Waverton's Tucker: We've been hiding our light under a bushel

Investment Week's Lauren Mason speaks to Nick Tucker, who became CEO of Waverton in February this year, about what attracted him to the firm, how the team has coped during the pandemic, and what his future plans are for the business.

What was your background before joining Waverton? My first job was working for Fidelity Investments with their US business but helping them set up their discount brokerage business in London. I did for a relatively short period of time, then the October 1987 the crash happened. Luckily enough for me, it was in the days where Fidelity had only just set up their email systems and my boss didn't know how to use email, so I did it for him. So, I knew before he did that we were going to shut the London office down, which gave me time to find another role. Using my US experience, I starte...