Early Life
The son of translator Anthea Bell, Kamm was educated at New College, Oxford and Birkbeck College, University of London. He embarked on to a career in the Bank of England and the securities industry, including as the Head of Strategic Research at Commerzbank Global Equities in London. He helped start a pan-European investment bank in 1997. He is a former investment banker.
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