James joined AIMA in 2019 and he leads the delivery of AIMA’s operational and policy work in the areas of technology and operational resilience. He also co-leads their work on digital assets which is overseen by the AIMA Digital Assets Working Group. Prior to joining AIMA, he worked at a leading Brussels-based consultancy, offering strategic communications support to predominantly financial services clients before returning to the UK at the end of 2013, to join the Government Relations team at U.S. insurer MetLife. During his time at MetLife, he led on public policy and advocacy programmes across the EMEA region. He retains deep knowledge of EU and UK political and regulatory systems as well as a detailed understanding of financial regulation.