W.James Tozer, Jr.

James Tozer, Jr. is a venture investor, real estate developer and corporate advisor. He is a Managing Director and co-owner of Vectra Management Group, which he co-founded in 1993 with Raju Shah, with whom he consults on VMG’s strategic vision, strategy for individual investments and VMG’s investor relations.Having joined Citibank after graduate school, Jim Tozer’s career path started with international venture capital, followed by VP of Corporate Development, founding head of the Merchant Banking Group, Policy Committee Member, and finally SVP and General Manager of the New York City branch banking system. Following Citibank, Jim served sequentially as head of investment banking at Shearson Hayden Stone, head of corporate and international banking at Marine Midland Bank/HSBC, and then president of Prudential-Bache Securities and of Lincolnshire Management. During most of this period he was also involved in personal real estate and venture investing.Jim Tozer was the co-founder and largest shareholder of Vectra Banking Corporation, which grew to become the second largest independent commercial bank in metropolitan Denver before it was sold to Zions Bancorporation in early 1998. Jim and a partner then acquired control of Draper Bank, the leading bank in the southern half of the Salt Lake Valley, which, in 2001, was also sold to Zions.In addition to serving on a diversity of corporate boards, Jim Tozer is a current or former trustee of Trinity College, the Citizens Budget Commission, Community Service Society, the 34th Street Partnership, the Deer Valley Music Festival, the School for Field Studies and Episcopal Charities of New York.Jim is a native of Utah and a 1959 graduate of East High School in Salt Lake City. He received his BA degree in economics from Trinity College and his MBA, with concentrations in finance and marketing, from Harvard University. He and his wife live in Manhattan and Park City, Utah.