James has been working in Financial Services for over 25 years and joined Rathbones from Legal & General Investment Management in September 2024. James has also held long tenure as Head UK Retail Distribution at Jupiter Asset Management after starting his career in the sector at Invesco in 1999. His role is to manage the distribution teams at Rathbones Asset Intermediary Distribution teams who service our Intermediary clients, including financial advisers, wealth managers, banks, platforms, and institutions. James sets and monitors the strategy and delivery of the service to the intermediary clients and works with other business partners at Rathbones to ensure client service delivery, product governance and regulatory adherence. James is a member of The Investment Associations Sector Committee; a Member of The Investment Managers Guild and he is a Freeman of The City of London.