James is an Investment Director at Alvia Asset Partners and a member of the Investment Committee, focused on lower mid-market private equity investments in partnership with family-owned and founder-led businesses exhibiting niche and defensive growth characteristics. He has over 10 years’ investment management experience across public and private markets, with exposure to both debt and equity. James brings a diverse skill set and a differentiated perspective to private capital, combining public market discipline with a pragmatic approach to building and growing privately owned businesses. James prides himself on the relationships he builds, showing a genuine care for clients and their businesses. His experience spans multiple asset classes and sectors, enabling a flexible and long-term investing approach across varying market conditions. He is currently a Board Observer for Pure Environmental (regulated waste management), Envoi (Specialist Pathologists), Altimate Foods (food manufacturing) and The Automotive Group (distribution and sales). James began his career in a multi family office where he helped build and establish an investment management business aimed at servicing HNWs and FO clients, today known as Alvia. James holds a Bachelor of Economics and a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Queensland.