James Reed (businessman)

James Reed
Born
James Andrew Reed

(1963-04-12) 12 April 1963 (age 61)
Woking, Surrey, England
NationalityBritish and Maltese
Alma materChrist Church, Oxford
Harvard Business School
Occupation(s)Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Reed Group
Chairman, The Big Give
Known forEntrepreneurship and philanthropy
SpouseNicola Reed
Children6
Parent(s)Alec Reed, Adrianne Eyre
WebsiteOfficial website

James Andrew Reed CBE, CCMI, FCIPD (born 12 April 1963) is a British businessman. He is chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of the Reed group of companies. He is the son of Sir Alec Reed, who founded the company in 1960. He is chairman of The Big Give Trust, a match-funding charity supported in part by the Reed Foundation and the Reed family. The Big Give has raised over £284 million for UK-registered charities and aims to raise £1 billion by 2030.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ Lepper, Joe (15 March 2023). "Match funding charity sets £1bn fundraising target by 2030". Charity Times. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
  2. ^ Ricketts, Andy. "Big Give Christmas Challenge raises record £33m in a week". www.thirdsector.co.uk. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  3. ^ Reed, James (22 April 2024). "How to make an effective change this World Earth Day". CityAM. Retrieved 29 April 2024.