he served as Head of Precious Metals London & New York. Previous to that role, he held the post of Deputy Head of Base and Precious Metals with Fortis Bank Belgium.

Schubert’s career spans more than three decades and began as a trader at Bremer Landesbank in Bremen. He went then on to work as a precious metals trader for renowned global institutions such as DG-Bank, Shearson Lehman Brothers, DFS-Bullion, Bayerische Vereinsbank and Credit Lyonnais Rouse. Senior management posts followed in Mitsui & Co. and WestLB.

He has served on the Board of ABN AMRO Markets, UK, and was a Member of the Management Committee of the London Bullion Market Association and the London Platinum and Palladium Market. Schubert is a regular speaker on precious metals at Industry conferences and on Bloomberg Television. Gerhard has served since 2011 on various committees of the DMCC in the DGAG (Dubai Gold Advisory Group), as well as in the Independent Governance Committee of the DMCC.

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