Argonaut’s talent pool grows with ex-Canaccord Genuity executive director Digby Gilmour to join in 2025

Perth-based Argonaut has scored a coup, hiring former Canaccord Genuity executive director Digby Gilmour to boost the ranks of the corporate finance firm’s institutional desk. Mr Gilmour will join as an equity partner starting in January. Argonaut executive chair Eddie Rigg said Mr Gilmour was among the country’s top brokers. “He’s a whale,” Mr Rigg told The West Australian. “Of all the people I’ve employed in 22 years . . . this is one of the biggest names.” Mr Rigg said the firm’s growth strategy was recruiting top talent — recently nabbing Macquarie’s Hayden Bairstow and Benjamin Clifford from Goldman Sachs. The Terrace firm raised $1.2 billion in equity market deals last year, with a focus on natural resources and mining. Mr Rigg said he expected plenty more cash to flow into resources because many fund managers were “underweight” in the sector. Materials companies were about 23 per cent of the ASX, he said, but a much smaller share of many portfolios. “We think the outlook for resources is as good as its been,” Mr Rigg said. Mr Gilmour said he was “excited to join the firm and I look forward to building upon this impressive base and market-leading research”. “The ability to become a partner and take a senior leadership role in such a well-respected business has made the decision to join Argonaut highly compelling.”