James is the Deputy Chair of the Hyde Group Board. He is also Chair of our Group Finance Committee, Chair of Pinnacle, Chair of the Hyde Pinnacle Committee and a member of our Group Audit and Group Investment Committees, and the board of Tower Hamlets Community Housing.
He brings nearly 40 years’ experience in financial markets, both public and private, and in raising capital from institutional investors. He’s also on the advisory boards of five firms engaged in infrastructure.
He was on the board of Notting Hill Genesis (and one of its predecessors) for six years, with spells as acting Chair, Senior Independent Director and Chair of its Treasury Committee. He also led an initiative for Homes England (then the Homes and Communities Agency) in 2009/10 to encourage institutional investment into Build to Rent and was a Senior Civil Servant in HM Treasury for three years.