James Hambro

James Hambro was born on 22 March 1949.[1] His father, Jocelyn Hambro, was chair of Hambros Bank from 1965 to 1972.[2] His mother was Ann Silvia Muir.[2] His paternal great-grandfather, Carl Joachim Hambro, was a Danish immigrant to England who founded the Hambros Bank.[2]

He was educated at Eton College.[1] He graduated from the Harvard Business School.[1]

Hambro served as the Executive Director of the family business, Hambros Bank, from 1972 to 1985.[1] He co-founded JO Hambro & Company, JO Hambro Investment Management Ltd (now Waverton Investment Management) Hambro Magan, a mergers and acquisitions boutique sold to Nat West, JO Hambro Capital Management Ltd, an institutional fund management company, now part of Pendal, an Australian fund group .[3][1] He founded James Hambro & Partners in 2010,[4] and serves as its chairman.[3]

Hambro has served on the board of directors of Primary Health Properties from 1996 to 2015.[1] He was the Chairman of Hansteen Holdings from 2005 to 2017.[1] He is a director of Circle Property PLC and I Hennig & Co.

Hambro is the former Governor and Deputy Chair of Peabody Trust, Chair of The Henry Smith Charity,[5] and currently Chair of Guide Dogs for the Blind.

He married Diana Cherry in 1981.[2] They have three daughters: Rachel, Daisy and Lucy.[2] They reside in Kimberley, Norfolk.[2] He is a member of White's and the Royal West Norfolk Golf Club.[1]