James was born in China, studied at Harvard Business School, worked in Hong Kong for 6 years and spent 8 years in Japan as senior vice-president of Jardine Matheson. Before setting up Intralink in 1990, he was a divisional managing director of a UK listed company with extensive manufacturing, marketing and international sourcing interests. Over 20 years he has built Intralink into a specialist organisation delivering results for industrial, consumer and technology focused companies in three of the most important economies in the world - China, Japan, and Korea. He has been an advisor to the British Government for over 10 years.

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