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James Parker

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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
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Priorities

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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
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Education
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ICAEW
1997 - 2001
1st hon
Loughborough University
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