James is Assistant Director at Citizens UK. He leads a team of community organisers in South London as well as Citizens UK's work on migration. James is a dual British and Iranian national and grew up in Thornton Heath, Croydon. He has a first class degree in philosophy, politics and economics from Oxford University as well as an MPhil in modern middle eastern studies and an MA in community organising from Queen Mary University of London. James is also a governor of a primary school in Brixton.