14 Facts About Jim Mellon

James Mellon was born on February 1957 and is a British businessman.

James Jim Mellon was born in February 1957 in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Jim Mellon's father was the former diplomat, Sir James Mellon, who was High Commissioner to Ghana, Ambassador to Denmark and Consul General in New York.

Jim Mellon was educated at Ampleforth College and then Oriel College, Oxford where he obtained a master's degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics.

In 1979, Jim Mellon went to work as a trainee fund manager at Griffin Thornton, spending six months in Hong Kong, before moving to San Francisco.

Jim Mellon left along with Richard Thornton in 1984 to cofound Thornton Management, and returned to Hong Kong to run the company's operation there.

Jim Mellon then spent two years setting-up a Hong Kong operation for Tyndall Holdings.

In 1994 came what Jim Mellon calls his "first really big break".

When Regent Pacific acquired a stake in Hambros Bank, Jim Mellon launched a public attack on the board's performance which preceded the break-up of the bank.

Jim Mellon is still non-executive chairman at Regent Pacific, and the executive co-chairman of the board of Fast Forward Innovations, the non-executive chairman at Speymill Deutsche Immobilien Company PLC, Port Erin Biopharma Investments Limited and SalvaRx Group PLC.

Jim Mellon holds non-executive directorships at Condor Gold PLC, Bradda Head Limited and Portage Biotech Inc Jim Mellon is chairman of the Burnbrae Group.

Jim Mellon is chairman of Manx Financial Group PLC, of which fellow Brexiteer, Arron Banks controlled a significant shareholding until 2020.

In 2009, Jim Mellon was a leading financial backer of then Leader of the Opposition, David Cameron, and critical of the Labour government's "crazy crackdown on the non-domiciles who bring so much money and expertise into the country".

Jim Mellon was a backer of Brexit and played a significant role in it as the man who first introduced Arron Banks to then UKIP leader Nigel Farage.