James Varela

Partner & Head of Middle East at Rede Partners

Speaker

James is a Partner and Head of Rede’s Middle East team.

As an experienced member of Rede's senior team, James provides strategic and investor-focused advice to our LP clients based on deep knowledge and strong relationships with a range of institutional investors across the Middle East and Europe.

James brings over 15 years' private markets experience across 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. Prior to joining Rede, James worked at Cambell 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 in History from the University of Oxford.