Global head of ASI to join Martin Gilbert on River and Mercantile board
Alex Hoctor-Duncan joins as an executive director responsible for strategic development
Alex Hoctor-Duncan is following in the footsteps of Martin Gilbert by moving from Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) to the board of River and Mercantile as an executive director.
Hoctor-Duncan (pictured) will be responsible for strategic development at River and Mercantile after he joins later this year at the end of his contract with ASI.
Valuable contribution
ASI said Hoctor-Duncan’s role will be taken over by Chris Demetriou, CEO UK, EMEA and Americas and Rene Buehlmann, CEO APAC, with the distribution strategy “aligned to their regional strategic priorities”.