James May, Chief Data Officer, St. James’s Place

I am a data, technology, and change leader experienced at identifying, delivering, and supporting new technologies that help businesses achieve their goals. Over the last 20+ years working in the Professional Services, Legal, and Financial Services Sectors, I gained a passion and significant achievements for large-scale strategy and problem solving in the data and technology space, for creating environments where entrepreneurial spirit and creative thinking are celebrated and where people feel empowered to achieve goals. I build trustworthy and long-lasting relationships with team members, business stakeholders, trusted suppliers, as well as the wider data and technology industry. I inspire teams to achieve their goals by providing clarity, empowerment, and decision making. I instil the importance of understanding the power of data and the imperative of putting it in the hands of the people that use it most through effective data governance, data quality, and data strategy. I assist in designing technology that has clear purpose in life and where success can be easily measured.