CHRYSTAL CAPITAL PARTNERS
Meet the Partners
James Innes
Managing Partner
James has over 30 years working as a corporate finance advisor and private equity investor. He has advised on over 100 transactions covering acquisitions, turnarounds, disposals, and investments for Single Family Offices (SFOs), financial institutions and private individuals. James co-founded Chrystal Capital in 2009 with Kingsley Wilson.
In addition to managing Chrystal Capital's day to day, James currently leads the SFO and ultra-high net worth individual initiatives, working closely with an established global network offering bespoke company investment opportunities, which includes investing alongside experienced institutional private equity co-investment partners.
James was educated at Hatfield College, Durham and qualified as an accountant with Arthur Andersen.
Kingsley Wilson
Investment Partner
Kingsley has worked in the regulated financial and investment services industry for over 24 years, spending 10 years as a capital markets research analyst focused on company analysis, portfolio construction and risk mitigation. He has spent the past 14 years advising companies on raising over $1.5bn of capital across over 100+ public and private transactions.
Kingsley co-founded Chrystal Capital in 2009 with James Innes. Over the past four years, Kingsley has advised on multiple cannabis investments for various public and private companies, deploying over $200m across 10 health & wellness transactions for 375 investors. He has established a deep network of investor, advisor and company relationships across the cannabis industry and is a regular speaker at industry conferences given his extensive industry knowledge and unique European perspective.
Kingsley was educated at Cambridge University, before starting his investment banking career in London at Collins Stewart and Investec.