James is a managing director in the Client Solutions Group within Goldman Sachs Asset Management. He leads the International Strategic Advisory Solutions team, which provides clients across EMEA and Asia Pacific with expertise on market trends, portfolio construction and innovative business practices. James joined Goldman Sachs in 2015 as an executive director and was named managing director in 2021. James began his career at the Bank of England before moving into the private sector. Prior to joining the firm, he was chief European economist at the Royal Bank of Canada. He has more than two decades of cumulative experience, working across buy-side, sell-side and policy-making institutions. James earned a BA in Economics from Durham University in 1999, an MSc in Economics from University College London in 2002 and an MA in International Relations from King’s College London in 2023.