James Lockyer

James has some 25 years’ experience in multinational treasury. He developed risk management strategies for FX, liquidity, funding and credit risks at Unipart, before moving to the Association of Corporate Treasurers (ACT), leading the education function and developing the world’s first articulation of financial risk management for non-financial organisations, consistent with ISO 31000. James also has extensive operational and commercial risk management experience, and has contributed regularly to thought leadership on the topic. His current activities include sourcing appropriately risk-weighted finance solutions for emerging businesses, tuition and training, and examining for the ACT.

I have a range of strategic, brand-building, operational and financial experience gained in international commercial and not-for-profit organisations. I enjoy working with people and organisations to develop and deliver strategy, facilitate business change and commercial development, and to design and deliver novel solutions to meet stakeholder needs.

• Senior executive experience gained developing and delivering international strategy to grow brand awareness, credibility and membership through key partnerships in a membership organisation.
• International perspective including emerging markets such as China, India, Pakistan, the Gulf and Southern Africa.
• Wide-ranging understanding of professional education development and delivery in an international context, digitally and face to face.
• Technically strong with particular interests in finance, risk management and capacity building.
• A natural collaborator, building trusted mutually beneficial relationships with individuals and organisations worldwide.
• Developed innovative qualification and training products, fresh approaches to collaboration, and novel financing and financial risk management solutions, including an in-house bank.
• Successfully managed projects ranging through market entry initiatives in China, India and the Gulf, restructuring and relaunching the ACT’s 7 professional qualifications, and restructuring / refinancing a £1.5bn turnover international business.

Specialties: Strategy development and execution, international business development, customer services, brand development. Qualifications & training development & delivery, assessment, relationship & network building. Technical accounting and finance - corporate treasury, risk management, corporate finance, funding, cash & liquidity management. Social media, operational & financial IT systems, CRM.