James Knott

James joined Literacy in June 2022.
He qualified as an accountant before moving into advisory, working with entrepreneurs in the lower mid-market on transac subsequently moved into investing where he has almost 10 years’ experience working with companies in the UK and mainland Europe.
Lonsdale Capital (2015 to 2021) James spent 7 years with Lonsdale, initially working on deal-by-deal transactions before assisting with their 2015 fundraising and the subsequent investment o covered all three elements of private equity; origination, execution and portfolio management and although there was some consumer concentration, James w Risk Capital Partners (2013 to 2014) James spent just under 2 years with Risk helping them to invest their £75m fund in consumer/leisure assets in the UK.
He was principally involved with deal ex Holidays and Laines Pubco.
Alantra UK (2010 to 2013) He joined the Birmingham office of Alantra with a focus on advising entrepreneurs on fund raisings and exits.
James also worked on several private equity buy banks and debt funds.
PwC (2004 to 2010) James joined PwC as a graduate, initially in their audit team before achieving his accountancy qualification and spending 18 months in Transaction Services fo