James Varela

Principal

James is a senior member of Rede's Coverage team and has responsibility for leading investor coverage in the Middle East, Israel, Switzerland, and Southern Europe.

James brings over 13 years’ private markets experience, having worked with a range of leading country, pan-regional and global clients across a number of asset classes including private equity, private debt, real estate and infrastructure. He joined Rede from Campbell Lutyens where he predominantly focused on GP relationship management and advisory assignments. Prior to Campbell Lutyens, James held positions at Jefferies Helix, Citi (M&A) and Mercer Investment Consulting. James holds an MA (Hons) in History from the University of Oxford and is fluent in Spanish.