MANAGEMENT TEAM

Luke Howard Taylor, MBA
Managing Director
21 years industry experience

After studying Theoretical Physics at Imperial College, Luke joined Sceptre in 2005 and became a shareholder in 2006.  He co-managed the Sceptre UK Fund with Chris Broadhurst until Chris’s death in 2009.  Following this, he joined Longview Partners, becoming a partner in 2012 and managed upwards of $25bn as part of a small team until 2021. Between 2021-2025 Luke focused on the management of Howard Taylor Investments, a family investment company.

Murat Gunc, CFA
Quantitative Systems
21 years industry experience

Murat has dual degrees in Mathematics and Mechanical Engineering from Boğaziçi University, which he gained in 2004.  He then gained a MSc in Operational Research from the London School of Economics in 2005. Between 2005 and 2020 he was the principal Quantitative Analyst at Longview Partners, before joining the Investment team there as the research data analytics lead until 2026.  

Company Secretary
Angela  Lawley-Wakelin
BEd. Drama and Education, Exeter
Advanced Secretarial Course

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