Gold training programmes | Central Bank Gold

The World Gold Council's Central Bank and Public Policy team offer a range of bespoke in-house training and intensive campus-based training programmes for public institutions’ professionals.

The Executive Programme in Gold Reserve Management

This three-day intensive programme is held in conjunction with leading global business schools around the world. The course covers a range of essential learning modules, including:

Fundamentals of gold demand and supply and the outlook for gold
The role of gold as a reserve asset
Case studies on gold reserve management in practice
Mining and exploration
The global gold market infrastructure, including the loco-London market
Gold market operations
Upgrading and refining gold
Accounting for monetary gold.

Please note that this programme is only open to existing central bank, Sovereign Wealth Fund and Finance Ministry officials.

Bespoke training

Bespoke research and training can be requested free of charge by emailing [email protected]. Please note that this facility is only open to public servants in ministries of finance, central banks and sovereign wealth funds. Please provide the following details with your request: your organisation, title and area of responsibility, the specific areas of training required, your preferred date and location. All requests submitted will be treated in the strictest confidence.

Upcoming programmes:

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Past programmes:

Executive Programme in Gold Reserves Management - Tsinghua University PBC School of Finance

16 October, 2019 - 18 October, 2019

The World Gold Council’s flagship summit for senior officials from central banks, sovereign wealth funds, and finance ministries.

This year’s programme was led by distinguished scholars from the PBC School of Finance at Tsinghua University, experts from the World Gold Council and other industry experts.

Download the draft agenda

Download the 'Welcome Guide'

Download the course presentations

The Executive Programme in Gold Reserve Management, National University of Singapore

26 November, 2018 - 28 November, 2018

Analysing bonds and currencies comes naturally to central bank executives; this programme provides the tools and framework required for a similarly rigorous analysis of gold.

Venue: National University of Singapore

Download the agenda and presentations:

2018 Executive Programme Agenda
The evolution of SWFs
Gold and Crypto
Upgrading gold to GDL standards
Global Economic Outlook

The Executive Programme in Gold Reserve Management, University of Cambridge Judge Business School

Contributions from Professor Michael Kitson, Dame Kate Barker, experts from the World Gold Council, the London Bullion Market Association, leading gold industry insiders, mining companies and various central banks.

The Executive Programme in Gold Reserve Management, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley

Contributions from UC Berkeley Professors Maurice Obstfeld and Professor Barry Eichengreen, leading gold industry experts, Newgold, the London Bullion Market Association, the International Monetary Fund and various central bankers.