James Whiting

Managing Director at JC Consulting Partners Limited

James Whiting has extensive experience in legal entity rationalization and restructuring. James currently holds the position of Managing Director at JC Consulting Partners Limited since January 2019. Prior to this, they served as a Programme Director at Cushman & Wakefield from July 2017 to November 2018, overseeing the successful merger of 5 trading entities across EMEA. From 2014 to 2017, they were the Head of Legal Entity Rationalization at HSBC, where they led a global legal entity rationalization program resulting in significant cost savings. James Whiting spent over 12 years at Ernst & Young as an Assistant Director, managing high-profile legal entity rationalization programs in various industries including pharmaceuticals. Notably, they led a program for a global pharmaceutical conglomerate, eliminating 180 legal entities from 50 jurisdictions.

James Whiting attended Coopers Company & Coborn School from 1994 to 2001. James obtained the certification of Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants from ACCA in 2005. James also earned a certification in PRINCE 2 Project Management from APMG-International, but the year of achievement is unknown.

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JC Consulting Partners Limited

JC Consulting Partners Limited (JC) is a provider of tailored, versatile restructuring project management services. Our Managing Directors are accredited PRINCE2 Project Managers with over 25 years of collective 'Big 4'​ practice and FTSE 100 industry experience, specifically in the restructuring arena.​ We partner with your internal teams and third party advisors to provide highly skilled coordination and project management of your restructuring programmes.​ We work with an expansive network of project managers, business analysts, associates and change/ transformation specialists with wide ranging expertise and experience which allows JC to mobilise dedicated resources to work with our clients and meet their individual needs. Our primary services include: Legal Entity Rationalisation - identification and elimination of surplus, redundant legal entities from an organisation’s group structure to achieve cost-savings, improve operational efficiency, preserve tax attributes and improve corporate governance.​ Managed Wind-Down - support organisations to exit underperforming or non-core subsidiaries, businesses and geographic regions.​ Post-Merger Legal Entity Integration - support organisations in identifying opportunities for legal entity integration, aligning corporate and operational structures and streamlining following a merger or an acquisition.​ Legal Entity Data Management - assist organisations in addressing the increased demand for the maintenance of accurate, real time, legal entity data.


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