Dr. James Chavin is President of Teza Capital Management and a former Senior Partner at McKinsey & Company, where he led the firm’s Restructuring and Transformation Practice across EMEA and Russia. With 17 years at McKinsey, he advised major corporations and financial institutions on end-to-end transformations, Chapter 11 processes, and performance turnaround strategies.

James previously worked as a hedge fund analyst and portfolio manager, product director at Motorola, and program officer for the National Democratic Institute. A CFA charterholder, he holds a Ph.D. and M.A. in Political Science from UC Berkeley and a B.A. from Stanford University.