James spent his early career managing Japanese equities initially at Foreign & Colonial before stints at Martin Currie and Schroders. He joined Polar Capital as a founding partner in 2001, where he subsequently worked for 19 years before founding Zennor Asset Management in 2020.

David started his career at Framlington in 1998, managing a Japan fund before joining JPMorgan and moving to Tokyo in 2004. On leaving JPMorgan in 2013, he spent just over two and a half years with the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, returning to the UK with TT International in 2016. He joined Zennor in 2020.