Jon Nadler
Senior Market Strategist
Jon emigrated from communist Romania to the United States when he was eighteen years old. He and his family sought to escape persecution and create a better life for themselves in the West. Jon's first connection and respect for gold came out of the very act of leaving his native land. As authorities permitted no valuables to be taken by emigrants, the family had no choice but to sew a handful of old Austrian Ducat and Corona gold coins into the overcoats and belts they packed. Fortunately, this small stash proved to be the seed money with which to start a new life in America. For Jon, this gold also meant a ticket to college. He attended U.C.L.A. and graduated with degrees in European Languages and Special Fields, followed by completion of the U.C.L.A. Executive Program at the Graduate School of Management.
Jon's precious metals career encompasses over twenty-seven years of extensive client relationship management, metals market analysis, and gold product sales experience in the precious metals investment industry. Jon's most significant career achievements include establishing and operating profitable retail metals investment operations at three major financial institutions, where he enhanced existing operations and augmented programs through external acquisitions. He began his field achievements in 1977, with a position at Deak & Perera, the U.S.A.'s oldest and largest foreign exchange firm during that time. Jon managed gold and silver retailing throughout the United States. He also created and managed Swiss-style certificate programs for retail investors and served as corporate spokesman for precious metals at trade shows and in the media.
Subsequently, Jon joined the oldest and largest gold bullion bank in the USA, Republic National Bank. There, he created, implemented, and managed gold and silver wholesale trading relationships with coin dealers, jewelers, and other commercial accounts. Jon also developed and ran a profitable nationwide retail precious metals sales department for RNB, while also acting as the official spokesman for the Bank's precious metals activities at international trade forums and in the domestic media.
From 1985, for sixteen distinguished years, Jon served as an officer at the largest West Coast financial institution, Bank of America, in Beverly Hills, California. There, he was Director of Global Precious Metals Programs for the International Private Banking, the Domestic U.S. Private Banking, and the Investment Services Division. Jon managed the sales and marketing of the Bank's Precious Metals Programs; he had product development responsibility from concept to successful launch through profitable operation. He represented Bank of America's gold programs to the national media and at international trade forums. Jon undertook extensive overseas travel (he has visited and worked in over 35 countries on every continent) to interface with Private Bank clients. Jon managed and executed all gold, silver, and platinum trading for all Bank retail clients, with complete profit responsibility. He also supervised precious metals operations and a large account officer sales staff. In 1992, Jon initiated the acquisition and managed the integration of Security Pacific Bank's Precious Metals Program into the Bank of America existing programs, achieving a return on investment of 300% after only 12 months of operation. He created and produced all Bank of America marketing materials for precious metals, and conducted internal seminars for Bank personnel as well as external educational presentations to prospective gold clients. Finally, he established business relationships with all major government mints and with the premier precious metals trade organizations. Jon was frequently called upon by the national media and by industry analysts to render opinions and editorials about precious metals market activity. He wrote numerous articles and commentaries about gold investing.
When Bank of America was taken over by Nation's Bank, Jon decided to become an independent metals consultant, forming his own firm, International Metals Consultants. Jon's first client was Australia's Perth Mint. Jon took responsibility of the sales and marketing of Certificate Program in the U.S.A. to prospective and existing bullion dealers. He added sales partners to the Perth programs and directed marketing support as well as sales tracking of PMCP products. Jon launched the Certificate Program in April 2000 via a national dealer seminar. He then appointed ten new U.S. certificate dealers on behalf within the first year.
In recent years, Jon added the World Gold Council to his roster of clients, with his consulting position to the Retail Investment Sector focusing on the individual retail investor markets. Jon has been developing potential and existing sales partners and distributors of gold bullion. He has also represented the WGC at national and international trade conferences oriented to the wealthy and their asset managers.
One of Jon's metals-related passions entails the education, referral, and tracking of gold bullion prospects from first contact through product learning to the eventual and most difficult last stage, the purchase. He understands the numerous misconceptions that revolve around precious metals products and providers and has long advocated honest consumer information in this arena. He has made it his personal and career mission to also be an ombudsman for precious metals consumers, exposing shoddy dealer practices, deceitful pricing schemes, telemarketing scams, and other tactics that hurt individual investors. Through his contributions to the Industry Council for Tangible Assets, Jon helped further the cause of the "little guy" – the less than sophisticated, novice investor. Jon possesses excellent, multi-lingual communication (although he speaks Italian, French, Spanish, Hungarian, and Romanian he says that his favorite language is that of gold!) and proven marketing skills, with particular affinity to private investors, wealthy or average, domestic or foreign. Jon lives in the Bay Area in California with his wife and two sons.
