James Slade – Shareholder and Director

James began his career as a Stockbroker and Investment Banker in London in the nineteen eighties. After a spell with the established firms of Kitcat & Aitken and Panmure Gordon he moved into SE Asia equity broking with Crosby Securities. Exposed to the exciting potential of S.E. Asia and keen to seek new opportunities James relocated to Hong Kong in 1988 where he quickly became one of the rising stars at Barings.

In 1995 he set up FOCUST Capital, a private equity business investing in Asian companies. It was during this period that he joined the controlling board of the international mining company Aquarius Platinum as one of its founding members.
In 1999 James was appointed as country head Nomura Securities in the Philippines and tasked with establishing the local office.

Today, James is a shareholder and board director of Octtane Pte Ltd and a founding investor in the exciting SpacePort Singapore project. In addition to his more conventional business interests James, who is a classic aviation enthusiast, has established an adventure aviation business in New Zealand called the Old Stick & Rudder Company. The company own a fleet of classic WWI and WWII fighter aircraft, which regularly appear at classic airshows around the country.

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