James Taylor

James Taylor currently serves as the Licensee Attraction Manager at Star Pubs & Bars, a division of Heineken UK, focusing on enhancing the pub business in the UK. Prior to this role, Taylor worked as a Talent Acquisition Partner at bigspark, specializing in advanced technologies including Apache Spark and Machine Learning. Taylor has extensive experience in consulting, having held senior positions at Hydrogen Group and Quorum Cyber, where expertise in Business Transformation and cyber security was developed. Previous roles also include talent delivery at Bright Purple Resourcing and client relationship management at ea Change Group. Taylor began a career in recruitment and career coaching with ManpowerGroup and A4e, ultimately earning a degree in Built Environment Studies from the University of the West of England.