James is the Director of CDP’s Sustainable Finance Program, Capital Markets, which facilitates engagement, disclosure and data insights through customized signposting and roadmap solutions that is tailored specifically to serve the needs of banks, institutions and companies.​ Prior to this he led the UK & Worldwide Supply Chain team at CDP working with large multinationals in their efforts to build nature-positive supply chains. Before CDP, James worked in India, as Head of Sustainability for a company in the agriculture sector and has a background in International and sustainable development.