James Clark

James Clark, Managing Director, Interpath

James has 25 yearsโ€™ experience in financial restructuring and turnaround and is head of Interpathโ€™s North East team.

Whilst James often works across many sectors, he has deep experience in the Education Sector and leads Interpathโ€™s Deal Support and Financial Restructuring services for Higher Education.

He is Interpathโ€™s respected expert for lenders and the DfE, and over the years has worked across HE, FE, and multi academy trusts, on mergers, wind downs, insolvency, and covenant resets/refinancing.

Notable assignments include advising the boards on the merger of Bolton College and Bolton University (now the University of Greater Manchester), advising on over 20 mergers in the FE sector, advising the DfE on the collapse of Wakefield Academies Trust, and advising a Northern University on the future plans for its overseas campus.

Location: HE Transformation Business & Estates

Session: Cost Transformation: What It Takes to Succeed