Nirali Shah Appointed as Sustainability & Responsible Sourcing Director at LBMA

LBMA is delighted to announce the appointment of Nirali Shah as its new Sustainability & Responsible Sourcing Director. With over two decades of experience in sustainability, responsible sourcing, and assurance within the precious metals sector, Nirali brings deep practical expertise to further LBMA’s mission of advancing integrity and transparency in precious metals value chains.

A Chartered Accountant by background, Nirali has built her career in effectively combining the rigour of financial systems with emerging sustainability practices. As a Senior Advisor to LBMA since 2020, she has already played a pivotal role in shaping the Responsible Sourcing Programme and, more recently, added her assurance expertise to strengthen governance of LBMA's Third Party Assurance Programme.

Prior to this, Nirali served as CEO at Responsible Gold, where she focused on leveraging blockchain, artificial intelligence and asset tokenisation to address resource responsibility, traceability, and financial inclusion in the gold sector. Nirali has also held senior positions at Deloitte, where she led sustainability services for the extractives sector and established global responsible sourcing compliance services.

“I am thrilled to join LBMA in this new capacity at such a pivotal moment for sustainability and responsible sourcing," said Nirali. "I have championed corporate integrity and sustainability throughout my career and I now look forward to working with the LBMA team and our stakeholders to drive meaningful industry-wide advancements.”