Jim Pullen

Jim is a Senior Advisor with an extensive career in Europe and North America who specializes in strategic corporate development for the technology sector. 

After an early career in which he designed avionics and commercial computer systems in both Canada and the UK, he joined, a US computer manufacturer, Datapoint, where he managed financial and technical staff and international marketing covering seventeen European countries.  He then worked for 3i, Europe’s largest venture capital and private equity firm, where he facilitated investment in UK technology companies for their expansion to the United States.  Jim joined Regent Associates, a boutique M&A investment bank in the UK, before relocating to the USA where, as co-managing director, he established Regent’s USA presence in Boston with Sean Sundstrom, above.

Jim’s investment banking experience includes buy, sell, corporate divestment, MBO and fund raising mandates for clients based in Canada, USA, Europe, China and India including Mitel, Polaroid, DEC, ICL, Huawei and HCL.  Transactions he has led spanned the areas of telecommunications, applied technology, software, e-commerce, and professional services with completed deals totalling $400 million.  He developed a strategic advisory methodology that has been successfully implemented in both major corporations and venture-backed firms.

Jim is currently based in Toronto, Canada, where he mentors early stage companies and participates in a number of advisory boards.  He is a graduate of London University, with an honours degree in electrical engineering.