Managing Director
James Hamilton is a Managing Director at PJT Camberview, based in New York.
Mr. Hamilton has more than two decades of corporate governance and financial industry experience.
Before joining PJT Camberview, Mr. Hamilton worked as a Director within the Investment Stewardship team at BlackRock. In that role, he led engagements with boards and management teams and was responsible for the evaluation of governance, proxy voting and contested situations. Prior to that, Mr. Hamilton was the Chief Operating Officer of BlackRock Investments, LLC, the FINRA-registered retail broker dealer arm of BlackRock.
Previously, Mr. Hamilton worked in the Financial Markets and Securities business of Standard Chartered, spending time in London, Singapore and New York. Mr. Hamilton held a series of roles beginning in the multi-asset structured products team, advising corporate and institutional clients on risk management and then within the Chief Operating Officer’s team, focusing on regulatory oversight.
Mr. Hamilton is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA). He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Math and Finance from the University of Leeds. He received the Certified Regulatory and Compliance Professional designation at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.