JAMES WELCH, BSc (Hons) MRICS

James joined Jones Lang LaSalle as a graduate in 1984. He worked in the Valuation and Auction departments before joining the Investment Agency Team in 1989.

As an investment agent he covered the national markets in all sectors before specialising in industrial investments in 1991.

James created the Leisure Group within Jones Lang LaSalle in 1993, which became one of the country’s leading advisors on the leisure market, specifically advising on investment and development funding both in town and out of town. In 2001, he became head of the Out of Town Retail and Leisure Investment Team.

James left JLL in September 2003 to set up Ashworth Sibal Welch which became Sibal Welch.

He is a co-founder of Cortex Partners and continues to deal mainly within the leisure and retail warehouse sectors with clients including X-Leisure, Vue Cinemas, Citigroup Alternative Investments, British Land, Welbeck Land and Capital & Counties.

E-mail: james@cortexpartners.co.uk