James is founder and managing director of Titan Talent Ltd, a management consulting firm specialising in leadership development, executive coaching and talent management solutions. He is also co-founder and director of Strengths Partnership Ltd, a specialist provider of strengths-focused products to help organiations translate people's strengths and talents into business results.
James has a strong track record of experience and thought leadership in strengths-focused solutions to talent development and performance improvement; building inspirational leadership; executive and cross-cultural coaching; enabling change and designing innovative assessment solutions to identify, retain and develop talent.
Before establishing Titan Talent, James held a variety of leadership positions in Human Resources Development and Consulting in European and global corporations including Yahoo!, Right Management Consultants and Novo Nordisk Pharmaceuticals. He has consulted to a wide variety of organisations, including ABN-AMRO, Norsk Hydro, Johnson and Johnson, the Foreign Office, Cable and Wireless, Novartis, fish4, News International, Foster Wheeler, Abbey, Career Builder, KBR, Thermo Fisher Scientific, and Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors.
James has a Masters Degree in Industrial & Organisational Psychology from the University of Cape Town, South Africa. He also has a MBA from University of Maryland in the U.S.A and an Advanced Diploma in Executive Coaching. He is a member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), Association of Business Psychologists and the Institute of Directors.