James Walton

James has over 18 years of experience with Deloitte across more than 10 countries. He started in Deloitte’s Tax practice in London and Prague before becoming the Clients & Markets Director of Deloitte Central Europe in 2005. James has been in Singapore since 2010 and was made a Partner in 2015. He oversees all marketing, communications and business development activities of Deloitte across the ASEAN region and co-leads the SEA CFO Program. Deloitte is a multinational professional services network and one of the Big Four accounting organizations with the largest professional services network in the world.

James is also the Sports Business Leader for Deloitte Singapore and Southeast Asia, overseeing all of Deloitte’s services for clients in the sports and leisure industry. He sits on Sport Singapore’s spexBusiness Advisory Panel that helps corporates support athletes. James led Deloitte’s staff and community activation programs for the 28th SEA Games and the 8th ASEAN Para Games in 2015. He also oversees the Deloitte Ignite athlete employment program which has provided employment and internships to over 60 Team Singapore athletes in the past 3 years.