James Cochrane

Jim Cochrane is Head of Institutional Sales for the Americas at 360T. Prior to this role he was a Managing Director in the ITG Analytical Products and Research group, focusing on FX TCA. Throughout his career he has advised senior decision-makers regarding currency risks in the 5.3-trillion dollar FX market and military commanders regarding country risks.

Jim initially collected data and disseminated intelligence in the U.S. Navy. After graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy, Jim reported to flight school and was assigned to fly intelligence missions, qualifying as a mission commander of the Aries EP-3E. Following his naval career Jim earned an MBA in international finance from Columbia University and joined Merrill Lynch as an emerging markets local currency analyst. While in this role he designed and constructed Merrill Lynch’s first emerging markets foreign exchange and interest rate data base.  Prior to joining ITG in December of 2011, Mr. Cochrane worked at Thompson Reuters as a senior foreign exchange analyst and prior to that, spent 10 years covering institutional investors in foreign exchange sales at several firms including Standard Chartered Bank, RBS Greenwich Capital, Deutsche Bank, and Citibank.  His clients included central banks, sovereign wealth funds, pension funds and some of the world's largest asset managers.