James graduated from Warwick University with a PhD in Chemistry in 1998. He then worked in a nationally funded mass spectrometry laboratory for 5 months before deciding to do something completely different: technical sales.

James worked for a small distributor for three and a half years selling pigments, minerals and other additives to the thermoplastic, thermoset and rubber industries.

James joined Cornelius in 2002 and is the area sales manager for advanced materials in southern England. Advanced Materials covers the thermoplastic, composite, adhesive, textile & nonwoven and sealant industries.

I live in Staffordshire not far from Lichfield but it is a little known fact that I am actually Welsh! I am married to Kerry a secondary school English teacher with a new baby daughter called Evie. Currently “enjoying” lots of sleepless nights! I am currently between hobbies, although I have interests in swimming and general fitness, walking and reading and at one point was a keen practitioner of the martial art Tae Kwon-Do.