James Barclay Spence

Mr. James B. Spence is a Managing Partner & Portfolio Manager at Cerno Capital Partners LLP.
He is a co-founder of Cerno Capital and lead manages a number of the firm’s collective and private portfolios.
Prior to this, he worked as a Partner of the London office of IWM Independent Wealth Management LLP.
Mr. Spence has over 20 years of investment experience and worked for UBS as an Asian Equity Strategist (2001-2004), HSBC as a Director of Quantitative Research and Paribas as Head of Indonesian Research and Head of Equities, Singapore & Malaysia.
He previously worked at WI Carr between 1991 and 1997 as a Hong Kong Analyst and Head of Indonesian Research.
Mr. Spence graduated from St. Andrews University, Scotland with an MA in Philosophy & Logic and qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1989, training with the London City office of Coopers & Lybrand.
He is a Member of the Securities and Investment Institute.