Sebastian Richard Edward Cuthbert James (born 11 March 1966) is a British businessman, who has been the CEO of Veonet since November 2024.

James was given a job in government on 5 July 2010, by Education Secretary Michael Gove, reviewing state school spending.

[6] James started his career at Bain & Co, including being project leader with focus on retail and investment banking systems and transaction management.

He joined Dixons Retail in 2008 as development director managing its Currys transformation programme, becoming group CEO in 2012.

Cameron, James, and Johnson all went to Eton together, and later all three men were members of the Bullingdon Club, with all three being in the infamous black and white group picture in 1987 that later made negative news headlines.