BullionVault
Atsuko Whitehouse has a diverse work experience spanning over several years. Atsuko began their career in 1988 as a Commercial Manager at ACT Financial Systems Ltd - Japan, where they successfully established a profitable business unit in Tokyo and Hong Kong. In 1993, they founded their own company called Whitehouse, specializing in translating technical manuals and software license agreements from English to Japanese. Atsuko then worked as a London Co-ordinator at White Door from 2004 to 2008, where they developed a website and arranged wedding blessings and cultural events for Japanese visitors to the UK.
From 2008 to an unspecified date, Atsuko served as the Head of Japanese Market at BullionVault, the world's leading online service for physical gold ownership. In this role, they facilitated the buying, trading, and holding of physical gold, silver, and platinum bullion for over 75,000 clients worldwide. Atsuko successfully provided clients with direct access to live "wholesale" pricing and cost efficiencies.
In 2015, Atsuko took on a similar role as the Head of Japanese Market at WhiskyInvestDirect, a subsidiary of the Galmarley Group. WhiskyInvestDirect is an online market for buying and selling maturing whisky, enabling diversification into this asset class. Alongside this, they also worked with James Eadie Ltd, an independent whisky bottler specializing in single cask and small batch bottling.
Overall, Atsuko Whitehouse has extensive experience in market development, project coordination, translation, and client relationship management in various industries, including finance, e-commerce, and wedding planning.
Atsuko Whitehouse attended Marugame High School from 1978 to 1980 and then pursued their education at Gakushuin Women's College from 1980 to 1982. However, it is important to note that no degree or field of study information is provided for either institution.
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BullionVault
BullionVault is a P2P platform for buying and selling physical gold & silver bullion, securely, at low cost. As of January 2013, BullionVault held over $2billion worth of client assets.The bullion is kept in approved vaults within the London Good Delivery system. Good delivery bullion bars are produced by London Bullion Market Association[LBMA] approved refiners, have a known history and can be easily re-sold. Most of the world's professional gold dealing happens within the LBMA good delivery rules. BullionVault is a full member of the LBMA.Unlike most gold investment products, BullionVault's clients own their gold directly as property in their own name within the jurisdiction the gold is stored. Clients can chose to store their gold in Zurich, London, New York or Singapore.An internal market allows clients can trade their holdings with each other in units as small as a single gram. Clients can choose to place large orders [800oz] through the London professional markets. BullionVault itself also runs trading bots to ensure liquidity, quoting two-way prices on its exchange 24/7.In June 2010, the gold industry's key market-development body the World Gold Council joined with the internet and technology fund Augmentum Capital, which is backed by the London-listed Rothschild Investment Trust, in making an $18.8 million (GB £12.5m) investment in the business. This makes BullionVault rare as a disruptive start-up that has been willingly embraced by an established industry.Their exchange's technology stack runs almost entirely on open-source components. CTO Kris Jenkins says, "I couldn't imagine trying to build a company like BullionVault using proprietary software. I've seen startups die while they were still negotiating support contracts. Often when they could have picked an open solution so reliable it would never need support."The company was founded by Paul Tustain in 2005 and is based in London with an office in New York.