James Smith

James Smith is a highly experienced finance director with extensive expertise in finance control, financial planning, analysis, and commercial finance. Smith has a wide-ranging experience across different industries, with exceptional skills in implementing cloud-based management tools, improving financial control and visibility, and delivering significant improvements. Before becoming the finance director at Asahi UK Holdings Ltd, he worked in several leadership roles in the business, including Financial Planning and Analysis Manager at Miller Brands (UK) Ltd and Commercial Accountant at Miller Brands (UK) Ltd. He began his career as a Finance Management Trainee at SABMiller, where he completed the CIMA program with a first-time pass, achieving top ten global rankings in two papers. Smith holds a BSc in Business Administration from Cardiff University and has recently completed CFA Level 1 at BPP University.