James Bamford

James Bamford is a Senior Advisor at Ankura based in Washington, DC. He joined Ankura with the firm’s 2020 acquisition of Water Street Partners, which he co-founded in 2008. Water Street Partners has been independently ranked as the number one global advisor on joint ventures since 2017. Prior to Water Street, he was global co-lead of the Joint Venture & Alliance Practice at McKinsey & Company.

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Partnering Self-Assessment Tool – What Do My Partners Think of Me?

The purpose of this tool is to collect feedback from employees at the front-line of partner interactions (e.g., Board and committee members; shareholder representatives, Asset Managers, and individuals in other governance support roles; former secondees; employees providing functional services and support to ventures) on how partners perceive the Company as a JV partner. The second purpose is to provide a systematic and fact-based means to identify areas where the Company can improve as a JV partner.

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