Sebastian James

Sebastian James
Born March 11, 1966
Education Eton College
Alma mater Magdalen College, Oxford
Occupation CEO
Employer Dixons Retail
Spouse(s) Anna
Children 3 Sons and 1 Daughter
Parent(s) Lord Northbourne

Sebastian Richard Edward Cuthbert James (born 11 March 1966) is a British business executive who has been CEO of Dixons Retail since February 2012.[1]

Personal and education

The son of Christopher James, 5th Baron Northbourne, he was educated at Eton College and Magdalen College, Oxford where he was a member of the Bullingdon Club with David Cameron and Boris Johnson.[2] He earned an MBA from INSEAD in 1991.[3]

James is married and has 2 children.[4]

Career

James started his career at The Boston Consulting Group, including being project leader with focus on retail and investment banking systems and transaction management. He has served as the Chief Executive of Synergy Insurance Services Limited and as strategy director responsible for developing and implementing the turnaround strategy at Mothercare.

He joined Dixons Retail in 2008 as development director managing its Currys transformation programme, becoming group CEO in 2012.[5]

In 2010, James was invited by the Secretary of State for Education Michael Gove to join a Capital Review Team to examine how schools spend money on facilities.[6]

James was appointed Group Chief Executive of Dixons Carphone on 6th August 2014 following the merger of Dixons Retail with Carphone Warehouse.[7]

James is also a non-executive director of Direct Line Insurance Group plc [8]and trustee of the charities Save the Children and Tablets for Schools.[9]

References

  1. ↑ http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=813822&ticker=DXNS:LN
  2. ↑ "Cameron's cronies: The Bullingdon Club's class of '87". The Independent. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
  3. ↑ ‘JAMES, Hon. Sebastian Richard Edward Cuthbert’, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2013
  4. ↑ "Top Whitehall job for Prime Minister's Bullingdon club chum". Daily Mail. 6 July 2010. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
  5. ↑ "Executive Profile". Business Week. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
  6. ↑ "Top Whitehall job for Prime Minister's Bullingdon club chum". Daily Mail. 6 July 2010. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
  7. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-27428814
  8. ↑ http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/08/28/moves-direct-line-ins-sebastian-idUKL3N0QY3JT20140828
  9. ↑ http://uk.reuters.com/business/quotes/officerProfile?symbol=DC.L&officerId=2538543