An award-winning, passionate and committed lecturer with about 25 years of professional and lecturing experiences in public universities and private higher education institutions in Singapore, James specializes in teaching/training marketing, finance, accounting, management, and corporate governance at professional, undergraduate and postgraduate level. He is well-versed with contemporary approaches to curriculum development, teaching pedagogies, blended learning and transnational higher education trends. He is currently an Assistant Professor at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University where he facilitates accounting and finance courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. 

James holds a Ph.D. in Finance from the University of Western Australia and eight master degrees in business administration, digital education, higher education research, marketing, positive psychology and coaching psychology, and investment and finance. He is a fellow member of several accountancy bodies in Singapore, Australia and the UK. He is also a Fellow member of the Advanced HE.