James Lavish

James Lavish, CFA, has over 25 years of institutional investing and risk management experience. He was most recently the Chief Operating Officer of Alternative Investments at LKCM, a $26 billion asset management firm in Texas. Prior to joining LKCM, Mr. Lavish was the co-founder and a managing partner of Ranger Arbitrage, Head Arbitrage Trader and Officer of the Compliance Committee for Carlson Capital, Vice President and Risk Arbitrage Trader for Tribeca Investments, and international ADR arbitrage trader on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange for SG Warburg. Mr. Lavish graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Yale University in 1993, earned an Executive Certificate in FinTech from Cornell University in 2021, and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).