
James Li, CFA Principal
James Li is a Principal and Analyst and a member of the Investment Committee. Prior to joining Sustainable Growth Advisers in 2019, he was an Equity Research Analyst at Point72 Asset Management where he was responsible for covering global automotive and industrial technologies sectors. Before Point72, James was an Investment Banking Senior Associate at Citigroup, where he was responsible for M&A and corporate finance advisories for global industrials companies. James began his career as a Global Markets Analyst at Citigroup where he rotated through interest rate options trading, credit research and corporate derivatives sales desks.
James has Bachelor’s degrees in Economics and Computer Science from Duke University, an MBA from Columbia Business School, and is a CFA® charterholder. He is fluent in Mandarin Chinese.