Ambassador Duke Buchan III
Ambassador Duke Buchan III is a financier, diplomat, farmer, and philanthropist. He is the founder and CEO of Hunter Global Investors, a private investment management firm. He currently serves as the National Finance Chairman of the Republican National Committee (RNC). He was the U.S. Ambassador to Spain and Andorra from 2017 to 2021. In March 2025, President Trump named Ambassador Buchan as his nominee for the U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of Morocco. Having visited, traveled, and worked in Morocco for more than 40 years, he is uniquely qualified to advance the bilateral relationship with one of our oldest and steadiest allies.
Ambassador Buchan is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Hunter Global Investors L.P., a private asset management firm that invests in a range of assets globally including real estate. He founded Hunter in 2001 in New York City; the firm is now based in Palm Beach, FL. He splits his time between Manhattan, Europe, and Palm Beach. In the early 1990s, Ambassador Buchan was an investment banker specializing in corporate finance, and mergers and acquisitions in Europe, Latin America, Asia, and the United States. From 1997 to 2001, he was a principal at a large hedge fund where he managed the firm’s investments in financial institutions and real estate globally. He has traveled, lived, and/or done business in more than 50 countries for more than four decades.
As the U.S. Ambassador to Spain and Andorra, Ambassador Buchan focused on the advancement of the United States’ global interests. He championed President Trump’s commitment to democracy and human rights, helped negotiate a landmark tax agreement with Spain that increased investment and trade between our two nations, and pushed for greater accountability from America’s NATO allies.
In addition to his current leadership role with the RNC, Ambassador Buchan was a member of the Trump 47 Executive Finance Committee. He and his wife, Hannah, were Vice Chairmen of the Trump-Vance Presidential Inaugural Committee. Under President Trump’s leadership, the Trump 47/RNC team raised almost $1.1 billion during the 2024 election cycle, exceeding all prior Republican presidential fundraising campaigns. The fundraising vehicles for President Trump’s inauguration raised a record-breaking $250 million.
The Buchans were the first $1 million donor to Donald J. Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. They have remained loyal and generous contributors, supporting President Trump in the 2020 and 2024 election cycles, and serving as top fundraisers for his political entities. The Buchans have also donated extensively to the Republican National Committee, the National Republican Senatorial Committee, the National Republican Congressional Committee, the Republican Governors Association, and GOP candidates.
Ambassador Buchan is actively involved in education and other philanthropic causes. He served as Vice Chair on the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Arts and Sciences Foundation Board of Directors, the Chancellor’s Philanthropic Council, and the University’s Campaign Planning Cabinet.
Ambassador Buchan received a B.A. in Economics and Spanish from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1985 and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School in 1991. He also attended La Universidad de Sevilla in Seville, Spain from 1983 to 1984 and La Universidad de Valencia in Valencia, Spain in 1980. He studied French at CERAN language school in Spa, Belgium. He graduated from Vance Senior High School in Henderson, N.C. in 1981. Ambassador Buchan is fluent in Spanish, conversant in French, and has a working knowledge of Italian, German, and Catalan.
A native of North Carolina, Ambassador Buchan grew up on and still manages the farms that his family has owned for generations in the Tar Heel state and New York. He grows truffles and over 100 varieties of heirloom tomatoes, vegetables, and row crops. His other hobbies include fly fishing, his dogs, and raising horses. Ambassador Buchan and his wife have a teenage daughter and two teenage sons. All three are Eagle Scouts.
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March 2025
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