James Michael Douglas Thomson CBE (born 1966) is a chartered accountant and Councilman for Walbrook Ward of the City of London Corporation since 2013.
In April 2022, Thomson announced his intention to stand down on 31 December 2022, with Vistry Group's chief operating officer Graham Prothero nominated as his successor.
[4] Thomson was chief executive officer for Keepmoat and was a non-executive board member of the Housing and Finance Institute.
Thomson is a board member of the Serious Fraud Office and chair of its Audit and Risk Committee.
[9] Following the Autumn Statement of Conservative chancellor Philip Hammond in November 2016, Thomson welcomed the £2.3 billion housing infrastructure fund as he saw it as allowing local authorities to create joint ventures to deliver housing.