James helps clients to enhance reputation, inform policy, and strengthen relationships. For the last 16 years, he’s developed strategic communications and public affairs campaigns that reduce risk, support growth, and generate momentum. Clients have included international bank BNP Paribas, small business platform Xero, hotel chain Premier Inn and takeaway delivery firm Just Eat. He currently provides public affairs support for one of the UK’s leading think tanks. He is vice chair of the CIPR’s Public Affairs Group, a chartered PR practitioner and principal mentor at UCL’s Hatchery start up incubator. He has a diploma in public affairs, a master’s in journalism and occasionally writes about business, politics and policy for City AM, PR Week, and The Telegraph among others.