Mr James has over 20 years of international banking experience, which includes risk management, debt capital markets, derivatives trading and investments. He began his career as a derivative risk analyst with a Canadian Bank in Toronto before moving to London, focusing on debt capital markets and derivatives, working for several large international banks as Director of European Derivatives Marketing.

Following 8 years in the UK, he moved to Asia in 1991, working for a large international investment bank and later became the Head of Investment Advisory Group of their Private Bank in Hong Kong. He was the Head of Investment Services, Advisory and Discretionary for two boutique Swiss private banks and most recently he has worked as a consultant, lecturer and as a Responsible Officer for a Broker and Asset Management Company in Hong Kong.

Mr James obtained an Honors business degree from Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo Canada, and an MBA from the University of Toronto, Toronto Canada.