James Dunn

James Dunn is a Partner and Head of Investment Management at Killik & Co, based at the firm’s Mayfair head office at 46 Grosvenor Street, London. Killik’s team page says he has been with the firm since 1998 and has been a Partner since 2004.

In his management role, Dunn is responsible for recruitment, training, professional development, and promotion of Killik’s Investment Managers. Killik also states that he has managed two branch offices during his career and now sits on the firm’s Audit & Risk Committee, Culture & Conduct Forum, and Compliance, Financial Crime and Risk Forum.

Dunn is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment, has completed the CISI Diploma, and has passed the Financial Planning Certificate. His LinkedIn profile lists education at The University of Edinburgh from 1987 to 1991; The Official Board reports the degree as a BSc in Mathematics.

• No public source verified James Dunn as an individual angel investor or seed-stage startup investor. The Killik source material identifies him as a wealth-management and investment-management leader rather than a venture investor.
• Killik’s investment-management service focuses on professionally managed portfolios for private clients, including discretionary and advised services, stockbroking, specialist investment services, app-based investing, and charity investing.
• Asset-class coverage includes equities, funds, bonds and gilts, and alternatives.
• Killik describes its approach as global and thematic, saying it connects clients to “the trends, industries and companies shaping the future.”
• The firm says it combines macro perspective with detailed analysis to identify investments it believes can deliver compounding returns from long-term global catalysts.
• Dunn’s own public quote is focused on building investment-management talent: “I am passionate about our investment manager trainee programme,” and training a new generation to maintain Killik’s client-service standards.