Bio

Finance Director of IKEA, responsible for the Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan and Indonesia markets. Prior to joining IKEA, he worked in both group and business unit levels in a range of industries including media, property and supermarket retail. He is experienced in a broad set of finance functions including corporate finance, financial planning & analysis, business development, management and statutory reporting, board reporting, risk and compliance, internal audit, treasury and investor relations. In addition, he is experienced in other non-finance functions including property, procurement, legal and corporate secretarial. James possesses international experience having worked in London, Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan. He read Engineering Science at University of Oxford and was trained and qualified as Chartered Accountant with Deloitte in London. He is a Fellow of ICAEW and HKICPA.