Jim Moore is a former partner at a global financial firm, who built and ran international operations at a technology company and founded his own merchant bank that specialised in cross-border financing. He has worked in several regions around the world, including Europe, Asia and Latin America. For the last 19 years he has also been involved in land conservation and sustainable agriculture. Jim grew up in Colorado and skied and climbed mountains from a young age. He has competed in trail racing, ski mountaineering, triathlons, quads, and open water swimming. He is a Board Member of the United States Ski Mountaineering Association (USSMA) which governs competitive ski mountaineering racing in the US. He is also on the board of trustees at the World Affairs Council. Jim has a graduate degree in finance from Columbia University in New York City and an undergraduate degree in economics from the University of Colorado in Boulder where he ran varsity track.