James Drake

James Drake is currently the VP Corporate Development at LegalZoom, a position they have held since July 2015. Prior to this, they were the Executive Vice President/ Chief Financial Officer of Verse Music Group from June 2011 to June 2015. James has also held positions as an Investment Manager at First State Media Group from November 2006 to May 2011, and as an Alternative Asset Investment Analyst at Colonial First State Global Asset Management from December 2005 to November 2006. James began their career as an Institutional Banking Analyst at Commonwealth Bank from January 2004 to December 2005.

James Drake has a Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Sydney. Their field is finance, accounting, maths and psychology. James also has a CFA from Chartered Financial Analyst. James is certified from the CFA Institute in CFA.

Their manager is Dan Wernikoff, Chief Executive Officer. Some of their coworkers include Shrisha Radhakrishna - CTO, Nicole Miller - General Counsel, and Sheily Chhabria Panchal - Chief People Officer.