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James Caan - Entrepreneur and Business Speaker
  • Conference Speakers

Topics:

  • Business
  • Entrepreneurs/Innovation
  • Leadership

James Caan is CEO of private equity firm Hamilton Bradshaw and has been building and selling businesses since 1985.  He is an exceptional public speaker and an ideal inspirational speaker for business and entreprenuers

Having founded the Alexander Mann Group in 1985, an executive head hunting firm with a turnover of £300m and operations in 50 countries, James sold the company in 2002.
James Caan also co-founded executive head-hunting firm Humana International with his partner Doug Bugie, growing the business to over 147 offices across 30 countries from 1993-1999.

In 2001 James was awarded the BT Enterprise of the Year award for outstanding success in business and having already been a finalist in 2000 he was named PricewaterhouseCoopers Entrepreneur of the Year 2003.  That same year, having successfully graduated from the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School, Caan also won the Entrepreneur category in the Asian Jewel Awards.

Setting up London-based Hamilton Bradshaw in 2004, the private equity company specialises in buyouts, venture capital, turnarounds and real estate investments and development opportunities in both the UK and Europe. Investing up to £10 million in each individual transaction.

In October 2007, James Caan joined the panel in the fifth series of BBC Two's Dragons' Den.

A married father of two daughters, James has homes in London, the South of France and Pakistan.

For further information or to book James Caan, please call us on 020 8866 8967 or email info@speakerscorner.co.uk

 

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