James Grant

Mr. Grant leads National Account Relations and Strategy at Signature Specialty.

He is also the President & CEO of Signature Risk Partners Inc. based in Toronto, Canada, which he Founded in September, 2006.

Prior to founding Signature Risk, James was Vice President at Talvest Fund Management Inc., a $5 billion dollar asset management company. Talvest was part of TAL Global Asset Management, one of Canada's largest investment managers, with more than C$60 billion under management. TAL and it subsidiaries were fully acquired by CIBC and renamed CIBC Asset Management effective January 01, 2006.

Prior to joining Talvest, James was a member of the team that launched Altamira International Bank in the Barbados.

Mr. Grant has over 25 years of financial and insurance industry experience.