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

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

Career

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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.

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

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

References

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