James is a chartered accountant with 35 years’ experience in international finance and management roles across professional services, filmed entertainment, publishing, outdoor advertising, digital post production and online/offline retail direct marketing.
James is strategically focused with exposure across the full business life cycle including launch and funding, growth by organic development, acquisition and merger, and restructuring and business turnaround. He has an in-depth knowledge of international tax, both from the professional advisory and the commercial business perspective.
James has secured business funding via shareholders, banks and asset leverage (debt factoring, property sale & leaseback); and has driven profit and cash growth via sales and margin development, cost reduction, and the disciplined management of working capital.
James has also engaged in building finance and operations teams, implementing policies, control procedures, and finance IT systems; and in applying key performance indicators to track the delivery of results against plan.
