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James Parker

Critic · DISC type C
Chief Financial Officer at Numan
📍 London, England, United Kingdom

James is a Big 4 trained Chartered Accountant with over 20 years of experience leading finance teams in high-growth tech and media companies like Numan, Appear Here, and Deliveroo. He has a proven track record of scaling, restructuring, and driving process improvement in high-demand environments.

He has intentionally moved to progressively smaller, tech-enabled businesses throughout his career to build and develop teams that deliver value.

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Experience
14 Years
Current Role
Chief Financial Officer
Job Level
Leadership
Location
London, England, United Kingdom
Personality Overview

How James shows up

Information Seeker
ROI Driven
Objective Thinker

They prefer to analyze logically and value objective facts over emotions. They don’t appreciate bells and whistles unless backed by data. They like to take decisions independently and do not seek others' support often.

Priorities

Topics James cares about

Scaling Finance Teams
His career demonstrates a consistent focus on scaling and restructuring finance functions within high-growth tech companies to deliver value and improve processes.
Tech-Enabled Businesses
His career path shows a deliberate progression from large media groups towards smaller, disruptive tech companies like Numan, Appear Here, and Deliveroo.
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Career

Work history

3-2022
Chief Financial Officer
Numan
1-2019 - 2-2022
CFO
Appear Here
7-2016 - 11-2018
Finance Director
Deliveroo
1-2014 - 12-2015
Head of Financial Planning & Analysis
YOOX NET-A-PORTER GROUP
10-2010 - 1-2014
Head of Commercial Finance
Hearst Magazines UK
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
First time passes
ICAEW
1997 - 2001
1st hon
Loughborough University
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

C

Calculativeness (C)

Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.

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