Duke is a seasoned capital markets participant and infrastructure expert across fixed income, credit, and digital assets. Having begun his career as a sell-side trader, he has managed $1B+ investment grade credit portfolios and relationships with the largest financial institutions in the world.
After time as a regulatory and operations consultant and relationship manager for Bloomberg, Duke entered crypto and startups full-time in 2018, managing new sales and all recurring revenue for Lukka, a crypto sub-ledger and data provider. After Lukka, Duke joined a $800M crypto lending platform to manage its Americas clients - building AUM to $20B+ in 9 months. He also managed global partnerships and launched yield-as-a-service to new partner verticals.
Duke has spent the last 18 months building crypto-native workflows and solutions for philanthropic institutions and HNWIs/FOs looking to make tax-efficient, charitable gifts using digital assets.
Success comes in many forms and is not zero sum; but I do have a strong track record of helping companies and their clients drive profitability and revenue in multiple domains. I also enjoy building teams and creating culture for companies with a mission.