James joined the GLT in 2018, when he was appointed Senior Vice President and Group General Counsel, later taking responsibility for Compliance, Corporate Security and Investigations in 2021.
He joined GSK in 1995 and has served as General Counsel Consumer Healthcare, General Counsel Global Pharmaceuticals, Vice President of Corporate Legal and was Acting Head of Global Ethics and Compliance. Prior to GSK, James was a solicitor at Clifford Chance and DLA.
He holds a law degree from the University of East Anglia and a Diploma in Competition Law from King's College. He is qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales and is an attorney at the New York State Bar. James is based in London and has practised law and lived in the US, Singapore and Hong Kong. James was co-chair of the US-based Civil Justice Reform Group 2019-2022, and is a director of the European General Counsel Association and the Association of Corporate Counsel.