James Hales

James joined NorthEdge in 2016 and heads Origination at the firm. He was promoted to Partner in 2025. Before joining NorthEdge, he spent seven years in Corporate Finance at Clearwater International where he was a Director responsible for generating mid-market opportunities and managing the Deal Origination team.

James has experience across a number of sectors meeting with management teams to understand their plans and joined NorthEdge to identify new investment opportunities via growth and development capital, management buy-outs, equity release and buy-and-build opportunities.