James has been working as a communications consultant for the last 4 years. Projects have included work with senior management on new business pitches, equity offerings and major conference speeches, as well as conducting individual training and group seminars. Clients have included Morgan Stanley, Electra, Oracle, Habitat, BMW, Halifax, WestLB Panmure, PricewaterhouseCoopers, the London Business School and Gavin Anderson.

Prior to this James was in the British Army for 4 years. He served in Bosnia as part of the NATO led Stabilisation Force (in a media relations role), Belize, Canada and Namibia amongst other countries.

He has a degree in Modern History and is qualified as a Registered Representative by the SFA. He also speaks Spanish.