James is a Portfolio Manager with over 20 years of experience. Prior to joining Royal London Asset Management, James was a Portfolio Manager at Waverton Investment Management, where he worked alongside Will Kenney and Peter Rutter under the same team construct. Prior to this, James was a partner at IronBridge Capital Management for six years, where he co-managed the £3bn IronBridge Global Equity strategy with Peter Rutter. Previously, he worked in the global equities team at Deutsche Asset Management. James graduated from Warwick University with an upper second-class degree in Economics and is a CFA Charterholder. James has also achieved the CFA Institute Certificate in ESG Investing.