Functional Skills

Business Unit Strategy
Financial Due Diligence
Go-to-market Strategy
Customer Experience
Pricing Strategy

Sector Experience

Financial Services
Industrials
Manufacturing
Technology
Travel & Hospitality
Big 4 Accounting
Fortune 500
Top Consulting Firms

Experience

Xempli.com Start-Up
Founder
2/2012 - Present
James bootstrapped the creation of a SaaS training company by working as an independent consultant. He has helped COOs and CIOs solve strategic challenges in technology and business unit strategy.

A.T. Kearney Management Consulting
Principal
3/2009 - 2/2012
Whilst at Kearney, James led numerous strategy projects in the business, commercial and institutional banking segment. The scope of projects was broad including go-to-market strategy, cost reduction, operating model design, merger integration, technology strategy/artchitecture, payments strategy and online banking strategy.

BDP Management Consulting
Partner
7/2007 - 2/2009
BDP is a boutique consulancy founded by ex-McKinsey consultants. At BDP, James led numerous banking strategy projects. His team helped a bank grow market share by more than 30% over a two-year period.

Ernst & Young (EY) Management Consulting
Director
4/2002 - 7/2007
Whilst At E&Y (Capgemini), James focused on technology strategy, and worked with CIOs and COOs in Europe, Asia and the US.

Booz Allen Hamilton Management Consulting
Consultant
7/1997 - 4/2002
James worked on a number of due diligence and market entry strategy projects in transport, aviation and real estate.