Jamie Skinner was appointed head of client services in 2004, having held primary responsibility for Martin Currie's clients outside of North America for five years. His principal responsibility now is the relationship management of the independent boards of all Martin Currie’s funds. He joined Martin Currie from Cazenove & Co., where he was managing director of the company’s Johannesburg office, having moved to South Africa in 1995 to develop Cazenove's corporate finance activity. His role was to generate new business for the firm and service its existing clients. Jamie started with Cazenove in London in 1989 as a corporate finance executive after qualifying as a chartered accountant with Coopers & Lybrand.