Duke Street loses Scott, appoints two

In his new role, Almond will take on Duke Street's investor relations, co-investment and fundraising activities from previous fundraising head Buchan Scott. Scott leaves the GP after 15 years. According to a statement he left to "explore new opportunities in the coming months".

During his time with Duke Street, Scott was instrumental in the GP's partnership with Paris-based investment firm Tikehau. Click here to read an interview with Scott from 2013, discussing the deal and what it meant for Duke Street.

Almond joins from Octopus Investments, where he joined in 2012 following the company's acquisition of Cornhill – a business founded by Almond in 2004. Almond began his career with Philip Capital and went on to set up Cornhill Asset Management, and later Cornhill Capital and Cornhill FX. Following the sale, he then grew Octopus's institutional funds business from scratch to £1.5bn assets under management.

Meanwhile, Supple has joined Duke Street as investment executive. He joins from Canaccord Genuity where he spent six years in the M&A team as well as a secondment to Candlewick Asset Management.

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