James Crowley is a business advisor with more than 25 years experience in a variety of large private-sector companies and more recently with non-government organisations in the international development sector.

James joined Accenture’s strategic consulting practice in 1989, became a Partner in 1997 and has worked across a range of strategy and organisation change issues for energy, products, high tech and public sector companies, working with major international clients such as SmithKilne Beecham, Hewlett Packard, Shell, British Gas. Up to 2005, James led Accenture’s strategy practice in the UK & Ireland and was the practice lead for the European Merges, Acquisitions and Alliances practice for many years.

James formally left in 2005 to work as an independent consultant assisting with strategic and organisational performance issues in the international development sector. However, he has continued to collaborate extensively with Accenture’s not for profit practice, Accenture Development Partnerships. Over that time, he has led a range of assignments with international charities on international strategic issues.

In parallel with his ongoing advisory work, James invests a proportion of his time on new research pieces which aim to stimulate new management ideas around the effectiveness of large international charities, as well as stimulating new collaborative approaches between development and private sector organisations.

He holds a first class honors degree in engineering from University College Cork, a Masters degree in offshore engineering from University College London and an MBA from London Business School. Prior to joining Accenture in 1989, James worked as offshore engineer, working on projects in the North See and in Australia.