SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA // James is a multi-award-winning consultant who has advised some of the world’s biggest brands. As Havas Group COO in Australia he is responsible the Havas Worldwide agencies: PR agency Red Agency (which he continues to MD); creative agencies Havas Worldwide Sydney &  Melbourne and Arnold Furnace; and employer branding agency, Havas People.

In each of the past four years he has led Red Agency to become the most awarded PR team in Australia, which has included numerous international awards, including Cannes Lions, Spikes and a D&AD Black Pencil, and some eleven Agency of the Year accolades. In 2013 he was the Australian PR jury member at three prestigious international festivals: CLIOs, Cannes Lions and Cristal Festival.

In 2014 he was named PR Leader of the Year at the Comms Con Awards run by leading marketing trade Mumbrella. In 2008, at the age of just 28, he won the coveted PRCA’s Consultant of the Year (UK) and the same year was named International CSR Leader by PR News USA at their All Stars Awards.

James sits on the Havas PR global leadership executive and leads the companies APAC PR network. He is also a former National Board Member of the PRIA.

Before joining Havas he was a Board Director at international agency Grayling where he led a number of their international accounts and founded their pioneering sustainability practice ‘Grayling Future Planet’.