Douglas Hansen-Luke
Raymond Douglas Hansen-Luke (born 25 April 1970), known as Douglas Hansen-Luke, is a British finance professional and former Parliamentary Candidate. Most recently he ran for the Conservative Party in Walsall North in the 2015 General Election. He is the founder and Managing Partner of HLD Partners, which was set up to "advise companies, institutions and governmental bodies on best practice in the responsible deployment and raising of capital".[1]
Background and Education
Hansen-Luke was born in London to Sunny Hansen-Luke (née Hansen) and Ronald Luke. Ronald Luke had immigrated to the United Kingdom from India when he was 16, and Sunny Hansen-Luke from Norway when she was 17.
Hansen-Luke grew up in Bedfordshire, attending Stanborough School until 1986. He then completed his A-Levels at Stowe School, before completing his degree in Politics, Philosophy, and Economics (PPE) at Jesus College, Oxford University.
During his time at Jesus College, Hansen-Luke became President of the PPE society. He also went on to become Chairman of Cherwell, Oxford University’s newspaper.
Hansen-Luke completed his Bachelor of Arts in 1991, and claimed his Master of Arts in 2011/2012.
Volunteer and Social Action
Hansen-Luke led a motorbike expedition from India to the United Kingdom via the Commonwealth of Independent States in 1994, sponsored by Royal Enfield.
In 1998 Hansen-Luke was briefly detained by the Taliban while working as a freelance journalist in Afghanistan, and conducted one of the first interviews with the Taliban for Associated Press TV.[2]
In 2013 Hansen-Luke established Vision Exchange, a platform to connect 16-24 year olds with employment.[3]
Hansen-Luke returned to the region in 2005, going on an expedition through Pakistan and the North West Frontier Province. He then continued on to the People’s Republic of China.
In 2012 Hansen-Luke worked with the Rwandan government and SMEs to direct a financial literacy pilot-scheme for 300 entrepreneurs in Rwanda.[4]
Political career
Hansen-Luke’s first major exposure to politics came early after he left Oxford when he served as an assistant to Sir Nicholas Lyell, the then Attorney General, during his 1992 and 1997 parliamentary campaigns.
Most recently in 2012, Douglas was selected in an open primary to be the Conservative Party’s Prospective Parliamentary Candidate (PPC) in Walsall North for the 2015 UK General Election. This constituency was one of the Conservative Party's strategically important 40/40 target seats.[5]
Professional career
Hansen-Luke began his career with Bain & Company in 1992 as an Associate Consultant within their London office. Two years on from Bain he moved to Salomon Brothers in Hong Kong to work on Emerging Market Equities.
Following the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis, Hansen-Luke founded Typhoon8, Hong Kong’s first registered online-brokerage. Typhoon8 was being prepared for listing on Hong Kong’s Growth Enterprise Market (GEM) in 2001 when the Dot Com crash forced Hansen-Luke to sell to Asia Strategic Group of Companies.
Hansen-Luke went on to join ABN AMRO Asset Management as their Asian Head of Strategic Sales in Hong Kong, before moving back to London as their Global Head of Product Specialists. Hansen-Luke was seconded as Chief Executive Officer of ABN Amro’s joint venture with Saudi Hollandi Bank Asset Management in Saudi Arabia, leaving the company in 2007.
In 2007 Hansen-Luke joined Robeco Institutional Asset Management, a then subsidiary of Rabobank, as CEO Middle East. Hansen-Luke was present in Bahrain during the uprising of 2011 before he decided to return to London to found his own firm, HLD Partners.
Hansen-Luke is a contributor to the Financial Times book on Mastering Commodities edited by Francesca Taylor, authoring a chapter on investing in food.[6] During his tenure at Robeco, Hansen-Luke engaged with a diverse number of media partners as part of the Robeco Knowledge Sharing programme. He frequently gave interviews on CNBC, participated in the BBC Doha Debate on food, and wrote columns for regional business publications.
References
- ↑ HLD Partners. HLD Partners http://www.hldpartners.com/. Retrieved 1 July 2015. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ "HLD Partners: About Us". HLD Partners. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
- ↑ "Vision Exchange". Douglas Hansen-Luke. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
- ↑ "Who Are We: Douglas Hansen-Luke". HLD Partners. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
- ↑ "he Election Battleground: West Midlands". Conservative Home. Conservative Home. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
- ↑ HLD Partners http://www.hldpartners.com/sustainability/. Retrieved 1 July 2015. Missing or empty
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