Mr. Duke joined Meketa Investment Group in 2007, and has been in the financial services industry for twenty-eight years. He is responsible for researching and performing due diligence on private equity strategies at Meketa Investment Group.Over Mr. Duke's career, he has worked in various positions within the investment management and capital markets industries. His experience includes providing investment expertise and advice on private debt and equity placements, infrastructure, mezzanine debt and other private and public asset classes. In addition, Mr. Duke has experience in performing credit analysis of public and private high yield fixed income securities at all layers of the capital structure. Previously, he was responsible for structuring and negotiating the terms, provisions and covenants of primary and secondary private debt placement securities for institutional portfolios. Further, he was responsible for negotiating, monitoring and working-out problem loans in addition to coordinating portfolio secondary trades. His experience also includes negotiating, structuring, and closing leveraged acquisition and growth financings for public companies.Mr. Duke is a member of the Boston Security Analysts Society and has earned the Chartered Financial Analysts designation. He received an MBA in finance from New York University and a B.A. from Hamilton College. Mr. Duke has served as a Trustee in the Massachusetts Chapter of the Nature Conservancy and is presently serving as a member of the Alumni Council at Hamilton College. |