The partners: Simon James
Simon is a founder partner, and chairs the Investment Advisory Committee. He is engaged mainly in researching investment opportunities, and oversees our investment strategy. He is also responsible for our finances and leads the development of our corporate strategy.
He has previously managed money for private clients, pension funds, unit trusts and foreign institutions. Having started his career at Grieveson Grant in 1980, during the 1990s he worked at Foreign & Colonial, where he was ultimately managing director with responsibility for the global retail business, and then spent two years in Munich at Foreign & Colonial's erstwhile owner, Hypo Vereinsbank, doing strategic planning for the investment businesses of the bank. Since then he has also done freelance strategy work for some well known firms in the City.