Having worked with James as a fellow director, I found him to be a highly resourceful and extremely well-focussed FD, very skilled at identifying opportunities to grow the business, clearly seeing and seeking out root causes of obstacles to development, and with a very clear mind to setting, and working with the team to chase down, our key business objectives His communication skills are highly developed, and he engaged freely and willingly with our international customer base on all levels to deepen his knowledge of the industry, and always found ever more creative ways to add value to our offering. Always open to input and setting about the role with vigour and genuine commitment and energy, he provided a well respected and often used sounding board for my plans to grow the business. I enjoyed working with James immensely and would whole heartedly recommend him.