James Hunter
VP of Finance & Investor Relations
James is Cherry’s VP of Finance and Investor Relations. In addition to leading these functions, he supports our follow-on investment decision making and provides our founders with strategic financial advice.
James brings significant experience from investment banking and enterprise software. He spent eight years in technology M&A and capital markets at Goldman Sachs and most recently led corporate finance for a high-growth SaaS company.
James graduated from the University of Oxford and lives in Lisbon, Portugal with his young family. After thirty (happy) years in the UK, he is enjoying the sunshine and learning how it feels not to be the native speaker.
What experiences have shaped you?
I graduated from university with a language and literature degree, but knew next to nothing about finance. And yet I came to realise that I had all the tools needed to teach myself on the fly. My long path to venture has instilled in me the value and power of curiosity and I try to remember that it's never too late to learn something new: a comfort in this ever-changing industry!