Our People

James is an investment director and joined in April 2012 having worked at Newton Investment Management Limited for 12 years. He is responsible for a wide range of clients including private portfolios, family trusts, charities and personal pension plans. He is a graduate from Aston University with a BSc in Managerial and Administrative Studies. He is an Associate Member of both the Chartered Institute of Securities and Investments and the CFA.

James is an Investment Manager at Rathbones, working alongside Elliot Bancroft and Olivia Marlow in the running of their client portfolios. Prior to joining Rathbones in 2021, James spent three years as an analyst for the multi-family office Artorius Wealth, working with ultra-high-net-worth individuals and families.

James graduated from the University of Bristol in 2018 with a first-class degree in Politics and International Relations. He is a CFA charterholder and has attained the Investment Management Certificate (IMC). James is also a trustee of the Royal Opera House Benevolent Fund.

James has completed an MSc in banking and international finance from Cass (now Bayes) Business School. James joined Rathbones in January 2008 as an investment manager. Prior to joining Rathbones, James worked at HSBC Investments for four years, specialising in the management of portfolios for charities and other not-for-profit organisations. James sits on the Collectives Research Committee at Rathbones, covering infrastructure and listed private equity funds. James is also a formal mentor within the Group, with a particular interest in helping graduates at the start of their investment management careers.

James Thomson has been lead manager of the Rathbone Global Opportunities Fund for the past 20 years and it is one of the top performing funds in the IA Global sector. 

James joined Rathbones in 2000, having grown up on the island of Bermuda and graduating from Cornell University in New York. He holds the Investment Management Certificate, is a Fellow of the Securities Institute and sits on the Executive Committee of Rathbones fund management business. 

James has been involved with the management of the Rathbone Global Opportunities Fund since its inception in 2001 and was appointed co-manager in 2003 and sole manager in 2005. He is frequently quoted in the financial press and has won numerous fund management awards over his 20-year career.

James joined Rathbones in November 2021 as an investment manager. He joined the industry in 2014 and previously worked at Smith & Williamson. He is a Chartered Wealth Manager as well as CFA chartership holder. James is experienced in dealing with private clients, trusts and charites.

James has previous experience working as a research analyst, specialising on Transport and Media companies as well as UK collectives. Prior to his career he studied Economics at the University of Nottingham, achieving a first class degree.

James started his career in 2008 working for Lloyds TSB Private Banking in Exeter as an investment reviewer. In 2010 he moved to London and worked briefly as an associate equity dealer before joining Smith & Williamson in 2011. James joined Rathbones as an investment manager in 2014.

James works in a successful team alongside Peter Lowe and three further investment managers. James and the team manage in excess of £1.2bn across a range of portfolios, including a broad range of investment mandates for individuals, trusts, pension funds (both SIPPs and SSASs) and charities.

As well as looking after his clients, James also sits on the UK Equity Collective Committee.

James has a young family and likes to get out on his bike exploring the Cotswolds where he lives.

James is an investment manager with experience managing a variety of bespoke portfolios for private clients, including SIPPs, charities, offshore bonds and discretionary trusts.

James completed the CFA Program in June 2010, having previously obtained the SII Diploma. He is a member of both the CFA Institute and CISI. He also holds a masters in Mathematics from the University of Warwick.

James moved to Rathbones in May 2010 having previously been an assistant vice president at Deutsche Bank Private Wealth Management, formerly Tilney Investment Management. He has been in the industry since his graduation in 2005.

James an investment director, specialising in the management of portfolios for individuals, family groups and their associated trusts, charities and pension funds. James is also a Trustee of a top 100 UK Charity – Stewardship. 

He started his career at Flemings in 1999 where he was a dealer before he joined Rathbones in 2007. James is the regional coordinator for the Discretionary Fund Management Services Committee which promotes Rathbone services to external advisors and is the former Chairman of one of the Rathbone Investment Committees. He is also a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment.

James recently moved to Cambridge with his wife and son, and enjoys his rugby the outdoors and being involved with church.

Jane is an investment director, specialising in the management of portfolios for individuals, family groups and their associated trusts, charities and pension funds.

She is a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment. Jane is also a member of Rathbones Asset Allocation Committee responsible for communicating Rathbones' investment views and recommendations to clients and the media, appearing regularly on the Today programme on BBC Radio 4, as well as Wake up to Money on BBC Radio 5. She also contributes to the FT, Times and other titles on issues relevant to private clients.

Jane started her career with mid-sized private client firm Montagu Loebl Stanley in 1987, before a takeover by Robert Fleming, in 1989. Jane became a director of Fleming Private Asset Management in 1999, and joined Rathbones in 2001 following a takeover of Robert Fleming by Chase Manhattan, and a subsequent merger with JPMorgan.