James West

James West, an advisory board member for the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS), is a Senior Managing Director at Evercore ISI responsible for the research coverage of the Sustainable Technologies & Clean Energy and Oil Services, Equipment & Drilling industries consisting of detailed fundamental research on companies involved in Solar and Wind Power, Battery and Power Storage Technologies, Hydrogen and the drilling and production of oil and natural gas.

Prior to joining Evercore ISI, West was a Managing Director and Senior Research Analyst at Barclays and Lehman Brothers for a combined 15 years. West is consistently top ranked in Institutional Investor. Prior to joining Lehman Brothers, West worked at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. West received his BA in Economics and a minor in History from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.