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James McMillan BFP FCA has a diverse and extensive work experience spanning various roles and industries. In 2004, they began their career as a Sales Associate/Stock Controller at Louis Vuitton. James then moved on to Baker Tilly in 2008, where they worked as a Corporate Finance Manager & Associate, Audit Senior for seven years. In 2015, they joined BT as a Finance Manager for Cost Transformation and later became the Head of HR Programme Management Office.
In 2017, James founded audeo fortis, where they served as the Founder & Chief Officer of Getting Stuff Done, providing business advisory services in areas such as strategy, finance, and enterprise risk management.
James also has experience working as a Non-Executive Director and Chair of Audit Committee at Stockport Credit Union Ltd, where they provided oversight on finance, audit, and internal controls from 2019 to 2021.
Currently, James is involved in several advisory roles. James is the Co-Founder & CEO of Join myNexus, a Non-Executive Director at Counter Culture, and a Board Advisor at both Reason Digital and Impact Reporting.
Throughout their career, James has demonstrated their expertise in various areas, including business advisory, finance, strategy, and audit.
James McMillan BFP FCA began their education at The Manchester Metropolitan University in 2008, earning a degree in Business Studies. James then went on to further their education at the ICAEW, where they obtained the FCA designation in 2012.
In addition to their formal education, James McMillan has also obtained several certifications. In 2016, they completed the Foundation in Change Management program offered by the BQF. The following year, they obtained The Non-Executive Director Certification in association with NEDA from the ICAEW. Most recently, in June 2018, James McMillan earned the Business and Finance Professional certification from the ICAEW.
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Powering Entrepreneurial Capability. myNexus is a SaaS, PaaS and DaaS company combining people, technology and data to create insight driven tools that help early-stage venture stakeholders improve success. myNexus has a gamified app that assesses and evaluates entrepreneurial skills and capability so that individuals can understand the barriers tosuccess, target the right support then at the right time, and via our match-making platform find right-fit investors with complimentary access to skills and resources needed.myNexus customers include accelerators, incubators, universities, investment networks, angel groups, entrepreneurs, and many of the tools are also used by corporates, funds and wider education sector for alternative purposes.Our goals are to improve1) Intelligent matching - Understanding people's capability informs what is needed for success, this is the foundation of intelligent matching of people to resources.2) Economic Growth Quality - Relieve the limitations in existing technology & processes to increase the quality of economic growth models through opinionated tools.3) Reduce Bias - We're only human and existing tech is built on our weaknesses, we aim to reduce bias in our ways of working by humanising data.With the intended impacts to be:1) Targeted Support - Businesses getting what they need, at the right time. Consistent evaluation of people, instead of inconsistent evaluation of the idea.2) Idea Viability - Improved viability of ideas by opening access to resources, through new ways of processing and interpreting data.3) Improved Performance - Increased access to diverse opportunities obstructed by systemic barriers, levelling the playing field to realise unfulfilled potential.