Media Centre

James is a member of the firm's Main and Executive Board and is therefore responsible for investment management and research as well as sponsoring and leading business change across the firm. He joined Redmayne Bentley from KPMG, where he was Head of Equity Research in its investment advisory division and advised large corporate pension schemes on their investments. 

Before joining KPMG, James, a Chartered Wealth Manager, spent nearly seven years as a UK Equity Manager for the West Yorkshire Pension Fund, managing around £500m of UK equities. James spent the formative part of his career in the private client investment management industry with Rathbone Investment Management.

In addition to his Main and Executive Board responsibilities, James is also Head of Redmayne Bentley's Strategic Asset Allocation committee.

James has an MBA with Distinction from the University of Leeds and is a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment with over 18 years of institutional and private client investment management experience. James is a Trustee and Chairs the Investment and Finance Committee of Heart Research UK. James is also an experienced media commentator, having participated in live TV and radio broadcasts for BBC Radio 4, CNBC, Bloomberg, Reuters, and Business Talk TV as well as supplying written commentary for The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, Investment Week, Wealth Manager, The Mirror and The Yorkshire Post.

He is available for radio and TV interviews, and press commentary.

Roy has over 40 years’ experience in the wealth management industry, having begun his career in 1980 at Henry Cook Lumsden in Manchester. He moved to Charlton Seal Dimmock in 1985, where he spent five years as an investment adviser. He also held positions as Assistant Director at Bell Lawrie White and Quilter Cheviot. Roy managed portfolios for a further 19 years at Brewin Dolphin, being promoted to Local Director before joining Redmayne Bentley in 2016.

Roy is an experienced media commentator, having supplied written comment on various companies and sectors and participated in live TV and radio broadcasts for Business Talk TV, Reuters, Sky News, Sky Sports, BBC News, BBC Radio Leeds and BBC Radio Five Live. 

He is available for TV and radio interviews, and press commentary.

David joined the firm in 1993 after more than a decade working in marketing and general management in the travel and banking industries. He qualified as a stockbroker in 1994 and as a Fellow of the Securities Institute in 1995. He has represented the firm and the industry as a member of various groups and is currently a board member of the Personal Investment Management and Financial Advice Association (PIMFA).
 
David has direct responsibility for the firm’s Operations, Finance, Human Resources, and Organisational Development departments, and is also a member of the firm’s Remuneration, Nominations and Governance Committee and the Client Assets committees.

He has recently reached the end of his term as a long-standing Trustee of Leeds Cares, the partner charity of NHS hospitals in the area and one of the largest NHS-linked charities in the UK. 

David provides expert written commentary for the media, including Wealth Manager and Investors Chronicle, and is experienced in broadcast interviews, having contributed to BBC News, BBC One Look North, and BBC Radio Leeds.

He is available for radio and TV interviews, and press commentary.