Jim is a qualified U.S. attorney and has over 15 years of experience in financial advisory, with an expertise in the origination of debt and equity placements for commercial real estate and infrastructure transactions in Europe and Asia. Jim has been leading the team advising on the redevelopment of Belgrade Airport on a public-private partnership basis.

Before partnering BPA London, Jim worked alongside Malcolm Magee-Brown at Fieldstone (1999-2004). Before this, Jim was the founder and Managing Director of Preston Campbell (1992-1999), an international investment bank specialising in hotel acquisitions and development in Central & Eastern Europe, with advisory clients including Flemings, Goldman Sachs and Baring, Houston & Saunders, the commercial property arm of ING Barings.

Prior to 1992, Jim was an Area Director of Development for ITT Sheraton Corporation (1984-1992) and practiced international law in New York, Paris and Boston.