James West

James has developed a reputation for facilitating growth across enterprise, education, and the creative industries.

James brings an expertise as a conveyer of disparate communities and a business facilitator. Acting as a neutral balance to Signing Banks UK, James echoes the ethos of the organisation to bridge the gap. Since 2013, James has developed a reputation for facilitating growth across enterprise, education, and the creative industries. As a consultant his client list ranges from British Council to Royal Opera House, City of London Corporation to Age UK and many more in between. James is passionate that every contributor should be recognised and that lasting change is only ever achieved through working together.

Meet the rest of our Advisory Board

James West

Chair - Signing banks UK

Kathryn Townsend

Nationwide/ Disability Ambassador/ Lived Experience & Banking

Rachel Vann

CODA/ Customer Inclusion Lead Domestic & General

Reg Cobb

Chief Executive Officer of deafPLUS

Mark Applin

Co-Founder at Signly

Alastair Griffin

HSBC - Distribution Director/ Lived Experience

Daniel Clements

RAD/ Lived experience/ BSL User

Teri Devine

RNID Associate Director for Strategic Programmes - Inclusion and Employment

Damian Brewer

BDA - National Training and Consultancy Manager

Anna Roughley

Leading Insights & Engagement Team at LSB (Lending Standards Board)

Tamzin Bayne

Business Development Manager at Close Brothers

Serena Cobb

Project Manager - St James Place Wealth Management

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