Square Mile chief executive Richard Romer-Lee talks with Rathbones Asset Management fund manager James Thomson. Thomson has been lead manager of the Rathbone Global Opportunities fund for the past 20 years...
How did you get into the industry? I moved to the UK from Bermuda 25 years ago. I was told I had no chance of getting into the industry and I had failed to do so in the US where I went to college as I wasn't an American citizen – all hugely demoralising. I spread my CV far and wide and it caught the eye of the then CEO of Rathbone's asset management business, Peter Pearson Lund. He gave me a job and told me my degree in Romance Studies (French) got me noticed in amongst the other ‘beige' CVs. He gave me a chance and I have been here ever since. What is your edge? This may surprise...
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