James Dowdall

James is an accomplished turnaround, transformation, and restructuring practitioner with over 15 years of experience and a track record of achieving positive results for clients and stakeholders.

James is a creative thinker with extensive experience working with management teams to raise finance, overcome operational issues and ultimately deliver business growth, including advising clients on debt restructuring options. He also has experience taking on senior board roles within regional and international businesses.

James previously worked at WayPoint Change Limited as a Partner, where he provided turnaround, restructuring and advisory solutions to clients across a broad range of sectors and requirements in the UK and across EMEA. He also worked at Barclays as a Vice President, where he was responsible for restructuring mid-sized corporate clients experiencing financial distress and advising them through pre-packs, moratoriums, administrations and Company Voluntary Arrangements (CVAs). James also held the roles of Deputy Sector Head in the Risk division at Santander as well as Global Relationship Director at HSBC.

Outside of his day job, James is also a guest lecturer at Imperial College on the topic of business turnaround and he acts as an expert banking witness, providing testimony in financial litigation cases. He is a full member of the Institute for Turnaround (IFT).