James joined the Aspida Trainee Development Programme during its fifth intake.

He has successfully passed the ICA Certificate in Compliance and gained a merit for the ICA Advanced Certificate in Governance, Risk and Compliance.

During his time at Aspida he has completed a range of testing across a wide variety of clients in various sectors as part of Compliance Monitoring Programmes, whilst also completing Client Risk Assessments, and carrying out regular sanction screening. Most recently, he has helped assist to prepare board and committee reports for clients and started studying towards the ICA Diploma in Governance, Risk and Compliance.