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Board changes and investment team addition
Board changes and investment team addition.
About this update from Duke Capital Limited
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 1379S Duke Royalty Limited 28 September 2017 \n\n28 September 2017\nDuke Royalty Limited\n(\"Duke Royalty\", \"Duke\" or the \"Company\")\n \nBoard changes and investment team addition\n \nDuke Royalty Limited (AIM: DUKE) is pleased to announce the appointment of Justin Cochrane as Executive Director and Matthew Wrigley as Non-Executive Director with immediate effect. \nMr Cochrane, has been an active executive of the Duke team since 2015. In his role as Executive Vice President, Corporate Development at Abingdon Capital Corp ('Abingdon'*), Mr Cochrane has had a significant involvement in the origination of prospective investment opportunities for Duke Royalty; been a member of the Company's Investment Committee, coordinating the due diligence and execution of royalty transactions and monitoring of royalty investments made by the Company. Previously Mr Cochrane negotiated, structured and executed dozens of royalty transactions in multiple jurisdictions during his five years at Sandstorm Gold Limited where he was Executive Vice President of Corporate Development. From 2002 to 2010 Mr Cochrane worked for National Bank Financial Inc. where he gained significant transaction experience executing M&A and capital markets transactions including IPO's for the income trust and royalty sectors, among others. \nMr Cochrane holds a Bachelor of Commerce (finance major) from the University of British Columbia and has received a CFA designation from the CFA Institute.\nMr Wrigley is a partner at asset management advisory firm, MJ Hudson. In his fifteen years in alternative assets, he has gained experience through a mix of legal and commercial roles, including serving as General Counsel for a fund management company listed on the Australian Securities Exchange with AUD 1.3 billion assets under management, Chief Operating Officer of an investment trust listed on the Singapore Securities Exchange with a market capitalisation of SGD 600 million, and with leading global law firm, Baker McKenzie. He also sits on several fund and general partner boards, with strategies spanning private equity, infrastructure and real estate.\nMr Wrigley is a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Queensland Australia, holds a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) from the University of Queensland and is a resident of Guernsey...