James E. McGuigan is a Managing Partner of Capital Group Private Markets with primary responsibility for investor relations. Prior to joining the Private Markets team in 2000, Jim was based in Tokyo as Managing Director for a unit of Nomura Securities Co., Ltd. Prior to Nomura, he was an investment banker on Asian related investments including work as a managing director of Peregrine Capital (USA), Inc. where he handled cross-border mergers & acquisitions and direct investment transactions in various Asian countries. He began his career as counsel to the international division of Getty Oil Company. Jim received a BS in finance from the University of Oregon and a JD from the University of Oregon School of Law.