William Lamarque joined NM Rothschild and Sons (London) in 1986 where he became an executive member of the board of directors. He subsequently became managing director of Rothschild Inc in New York, with responsibility for the group’s commodity trading and metals producer financings in the Americas. He has been a Member of the Commodity Exchange Inc, served on the Central Bank Committee of the World Gold Council and the China Committee of International Financial Services London (then the “British invisibles”), and was chair of the Public Affairs Committee of the London Bullion Market Association.