James has worked in the industry for over 20 years, is a Chartered Financial Analyst ®, the industry’s highest qualification and has an MA in Finance and Investment from the University of Exeter. He previously worked at Williams de Broë in the UK institutional sales and research team and at Merchant Securities where he was instrumental in building the research and portfolio management function. James then joined Mirae Asset, one of Asia's leading fund managers, running a global consumer fund. At A E Sharp, he specialises in constructing risk-rated model portfolios and managing client portfolios invested in collective investments.