James was appointed CEO and Managing Director on 8 December 2025.
James is an influential senior media executive with more than 25 years of diverse experience across the Australian media landscape. He joined oOh! with a long-established track record of execution, strategic leadership, and operational transformation.
Before joining oOh!, James spent seven years as Managing Director of the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS), Australia’s multicultural and multilingual public broadcaster. Prior to this, he served for more than five years as SBS’s Chief Financial Officer, with responsibility for finance, media sales, corporate strategy, corporate services, legal, and people & culture.
During his tenure at SBS, James led the growth of the organisation’s digital and technology platforms - most notably SBS On Demand - driving strong advertising revenue growth and significant increases in total audience consumption. He has built deep and lasting relationships across the media and advertising industries, underpinned by a reputation for clarity, collaboration, and delivery.
James’s earlier career includes senior leadership roles at Deloitte, British Telecom, and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, spanning corporate strategy, operational efficiency, and organisational transformation.
James holds a Bachelor of Business from the University of Technology Sydney, a Master of Commerce from the University of NSW, and has completed Executive Leadership programs at Harvard Business School and the Saїd Business School at Oxford University.
James has a proven track record of media leadership, commercial discipline, and long history of delivering strategic outcomes.