Torsten_Henry_Ketelsen

Torsten Henry Ketelsen

Torsten Henry Ketelsen

Australian businessman

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.[3]

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][2][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.[5][7]

References

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    "GMA Garnet: Partnering For Environmental Mining ^ IM1005". HBR Store. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
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    "Torsten Ketelsen awarded highest tribute". www.perroninstitute.org. 2016-10-11. Retrieved 2023-07-05.
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    "Meeting with Mr Torsten Ketelsen OAM". Government House Western Australia. 8 Nov 2021. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
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    "The Queen's Birthday 2018 Honours List" (PDF). The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia. 11 June 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
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    "Our history – Perron Institute". www.perroninstitute.org. 2021-11-29. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
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