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Chris James

Investor

Head of Trading at King River Capital

Sydney

About

Chris James is head of trading at King River Capital and a leader of the firm's Digital Asset Strategy. He has worked in financial markets since 2004, beginning in equity derivatives at Deutsche Bank and later holding senior roles at Morgan Stanley and Citigroup across Australia and Hong Kong, focusing on equity derivatives, delta-one, and macro thematic strategies in Asia-Pacific. He was a founding partner and portfolio manager at Reminiscent Capital, a macro hedge fund, and has been investing in crypto since 2017. He graduated from the University of Technology Sydney.

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Invests in

Crypto & Web3

Experience

  1. King River CapitalPrincipalcurrent2023 — present
  2. KINC ManagementCIO2021 — 2023Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  3. Reminiscent CapitalPortfolio Manager2019 — 2021Greater Sydney Area
  4. CitiDirector, Pan-Asia Equity Derivatives2014 — 2019Hong Kong SAR
  5. Morgan StanleyDirector, Pan-Asia Hedge Fund Equity Derivatives2011 — 2014Hong Kong SAR
  6. Morgan StanleyVice President, Hedge Fund Sales - Australia2007 — 2011Greater Sydney Area
  7. Deutsche BankAssociate, Hedge Fund Sales - Australia2004 — 2007Greater Sydney Area

Education

  1. University of Technology SydneyBachelor of Business Administration - BBA2000 — 2003
  2. SHORE1990 — 1999

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Also attended SHORE3

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Shared employers

Also worked at Citi639

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Also worked at Morgan Stanley843

Mary MeekerFounder & General Partner at BONDAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesJenny LeeSenior Managing Partner at Granite AsiaLuciana LixandruPartner at Sequoia CapitalJames DetweilerVP of Investments at Felicis VenturesTobi CokerDeal Partner at Felicis Ventures

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Also worked at Deutsche Bank422

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Colleagues at King River Capital

Aiden Byrne
Fund Accountant at King River Capital
Berenice Lopez
Office Coordinator at King River Capital
Chris Barter
Co-Founder & Partner at King River Capital
Dom Tayco
Partner, CFO & CCO at King River Capital
Ed Davies
Principal at King River Capital
Ellie Wong
Finance Director at King River Capital
Jack Daley
Investment Associate at King River Capital
Jane Chen
Principal at King River Capital