CEO Advisory Coaching and Facilitation
Coaching language: English
James is an experienced public company CEO who works as both a senior leadership coach and as an executive team facilitator. He brings to his practice meaningful experience as an operating executive as well as the perspective of having worked with a wide variety of C-level clients. James was a founder of the CEO Advisory Services Practice at Knightsbridge Human Capital, but he now works exclusively in private practice.
Prior to practicing as a coach, advisor and facilitator, James was the President and CEO of Camco, the largest manufacturer and distributor of home appliances in Canada. He also worked in senior operating roles at GE in the US, Europe and Asia in industries ranging from from energy to advanced materials to consumer products. He has served on a number of public, private and not for profit boards, and has guided start-up firms as a venture capitalist. In these roles James has guided firms through significant change, including acquisitions, restructurings and the sale and integration of entire companies.
James has coached CEOs, entrepreneurs and executive teams at major banks, retailers, manufacturers, technology companies, resource companies and professional services firms. His clients include Top Forty Under Forty recipients, Rhodes’ Scholars and CEOs of some of Canada fastest growing and best-managed companies. James also assists executive teams and boards in strategy facilitation and team alignment, helping teams to address challenges related to organic growth, acquisitions and their integration as well as restructuring and cost reduction.
James has offices in Toronto and Calgary and he takes on assignments throughout Canada, the US and, occasionally, further afield.
