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Varun Chandra co-founded Hakluyt Capital in2022 and served as its chairman. The manager’s own July2024 announcement explicitly says he stepped down from that position and from leadership of the wider strategic-advisory firm to join the UK government; his founding role is historical, and no exact departure day is inferred. Before Hakluyt he worked in investment and merchant banking. A UK government announcement dated January23,2026 appoints him the prime minister’s US trade-and-investment special envoy, providing later dated career context rather than a current Hakluyt role.