James Sharpe

James has been involved in the financial markets since the late 1970s. He has a Degree in Economics, a Masters in Finance (Exon.) and PCIAM. He is also a published author ‘Foreign Exchange the Complete Deal’ (Harriman’s 2012). His early career was geared towards financial analysis and wholesale lending but from 1980 his role was treasury based. Jim’s range of experience is extraordinary and is unlikely to be replicated. He has worked in the US and the Middle East where he was responsible for the region and interbank/central bank relationships. He has combined positions of chief dealer, trader and foreign exchange sales but it is in the latter that Jim has focused on and where he has run a number of desks. The range of institutions he has worked for has been global, including: US, Japanese, Scandinavian and UK. He has dealt with an array of counter-parties including, banks, corporates, central banks, funds and multinationals. In recent years he completed ‘the hand’ and dealt with high net worth individuals in addition to corporates at a leading private bank.