James Philip
Position: Director since 2008
Based: California, U.S.A
A “scatterling of Africa”, James has more than 13 years worth of experience in finance, serving in senior Compliance and Risk management roles for some of the largest finance and advisory companies, including Citigroup, Barclays Global Investors, KPMG and Ernst & Young. James has always been involved in charity work, from cycling from Johannesburg to Cape Town to raise funds for his high school charity, to actively participating in various Corporate Social responsibility projects (recently “Junior Achievement” and “Rebuilding Together San Francisco”). James sees his involvement with “Little Boxes” as a means of directly improving the quality of life of people and communities who need it most.