Jim Bumpus is the Head of North American Intermediate Markets and Marketing for Columbia Threadneedle Investments. His responsibilities include overseeing all sales channels in North American wealth including broker dealer, independent advisor, private client advisor and defined contribution investment only. Additionally, he is responsible for the home office relationships in North America, the sales desk and the North American Marketing team.

Jim joined Columbia Threadneedle in 2015 as national sales manager for the broker dealer and independent advisory teams. Prior to that, he spent 17 years at Putnam Investments where he held several executive roles, including head of strategic accounts, head of wirehouse channel and East region director. He has been a member of the investment community since 1989. He also serves on the board for the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce.

Jim received a B.A. in English from the University of New Hampshire and holds the Certified Investment Management Analyst designation which he obtained at the University of California, Berkeley.