Luke Dugdale

Spear’s Review

‘If you have the ability to sympathise with the clients’ passion while moderating it with the financials, yet remain professional in your dealings with all parties, you will be a good art adviser,’ Luke Dugdale says.

After setting up art lending at Deutsche Bank and art services at RBS Wealth Management, Dugdale co-founded Cadell (named after the Scottish colourist painter) to concentrate on ‘portfolio management of art held in trust’. He has since moved on to become a partner of Quartet Family Office.

The firm is a multi-family office that works with a range of global UHNW families. Its services include supplying alternative investable assets and advice on specialist wealth management ‘outside of the usual global markets’.

‘We are a team of four individuals, each with our own area of professional expertise within the luxury asset markets and teamed together having worked on various joint transactions over several years,’ according to the firm.