Paul Tustain

Paul Tustain has a diverse work experience spanning several industries. Paul is the Founder and Chairman of WhiskyInvestDirect since October 2015, where they revolutionized the previously uninvestable in-barrel Scotch whisky maturation industry by enabling retail investors to participate on exclusive industry insider terms. Prior to this, they founded and chaired BullionVault in October 2003. BullionVault is the world's largest online bullion investment service, providing a bridge between private and professional bullion markets and lowering the cost of retail participation in gold and silver bullion investment. With vaults in multiple cities, it currently holds 45 tonnes of gold and 1200 tonnes of silver on behalf of 100,000 private clients.

Before their ventures in the finance and investment sector, Paul Tustain founded SAM Systems in January 1990. As a software developer and entrepreneur, the company specialized in middle and back office functions for the banking and stockbroking sectors. Paul served as the Founder and Director of SAM Systems until July 2005 and as Founder of SAM Business Systems until 2002.

Additionally, they worked as a Consultant at Premier Systems from 1991 to 1992 and as an Analyst at Quotient from 1986 to 1989.

Paul Tustain attended the University of Southampton from 1980 to 1981, but no degree or field of study information is available for this period. Subsequently, from 1983 to 1987, they attended the University of Westminster, where they obtained a Distinction in Computer Science.