James Varian

James Varian is a Senior Director at General Atlantic and focuses on finance for the Credit team. Before joining General Atlantic, James was at Columbus Hill Capital Management, L.P. from 2015 until June 2020. At Columbus Hill, James worked in both a Trade Support and Operational capacity, handling the full spectrum of the trade settlement process. Columbus Hill Columbus Hill Capital Management, L.P. is an opportunistic, value-oriented investment manager that invests principally in fulcrum and near-fulcrum debt and equity securities. Prior to Columbus Hill James was an Operations Associate at Kingdon Capital Management LLC from 2008-2015 where he served in a similar Operational Role to that of Columbus Hill. Kingdon Capital managed two hedge funds, a global long-short equity fund, along with a global long-short credit fund (2009-2019). James received a B.A. in Finance from Marist College.