James Innes (author)

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James Alexander Seymour Innes (born 1 September 1975) is an English entrepreneur and author,
currently Chairman of the James Innes Group.
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1Early life

2Career

3Published Work

4Personal life

5Philanthropy

6Freemasonry

7Rotary International

8References

Early life[edit]
Innes was born James Anthony Seymour Elkins in West Sussex, the son of Donald Anthony Elkins,
a businessman and Elisabeth Daphne Innes (ne Innes). He had one brother, Christian, who died
young due to complications of Downs Syndrome. He also has three half-siblings from his mothers
first marriage. He changed his name via deed poll to his mothers maiden name in his late teens,
also adopting the popular clan Innes name of Alexander in place of his middle name Anthony. His
maternal great-grandfather was Sir Charles Alexander Innes, KCSI, CIE, Governor of the British
Crown Colony of Burma. Initially attending St. Augustine's CE Primary School in Scaynes Hill he
then won scholarships to Ashdown House preparatory school and subsequently Horris Hill
preparatory school before winning a further scholarship to Charterhouse. However, he left school
just a year later at the age of 14.

Career[edit]
Having left school at the age of 14, Innes worked in fields as diverse as photography, journalism,
teaching and construction before moving into the recruitment and employment sector, creating the
first company in the James Innes Group in 1998. The James Innes Group specialises in professional
CV, resume and online profile writing as well as interview coaching and now operates in 12 different

countries under four different trading names: The CV Centre (UK, Ireland, New Zealand and South
Africa), The Resume Center (USA), The Resume Centre (Australia and Canada) and CV Center
(France, Belgium, Germany, Austria and Switzerland). Innes retired from his role as CEO in 2014
and currently holds the position of Chairman of the James Innes Group. He is also the author of five
best-selling careers bookswhich have been translated into a variety of other languages including
Romanian, Korean and Vietnamese.

Published Work[edit]

The CV Book (Pearson, Harlow, 2009) ISBN 978-1292086477.

Third edition published 2016.

The Interview Book (Pearson, Harlow, 2009) ISBN 9781292086514. Third edition published 2016.

The Cover Letter Book (Pearson, Harlow, 2009) ISBN 9781292086392. Third edition published 2016. First edition originally
entitled Brilliant Cover Letters.

The Interview Question & Answer Book (Pearson, Harlow,

2009) ISBN 978-1292086552. Second edition published 2016.

Ultimate New Job (Kogan Page, London, 2012) ISBN 9780749464097.

Personal life[edit]
On 20 August 2010, Innes married veterinary surgeon Delphine Vaucanson in Rouen, France. They
have a daughter, Aleyna Franoise Elisabeth Innes (born 13 November 2014). They live in Geneva,
Switzerland.

Philanthropy[edit]
Innes is an active philanthropist. He is a Founding Trustee of The Gradbridge Trust, a charity which
supports young people in their goal of achieving the Gradbridge Award.
He donates 50% of all publishing royalties in addition to 10% of all (group company) profits annually
to a wide range of charities, including Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust UK, The Oxford Radcliffe
Hospitals Charitable Funds, Havens Hospices, Down Syndrome Education International and The
Charlie Waller Memorial Trust. He is involved with Cameleon Association, a charity which supports
abused and disadvantaged children in the Philippines and has personally funded, in perpetuity, an
undergraduate bursary at Trinity College, Cambridge the James Innes Bursary.

Freemasonry[edit]
Innes is actively involved in English Freemasonry, having been initiated into Southwark Lodge No.
879 (London) in 1999, in which he was installed as Master in 2005. He is also connected with
Freemasonry in both France and Switzerland.

Rotary International[edit]

Innes is a Rotarian, a member of The Rotary Club of London, Club No. 50 in Rotary International,
the premier Rotary Club in Britain, being the first to have been chartered outside North America.

References[edit]
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