Based in Exeter, James leads intelligent document processing at Lantern, building on technology he co-founded at Freyda, enabling clients to move from source document to trusted, actionable data.

As a startup, Freyda was built to solve a problem that anyone in private markets will recognise: critical data locked in documents, with teams spending hours on manual extraction that should have been automatic. As CTO he grew the platform from the ground up into an AI/ML system processing tens of thousands of documents daily for fund administrators, institutional investors, and data providers across the alternatives sector.

James has held senior technology and innovation roles within financial services, including at MetLife, Citibank, and Egg, where he led engineering and digital transformation across global markets.