James McLaren

James is the Founder and Managing Partner of Sterling Black. Previously, he was Managing Partner at Deloitte Leadership Consulting and prior to that was Managing Director, PDI (Korn Ferry).

With more than 30 years of experience, James specialises in partnering with chairs and CEOs.

He focuses on review of board effectiveness, chair feedback and director development; CEO and C-Suite assessment for selection, development and succession; CEO succession, CEO coaching and development and executive team effectiveness.

Based in Australia, he has worked extensively in Europe, North America and Asia. He works closely with international clients and local clients large and small across all industries.

James holds a Master’s in Business Administration degree from Columbia Business School and an MBA from London Business School. He also holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree and is accredited in all credible leadership psychometric and ability measures.

Qualifications & accreditations:

• MBA (Columbia Business School)
• MBA (London Business School)
• Bachelor of Commerce (psychology and business)
• Accreditation and joint projects partnerings with master coaches such as Marshall Goldsmith, Dr Tony Grant and Bob Lee