James Cooper

James has worked as Head of Trading at both a Hedge Fund and a Long Only Asset Manager. He was Head of Trading for nine years at SocGen Tourmaline and then, most recently, for nearly four years at Troy Asset Management. He now works as a consultant for a leading asset manager in London on Best Execution, Market Structure and Use of Dealing Commissions. James started his career on the sellside where his first job was in Paris as a research analyst at the Caisse des Depots. He then moved into sales and trading at BZW and later at Societe Generale in London.