A leadership team of expert industry professionals

Mehdi Barkhordar
Chairman
Mehdi Barkhordar is a graduate of the Wharton School and brings to neoshapes 40 years of leadership experience in the precious metals industry. He is recognized for his expertise in trading, refining, fabrication, marketing, innovation, and client services. A promoter of emerging technologies, Mehdi led the development of anti-counterfeit security and blockchain-based supply chain traceability as well as India’s first, largest and most trusted digital gold platform. Mehdi has served on the boards of prominent industry associations and is a leading proponent of compliance to best practices, ethics, and environmental sustainability.

Stéphane Vigié
CEO
Stéphane Vigié brings more than 25 years of leadership in the luxury industry with a focus on manufacturing and supply chain management for Cartier and Richemont International. A strategist and an innovator, Stéphane has vast experience in redefining industrial strategies, driving manufacturing best practices, introducing new technologies, optimizing performance, implementing lean manufacturing and kaizen programs and re-designing supply chains. Stéphane has a Master in Business Administration from the Université Aix-Marseille and is skilled in technology, business and people management.