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He brings more than 20 years' experience specialising in sales of complex products including structured products, systematic strategies, and flow equity derivatives. He was most recently European head of Cash Equity and Derivative Sales at Royal Bank of Canada, where he held a number of senior sales roles.

His extensive experience also includes working at Nomura focussing on distribution to UK and Swiss Private Banks and as Head of UK Retail Structured Products at Lehman Brothers.

He will be joined in Downing's Liquid Alternatives Team next month by Russell Catley, the founder and previous Chief Executive Officer of Atlantic House Group, formerly Catley Lakeman May, who has been appointed Head of Retail in the Liquid Alternatives Team.

Russell founded Catley Lakeman Securities in 2008, before launching Atlantic House Investments in 2013, which grew under his stewardship to be the market leader in defined returns fund strategies. His wealth of experience in the alternatives space and extensive 35 year career also includes senior roles in investment banking and asset management at Citigroup Global Capital Markets and AXA Investment Managers. He was a non-executive director of three Downing Venture Capital Trusts for 12 years.

Kostas Manolis, Partner and Head of Private Market Investments, Downing, said: "We are delighted to have Paul join Downing. His deep network in specialist distribution and Russell's experience of building and growing a successful fund business will be significant additions to our Liquid Alternatives team and are expected to make a major contribution to our continuing strategic growth as we expand our capabilities in response to client demand."

Paul Adams, added: "Joining Downing presents an exciting opportunity to leverage my experience in specialist sales with Downing's distribution capabilities and the Liquid Alternative strategies that Tony Stenning's team are bringing to the market."