James Carl

Mr. James Carl is Vice President of Business Development and National Sales Director for AdvisorShares.
He brings extensive experience in the financial services industry having worked with RIAs, investment managers and start-up financial services providers.
He has taken an entrepreneurial approach to providing solutions and was a key driver in the strategic growth plans for several financial organizations over the past decade, demonstrating particular expertise in: building high performing teams, financial management, financial analysis, and business development.
Prior to joining AdvisorShares, Mr. Carl worked as an Independent Financial Consultant where his primary client was an asset management team for an RIA/broker-dealer with $1 billion under management.
From 2002 to 2004, while attending graduate school, James assisted in the strategic development and start-up phase for Curian Capital’s launch using the FOLIOAdvisor platform.
While at FOLIOfn from 2000 to 2002, he raised the first $50 million of institutional assets for their FOLIOAdvisor platform as the Manager of both Business Development and the Institutional Sales team.
Mr. Carl holds a Bachelors of Arts from the University of Delaware, and received a Masters of Science in Finance and a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Denver, Daniels College of Business.