Julian James

Julian James ACII, Chartered Insurance Practitioner,President 2011/2012, Lockton International

Julian James joined Lockton International in May 2007.  In March 2008 he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Lockton Companies International Ltd.

Prior to that Julian James worked for Lloyd’s as Director, Worldwide Markets.  He was appointed to that role in December 2000 and was responsible for all Lloyd’s commercial activities outside the UK, including the management of its 72 trading licences.  In addition he oversaw Lloyd’s global branding and communications including international advertising, media relations and Government affairs.

Mr James joined Lloyd’s in December 1997 as Head of the North America Business Unit.  He was previously Development Director of brokers Sedgwick Energy and Marine and a member of the division’s Executive Management Committee.  Prior to that, he spent five years working in senior positions with Sedgwick in North America.

Mr James is an Associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute.  He gained an MBA from the Cranfield School of Management in 1991 and is also a graduate of the London Business School’s Senior Executive Programme.  He graduated in 2003 at the University of Oxford’s Senior Executive Finance Programme.

Mr James was elected a Vice President of the London Institute in 2007 and Chairs the International Lecture Programme Committee.  He is also a board member of the Lloyd’s Community Programme and up until January 2005, was a board member of the General Insurance Standards Council.

He is the current President of the Chartered Insurance Institute in the UK and a Vice President of the London Insurance Institute.

Mr James is married with two children and lives in West London.