James Montford Victor Butterfield
Interim Chairman
James joined 3i plc in 1969 and, over a ten year period, became an Area Manager and Local Director, in which role he oversaw and managed a portfolio of more than 200 unquoted investments. Since leaving 3i plc, he has, for over 30 years, specialised in advising small to medium sized companies on a range of matters including stock market listings, mergers and acquisitions, fund raising and corporate recovery work. Until October 2009, James was a director of Essentially Group Ltd, an AIM quoted sports marketing and management business, in which he was actively involved in the creation and early development of what is now one of the world’s largest Rugby Union and Cricket player management businesses. James resigned as a result of a successful takeover of the business by Chime Communications Plc. Until recently James was a director of EDGE10, a world-class provider of sports technology to 750 sports teams internationally.