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James Smith

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Group CEO at TalkTalk
📍 United Kingdom

James Smith is the Group CEO of TalkTalk and its wholesale business, PXC, leveraging deep expertise in strategic transformation and corporate finance. A University of Oxford graduate, he previously spent nine years as CFO at FTSE 250 Capricorn Energy after an extensive investment banking career with Rothschild and Merrill Lynch.

He led TalkTalk through a major £2bn balance sheet restructuring and the strategic demerger of its consumer and wholesale divisions.

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Experience
26 Years
Current Role
Group CEO
Job Level
Leadership
Location
United Kingdom
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Corporate Transformation
He has a strong track record of driving strategic change, including leading the demerger of TalkTalk's businesses and a £2bn balance sheet restructuring.
Telecoms Wholesale Market
As CEO of PXC, he is focused on reshaping the wholesale market and establishing the company as the UK's leading aggregator of alternative fibre networks.
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Career

Work history

9-2024
Group CEO
TalkTalk
9-2024
Chief Executive Officer
PXC
4-2023 - 9-2024
Group CFO
TalkTalk
2-2014 - 4-2023
Chief Financial Officer
Capricorn Energy PLC
1-2008 - 1-2014
Director
Rothschild & Co
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Education
1996 - 1999
Master's degree
University of Oxford
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