Jeffrey Daniel Dominic James CBE (né Walker; born 11 March 1968) is a British public servant and executive, and former Royal Navy sailor.

[1][2] In the 2024 Birthday Honours, Jeff James was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to archives and the public record.

[4] After leaving the Royal Navy, James joined the University of Leeds as an IT technical support officer.

[2] In 2007, James joined The National Archives as Head of Access and Records Knowledge, before becoming Director of Operations in 2008.

[2][5] From June 2013 to July 2014 he was Deputy Chief executive of the Chartered Institute of Housing,[7] and was "responsible for leading on strategy development, operational excellence, business performance and change management".