Jon's precious metals career encompasses over twenty-seven years of extensive client relationship management, metals market analysis, and gold product sales experience in the precious metals investment industry. Jon's most significant career achievements include establishing and operating profitable retail metals investment operations at three major financial institutions, where he enhanced existing operations and augmented programs through external acquisitions. He began his field achievements in 1977, with a position at Deak & Perera, the U.S.A.'s oldest and largest foreign exchange firm during that time. Jon managed gold and silver retailing throughout the United States. He also created and managed Swiss-style certificate programs for retail investors and served as corporate spokesman for precious metals at trade shows and in the media.
Subsequently, Jon joined the oldest and largest gold bullion bank in the USA, Republic National Bank. There, he created, implemented, and managed gold and silver wholesale trading relationships with coin dealers, jewelers, and other commercial accounts. Jon also developed and ran a profitable nationwide retail precious metals sales department for RNB, while also acting as the official spokesman for the Bank's precious metals activities at international trade forums and in the domestic media.
From 1985, for sixteen distinguished years, Jon served as an officer at the largest West Coast financial institution, Bank of America, in Beverly Hills, California. There, he was Director of Global Precious Metals Programs for the International Private Banking, the Domestic U.S. Private Banking, and the Investment Services Division. Jon managed the sales and marketing of the Bank's Precious Metals Programs; he had product development responsibility from concept to successful launch through profitable operation. He represented Bank of America's gold programs to the national media and at international trade forums. Jon undertook extensive overseas travel (he has visited and worked in over 35 countries on every continent) to interface with Private Bank clients. Jon managed and executed all gold, silver, and platinum trading for all Bank retail clients, with complete profit responsibility. He also supervised precious metals operations and a large account officer sales staff. In 1992, Jon initiated the acquisition and managed the integration of Security Pacific Bank's Precious Metals Program into the Bank of America existing programs, achieving a return on investment of 300% after only 12 months of operation. He created and produced all Bank of America marketing materials for precious metals, and conducted internal seminars for Bank personnel as well as external educational presentations to prospective gold clients. Finally, he established business relationships with all major government mints and with the premier precious metals trade organizations. Jon was frequently called upon by the national media and by industry analysts to render opinions and editorials about precious metals market activity. He wrote numerous articles and commentaries about gold investing.
When Bank of America was taken over by Nation's Bank, Jon decided to become an independent metals consultant, forming his own firm, International Metals Consultants. Jon's first client was Australia's Perth Mint. Jon took responsibility of the sales and marketing of Certificate Program in the U.S.A. to prospective and existing bullion dealers. He added sales partners to the Perth programs and directed marketing support as well as sales tracking of PMCP products. Jon launched the Certificate Program in April 2000 via a national dealer seminar. He then appointed ten new U.S. certificate dealers on behalf within the first year.
In recent years, Jon added the World Gold Council to his roster of clients, with his consulting position to the Retail Investment Sector focusing on the individual retail investor markets. Jon has been developing potential and existing sales partners and distributors of gold bullion. He has also represented the WGC at national and international trade conferences oriented to the wealthy and their asset managers.
One of Jon's metals-related passions entails the education, referral, and tracking of gold bullion prospects from first contact through product learning to the eventual and most difficult last stage, the purchase. He understands the numerous misconceptions that revolve around precious metals products and providers and has long advocated honest consumer information in this arena. He has made it his personal and career mission to also be an ombudsman for precious metals consumers, exposing shoddy dealer practices, deceitful pricing schemes, telemarketing scams, and other tactics that hurt individual investors. Through his contributions to the Industry Council for Tangible Assets, Jon helped further the cause of the "little guy" – the less than sophisticated, novice investor. Jon possesses excellent, multi-lingual communication (although he speaks Italian, French, Spanish, Hungarian, and Romanian he says that his favorite language is that of gold!) and proven marketing skills, with particular affinity to private investors, wealthy or average, domestic or foreign. Jon lives in the Bay Area in California with his wife and two sons.
