Breakfast Briefing

James joined Affinity in 2020, following the purchase of Pinnacle Trustee Limited. He is responsible for ensuring the efficient delivery of client service for the trust business. He began his finance career in 1994, with ANZ Grindlays, after graduating from Birmingham University. He then moved to Deutsche Bank‘s offshore private wealth division, before joining Pinnacle in 2008, where he held the role of Managing Director from 2013. James also has a Degree in Financial Services and is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Bankers.

Benjamin is CEO at Landytech and one of it's founders. Prior to leading Landytech, Benjamin was Head of Investment at Schroders NFC, a multi-billion AUM alternative asset manager. His journey in the financial sector also saw him as a partner at NewFinance Capital, a boutique alternative asset manager that he helped build and sell to Schroders. With a rich history of steering prominent firms within the investment sector, Benjamin now channels his extensive expertise towards advancing Landytech's mission to revolutionise investment management.

Adrian is Chief Product Officer for Quantios. He has worked in the Trust and Corporate Services sector for over 20 years starting his career as a software engineer having gained a first class bachelor of science honours in Computing and Informatics. Adrian and his product team are responsible for the delivery of a best in class product portfolio, serving enterprise and mid-market customers, whilst ensuring that quality, innovation and the customer voice are at the heart of the products Quantios has built for the sector.

Grant has held leadership roles in financial technology companies for the past 14 years and specialises in uniting teams around strategic go to market. Grant joined Quantios following 10 years in the Vista Equity Partners portfolio, where he was responsible for global go to market and the partners ecosystem for Finastra. Most recently, Grant was part of bringing together two market leaders in the alternative investment space to create Allvue Systems.