James Dougall
Director Wealth Management at Alpha Quest Pte. Ltd.
Singapore
Overview
Work Experience
Director Wealth Management
2024 - Current
- Lead manager for discretionary multi-asset ETF portfolios - Acquiring and advising HNW clients - Driving digital asset strategy and portfolio integration - Co-leading launch of institutional Singapore VCC fund (blockchain VC) and designated to serve as Portfolio Manager
Founding Partner
2018
- Co-founded blockchain VC firm and raised over CHF 7 million in capital from private investors - Invested in 20+ blockchain startups across infrastructure, DeFi and web3 - Launched 2 Luxembourg VC funds - Currently seeding the Alpha Quest Singapore VCC fund with our existing portfolio of companies
Founder and Managing Director
2009 - 2024
- Built and managed multi-asset ETF and liquid crypto portfolios - Partnered with BlackRock iShares as part of their third-party manager programme, with a focus on ESG portfolio construction and quantitative analytics - Delivered multi-year outperformance across all strategies - Acquired and advised over USD 50 million in client AuM - ETF strategies formally moved to Alpha Quest Pte Ltd in Q1 2024
Executive Director, Global Telecoms Sales
2004 - 2009
- Ran long/short global telecoms book for hedge fund clients - Covered hedge funds and institutions across the UK, Europe, and the USA - Contributed to team ranking improvement (II Survey: 7th to 3rd in 2008)
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Director, Pan-European Equity Sales
1999 - 2004
- Pan-European equity sales to German institutional investors - Built new into-Germany equity sales business line
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Associate Director
1995 - 1998
- Pan-European generalist equity sales - Built a top-ranked into-Germany European equity sales team
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