Tom Brady is a Professor of Practice in Mineral Economics at the Colorado School of Mines and is the Managing Director of Capitalight Research, providing outlook and advisory on precious metals. Previously, Tom served as the Executive Director of the J.P. Morgan Center for Commodities at the University of Colorado Denver Business School. Tom was the Chief Economist at Newmont Mining Corporation and was responsible for generating key commodity price, foreign exchange, and other financial assumptions used throughout the company. In this role, Tom also developed methods to effectively quantify and communicate the economic impacts of Newmont’s operations to host communities and countries. Previously at Newmont, Tom led the Strategic Planning function that developed and implemented portfolio modeling analytics and also held positions in Investor Relations, Treasury, and Corporate Development.

Prior to rejoining Newmont. Tom was a Senior Manager at Risk Capital Management, a consultancy that advised energy and natural resource companies on financial risk, valuation, and commodity hedging.

Tom holds a Ph.D. in Mineral Economics with research emphases in commodity markets from the Colorado School of Mines. In addition, Tom holds a Masters degree in Mathematics, also from the Colorado School of Mines.