With fifteen years of international marketing experience, James has lived and worked in Shanghai, New York, Tokyo and London. James’ career began at WPP’s global network; within 6 years from starting the Ogilvy Marketing Fellowship he was promoted from graduate trainee, in London, to Chief of Staff for the Global CEO Ogilvy & Mather based in New York, working across a variety of blue-chip international brands such as British Airways, SAP and Unilever.
Then to China where James spent five years launching and marketing British luxury brands. Now as Managing Director of Hylink London, James is one of the first British MDs of a Chinese corporation in the UK. He combines his digital marketing skills with his knowledge of Chinese culture to promote Hylink’s ambition as a cultural bridge to help Western brands access China, the fastest growing consumer market in the world, and launch Chinese brands into Europe.
James is a regular speaker on digital China covering engagements with the BBC, London School of Economics, China Britain Business Council, Sotheby's Institute of Art and Cannes Advertising Festival. James sits on the judging panel for the British Fashion Council and GQ Magazine Menswear Fund aimed at promoting the next generation of talented British designers to the China market.
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Our annual opportunity for Young Photographers to show off their skills, with Local, District and National stages.
moreWe have been awarded a Bronze Certificate, in recognition of donations to Shelterbox of £2,000 in 2023-4
moreWe are supporting this successful and worthwhile cause, currently with £500 of investment in multiple small enterprises
moreSeveral of our Local entrants had success at District and National level last year. We are running our competitions again this year
moreOur popular event for school choirs and their families & friends raised over £15,000 for local children's charities. The 2024 Concert will be on Friday 13 December at West Road Concert Hall - details coming soon
moreWe organise two-day breaks at a National Trust site in N Norfolk for young people aged 12-15 who probably won't get any other holiday
moreCombating AMR was the focus of our 2023-24 President's Charity, Antibiotic Research UK. We raised nearly £6000 in support
moreOur Junior Competition entrant has gone on to win at National Level. Our Intermediate Team won third prize in their group
morePast President John Martin uses his building skills to help the locals create a community centre for this deprived settlement in The Gambia, only a few miles from the luxurious tourist resorts on the coast
moreWe raised funds supporting Ukrainians both in Ukraine and in Cambridge & East Anglia from several events in 2022
moreThe East Anglian District and National Rotary Magazines feature the wide range of charitable and fellowship activities that Rotary Clubs enjoy
moreWe and our colleagues in the three other Cambridge clubs celebrated 100 years of Rotary service in 2022
moreWe are part of a worldwide movement of 46,000 Rotary clubs with a total of 1.4 million members. We enjoy a range of informal fellowship events while supporting local and international charities
moreCambridge Aid does great work in support of Cambridge residents in need. In 2019-21 we raised over £12,500 and we continue to support them
moreRYLA offers an intensive 7-day course for 18-26 year-olds, helping them to develop as future leaders
moreA sample of our members' varied interests and significant contributions to the local community
moreA brief history of the Rotary Club of Cambridge together with some records which might be of interest to the wider audience
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