Torsten Henry Ketelsen Explained

Torsten Ketelsen is an Australian businessman.[1] Ketelson founded industrial garnet group GMA Garnet in 1987.[2]

Ketelsen is described as having "very much created a market" for garnet, the hardest industrial sand, over a period of more than three decades.[3] As of 2019, GMA Garnet had a 40 per cent share of the global market for garnet.

Career

In 2016, Ketelsen, who is the former honorary consul of Germany in Western Australia, was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.[4] [5]

In 2018, he was awarded an Order of Australia Medal for his service to Australia-Germany relations, to business, and to the community.[6]

Ketelsen is a board member of the Perron Institute, a medical research organisation that focuses on neuroscience.[7]

References

  1. Web site: 2015-07-06 . Smooth transition for GMA Garnet . 2023-07-05 . Business News . en.
  2. Web site: Torsten Ketelsen . 2023-07-06 . Business News . en.
  3. Web site: GMA Garnet: Partnering For Environmental Mining ^ IM1005 . 2023-07-10 . HBR Store . en.
  4. Web site: 2016-10-11 . Torsten Ketelsen awarded highest tribute . 2023-07-05 . www.perroninstitute.org . en-AU.
  5. Web site: 8 Nov 2021 . Meeting with Mr Torsten Ketelsen OAM . 10 July 2023 . Government House Western Australia.
  6. Web site: 11 June 2018 . The Queen's Birthday 2018 Honours List . 5 July 2023 . The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia.
  7. Web site: 2021-11-29 . Our history – Perron Institute . 2023-07-10 . www.perroninstitute.org . en-AU.

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