James

I’m James Walker. I’m a partner with OC&C based in London, but working globally, and I lead our Analytics practice.

I graduated from LSE with a BSc in Economics and have since spent 30 years working in Analytics – starting long before data was big.

I was the first maths man at a time of Mad Men; sold a couple of Analytics start-ups; had senior international leadership roles at a large Technology consultancy; was a senior partner in brand strategy consulting in New York; then a strategy consulting company in Europe which we sold to a Big 4. Along the way, I made movies in Santa Monica and owned a Chinatown nightclub.

I chose to work in strategy consulting because I can’t think of many more fun things to do except maybe a race car driver and astronaut. I have worked on such a variety of projects always different from the previous.

My favourite client? NASA! I got to present from Kennedy’s podium he used at Rice University for his “we choose to go the moon” speech.

"I chose to work in strategy consulting because I can’t think of many more fun things to do except maybe a race car driver and astronaut. I have worked on such a variety of projects always different from the previous."