Bio

James joined Covington Associates as a Managing Director in 2012. He has over 30 years of private equity, M&A and financial advisory experience in the healthcare, software and tech-enabled business services sectors. In addition, James, together with Covington Associates, co-founded Pleasant Bay Capital Partners, a private equity firm, and has been its Managing Partner since formation. Pleasant Bay Capital Partners has completed 20+ equity investments in lower middle market companies. Prior to Covington, James served as co-founder and general partner of Ticonderoga Capital. At Ticonderoga, James focused on equity and subordinated debt investments in profitable, growth stage healthcare, software and business services companies. Throughout his career, James has been an active Board member in many companies and has assisted portfolio companies in management recruitment, strategic and operational issues, raising equity and debt financings, identification and due diligence on acquisition targets, and sale/merger discussions. Prior to Ticonderoga, James worked at Dillon Read & Co.’s venture capital group, making growth equity investments for its funds. Prior to Dillon Read, he worked at TA Associates where he focused on management buyouts, recapitalizations, and minority growth capital investments of lower middle market technology and service-related businesses. James received a B.A. in Economics and Organizational Behavior & Management, with Honors, from Brown University. James lives in Sudbury, MA with his wife and two children. He enjoys golf, tennis, pickleball (or any sports related activity), traveling and hanging out relaxing with his family and friends.