David Tait, the former global head of Credit Suisse’s macro trading business, and a five-time conqueror of Everest in aid of charity, has taken the top job at a body promoting investment in gold.

Tait, who has held various senior trading roles in the City within both large investment banks and hedge funds, is set to become chief executive of the World Gold Council early next year, the organisation said in a statement on November 28.