James is Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Spot Ship, a SAAS platform bringing the world of ship broking into the 21st Century. The company makes use of next generation computer vision and machine learning algorithms to channel data into a robust cloud SQL database. A broker using Spot Ship can fix a charter in minutes, as opposed to the days required with incumbent technology. Optimal ship selection through the platform is expected to cut 90Mt of CO2 emissions annually and save the supply chain $25bn. James has led Spot Ship since inception through three financing rounds and grown the global team to 25. Prior to Spot Ship, James spent six years as an investment analyst at the equity hedge funds Orbis and RWC, before leading the partnerships function at the unicorn Improbable. James holds an INSEAD MBA, an MA degree in Natural Sciences from Cambridge and a CFA designation.