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Appointment of Chief Investment Officer
Appointment of Chief Investment Officer.
About this update from Duke Capital Limited
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n RNS Number : 1572L\n Duke Royalty Limited\n 11 January 2021\n \n \n \n \n 11 \n January 2021\n \n \n \n \n \n Duke Royalty Limited\n \n \n \n \n \n (\"Duke Royalty\", \"Duke\" or the \"Company\")\n \n \n \n \n \n Appointment of Chief Investment Officer \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Duke Royalty Limited (AIM: DUKE), a provider of capital solutions to a diversified range of profitable and long-established businesses in Europe and abroad, is pleased to announce the senior management appointment of Mr. Peter Madouros as its Chief Investment Officer. Peter has extensive private equity and credit experience and will operate out of Duke's London office. Jim Webster, who has been Chief Investment Officer and a member of Duke's Investment Committee since 2016, will continue to provide his experience, support and leadership as Chair of the Investment Committee.\n \n \n \n \n \n In light of the Company's growing pipeline of opportunities driven by business owners' desires turn to long-term capital solutions, Mr. Madouros' appointment provides Duke Royalty's Investment team with additional expertise, particularly in the European non-bank credit sector and increases capacity for origination and execution of new transactions. Formerly a senior member of the investment team at Pollen Street Capital, Duke Royalty's debt provider, Mr. Madouros has a strong track record of working closely with UK SMEs to assess their needs and structure appropriate capital solutions. He will be responsible for conducting the due diligence and negotiations on prospective investment opportunities, directing the execution of royalty transactions approved by the Duke Royalty board and monitoring royalty investments made by the Company. \n \n \n \n \n \n Prior to his role at Pollen Street Capital, Mr. Madouros served as an investment professional at Moore Capital Management, a multi-strategy hedge fund focused on global financial markets. Mr. Madouros holds a BA from Cornell University, where he graduated Magna cum Laude, and an MBA from Columbia Business School.\n \n \n \n \n \n Neil Johnson, CEO of Duke Royalty, said:\n \n \n \n \n \n \"Peter has a deep understanding of our business, having previously been our key point of contact at Pollen Street Capital, so his decision to join Duke Royalty serve...