James Sullivan

ZigluChief Operating Officer & General Counsel

James is Chief Operating Officer & General Counsel at crypto and payments app, Ziglu, which he joined in 2020. He has been working in disruptive, fast-growth, early stage companies since 2018. In his current role he oversees legal, risk, compliance, financial crime, operations, customer support and corporate affairs. Previously he headed up the legal team at challenger bank Monzo during a period of sustained high growth, changes in leadership, funding rounds, product launches and the impact of covid-19. Before entering the FinTech world James was Managing Director of a fund administrator, and General Counsel, then COO, of a European real estate investment manager. As well as being a solicitor James has an MBA from Cass Business School. In addition to the day job James is on the executive committee of the Disruptive GC Network, and recently held an Advisory Board position with legal optimisation company, The Law Boutique. He has spoken at a number of panels and events about legal optimisation and FinTech and has been a visiting speaker at Cass Business School’s FinTech course.