Richard Wicks joined St. James’s Place (SJP) in 2015 and is the Senior Investment Analyst responsible for the SJP Private Markets offering. This covers existing private equity, private credit and direct lending strategies across the SJP investment management approach, as well as future proposition and product development across private market asset classes. Prior to joining the private markets team Richard covered the oversight and monitoring of early-stage venture strategies within EIS and VCT products offered through SJP. Richard holds a degree in Banking, Finance and Management from Loughborough University.