James Kern
Board of Directors
management
Boart Longyear
Canada
Biography
Mr. Kern has served as Managing partner of Majestic Ventures 1 LLC, a consulting and investment partnership focused on early stage growth companies since 2014. In addition, he currently serves on the boards of THL Credit Inc. (NASDAQ), a middle market lending company, PlaySight Interactive, an Israeli based sports data analytics business, and Basic Energy Services (NYSE), an oilfield services company. From 2010 to 2014, James was a Managing Director at Nomura Securities, serving as Head of Global Finance FIG and Specialty Finance Investment Banking for the Americas. He previously served as a Managing Director at J.P. Morgan Securities within the FIG practice focused on Asset Management and Specialty Finance clients. From 1994-2008, James was a Senior Managing Director at Bear Stearns where he held several positions including Head of Strategic Finance-FIG, Head of Corporate Derivatives and was a founding member of the firm's Structured Equity Products group. Mr. Kern has a B.S. from the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California. Mr. Kern is an alternate for Mr. Lawrence First.
Research Interest
Finance Investment Banking
