James Alexander Strong AO (31 July 1944 – 3 March 2013) was an Australian businessman and philanthropist.
[3] In 1991, he became national chairman of partners for the law firm Corrs Chambers Westgarth, and in 1992, managing director of the DB Breweries Group in New Zealand.
He also held senior roles with several other Australian companies, including: Woolworths Limited, Rip Curl, IAG and Kathmandu.
[5] Strong was also involved in sports administration: he was a director of Dorna Sports, which administers MotoGP motorcycle racing;[6] was a member of the Australian Grand Prix Corporation; and at the time of his death was non-executive chairman of V8 Supercars and chairman of the Australian and New Zealand organising committee for the 2015 Cricket World Cup.
He died at the Mater Hospital in North Sydney on 3 March 2013, following complications from surgery and pulmonary fibrosis, the latter having been diagnosed some 16 months earlier.