Jim Hedges

James R. Hedges, IV, President of Montage Finance. Prior to co-founding Montage, Mr. Hedges founded and was President and Chief Investment Officer of LJH Global Investments, LLC, an alternative investment advisory firm, from 1993–2010, was the Chairman of LJH Financial Marketing Strategies (2004–2010), and a founder of dozens of alternative investment funds, vehicles and financing solutions. He is the author of the financial industry book Hedges on Hedge Funds published by Wiley Publishing.

Mr. Hedges graduated from Rhodes College, Memphis in 1989 with a dual Bachelor of Arts in French and International Studies. He received a Master of International Management with a focus on Finance from the American Graduate School of International Management at the Phoenix, Arizona, Thunderbird campus. While in college, Mr. Hedges' career began in the international sales department of Dunavant Enterprises, Inc., the world's largest private cotton merchant. Mr. Hedges also worked at the Chicago Board of Trade, in Paris, France for JD Honigberg International and for world-renowned Supply-Side Economist, Arthur B. Laffer.

Mr. Hedges began collecting art in 1989, building his first collection in vintage photography. In 2004, he was named by Art and Antiques magazine as one of "The Top 100 Collectors in America." Mr. Hedges is an active supporter of the visual and performing arts around the world. He has supported and sponsored several exhibitions including Sol LeWitt and Roni Horn, each at The Whitney Museum of American Art, and, Richard Long and Sol LeWitt, each at The Aspen Institute. He has provided underwriting for monographs and publications on behalf of world-renowned artists including Robert Mangold: Paintings, 1990-2002 (Aspen Art Museum, 2003), Donald Judd (Tate, 2004), and, Sigmar Polke: Works on Paper (The Museum of Modern Art, 2002). He is a Director of The National Public Radio Foundation (NPR). He is also President of The Hedges Family Charitable Foundation, which he founded, and has made grants to artist-in-residency programs, cultural institutions and arts initiatives for nearly fifteen years.