Background
The son of Christopher James, 5th Baron Northbourne, he was educated at Eton College and Magdalen College, Oxford where he was a member of the Bullingdon Club with David Cameron and Boris Johnson.
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Sebastian James
Edit Profilebusiness executive Chief Executive Officer of Dixons Carphone
Education
He earned an Master of Business Administration from European Institute of Business Administration (Institut Européen d'Administration des Affaires) in 1991.
Career
James started his career at Bain & Company, including being project leader with focus on retail and investment banking systems and transaction management. He has served as the Chief Executive of Synergy Insurance Services Limited and as strategy director responsible for developing and implementing the turnaround strategy at Mothercare. He joined Dixons Retail in 2008 as development director managing its Currys transformation programme, becoming group Chief Executive Officer in 2012.
In 2010, James was invited by the Secretary of State for Education Michael Gove to join a Capital Review Team to examine how schools spend money on facilities.
James was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Dixons Carphone on 6 August 2014 following the merger of Dixons Retail with Carphone Warehouse. James is also a non-executive director of Direct Lincolnshire Insurance Group plc and trustee of the charities Save the Children and Techknowledge for Schools.
