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'''Jamie B. Waller''' (born 21 February 1979) <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.checkcompany.co.uk/director/4039798/MR-JAMIE-WALLER|title=JAMIE WALLER - DARLINGTON|website=www.checkcompany.co.uk|access-date=2016-04-20}}</ref> is a British entrepreneur, businessman author and investor.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.duedil.com/company/08117406/case-dynamics-limited|title=Case Dynamics Limited|website=duedil.com|accessdate=4 March 2016}}</ref> He was the founder of JBW Group (a [[debt collection]] firm).<ref name=":1">[http://www.case-dynamics.com/case-study/2014/jbw-case-study/ "JBW Case Study"], ''case-dynamics.com'',.</ref> and then Hito (a Fintech company) which he founded in 2016. He sold both businesses for over £40 million and now operates a private equity fund, Firestarters.co.uk. He is married with two children and lives in London.  
'''Jamie B. Waller''' (born 21 February 1979) <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.checkcompany.co.uk/director/4039798/MR-JAMIE-WALLER|title=JAMIE WALLER - DARLINGTON|website=www.checkcompany.co.uk|access-date=2016-04-20}}</ref> is a British entrepreneur and businessman.<ref name=":0" /> He is the founder and now Group Chairman of JBW Group (a [[debt collection]] firm).<ref name=":1" /> He is also the Chief Executive Officer of Case Dynamics Limited (a technology firm) which he founded in 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.duedil.com/company/08117406/case-dynamics-limited|title=Case Dynamics Limited|website=duedil.com|accessdate=5 March 2016}}</ref>


==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==
As a child Waller was a member of the IMPS Motorcycle Display Team, a charity set up to help underprivileged children get out of the [[East End of London|East End]] for weekends and school holidays. He joined the IMPS at the age of five and left when he was sixteen.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ccrmagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=11341|title=CCR Magazine-JBW's sponsor Impstart Trust to enable purchase of coach for team|last=Willcox|first=Ian|website=ccrmagazine.com|accessdate=4 March 2016}}</ref> He left [[Raine's Foundation School]] with no qualifications.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/bbc97c1e-8cb7-11e0-beca-00144feab49a.html|title=First Person: Jamie Waller|last=Duguid|first=Sarah|newspaper=Financial Times|issn=0307-1766|accessdate=1 March 2016}}</ref> In later life he studied Business at Cranfield School of Management, Stanford University and the London Business School.<ref>Jonathan Moules [http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/0855506a-da58-11e5-98fd-06d75973fe09.html#axzz42czzGdKt "Entrepreneurs mix study and networking"], ft.com, 28 February 2016.</ref>
As a child Waller was a member of the IMPS Motorcycle Display Team, a charity set up to help underprivileged children get out of the [[East End of London|East End]] for weekends and school holidays. He joined the IMPS at the age of five and left when he was sixteen.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ccrmagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=11341|title=CCR Magazine-JBW's sponsor Impstart Trust to enable purchase of coach for team|last=Willcox|first=Ian|website=ccrmagazine.com|accessdate=4 March 2016}}</ref> He left [[Raine's Foundation School]] with no qualifications.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/bbc97c1e-8cb7-11e0-beca-00144feab49a.html|title=First Person: Jamie Waller|last=Duguid|first=Sarah|newspaper=Financial Times|issn=0307-1766|accessdate=1 March 2016}}</ref> In later life he studied Business at Cranfield School of Management, and the London Business School where he is currently completing his MBA.<ref>Jonathan Moules [http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/0855506a-da58-11e5-98fd-06d75973fe09.html#axzz42czzGdKt "Entrepreneurs mix study and networking"], ft.com, 28 February 2016.</ref>


==Businesses==
==Career==
===Businesses===
Waller started his first business at the age of 16 in domestic window cleaning after borrowing £1600 from the bank to purchase the business.<ref name="TG">{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/money/2010/aug/21/student-gap-year-businesses|title=Student gap years: 'Make money and move on'|last=Tobin|first=Lucy|date=20 August 2010|newspaper=The Guardian|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|accessdate=4 March 2016}}</ref> He started working as debt collector with one of London's largest debt enforcement agencies, where he was appointed supervisor at the age of 19. He quit this job at the age of 21, and then took a year to travel the world. In Australia he started a business building and selling camper vans for other tourists.<ref name="TG"/> Waller then went onto work in the debt recovery industry as an enforcement agent where in his early career he was held hostage at gun point.
Waller started his first business at the age of 16 in domestic window cleaning after borrowing £1600 from the bank to purchase the business.<ref name="TG">{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/money/2010/aug/21/student-gap-year-businesses|title=Student gap years: 'Make money and move on'|last=Tobin|first=Lucy|date=20 August 2010|newspaper=The Guardian|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|accessdate=4 March 2016}}</ref> He started working as debt collector with one of London's largest debt enforcement agencies, where he was appointed supervisor at the age of 19. He quit this job at the age of 21, and then took a year to travel the world. In Australia he started a business building and selling camper vans for other tourists.<ref name="TG"/>


===JBW Group===
Waller founded JBW Group in 2004 and sold the business to the Japanese outsourcing firm, OSI in 2016. He remained in the business for one year as Chairman until selling his remaining shares in 2017.{{cn|date=January 2018}}
Waller founded JBW Group in 2004 and is the current Group Chairman.


In 2012, the firm reached a revenue of £14 million and employed over 130 people throughout the UK. In 2010 & 2012, the company was listed in the [[Sunday Times]] Top 100 Best Small Companies to work for.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.creditman.co.uk/news/jbw-listed-in-the-times-top-100-best-small-companies-to-work-for-2010/#sthash.KoCsWzVZ.dpuf|title=JBW listed in The Times Top 100 Best Small Companies to work for 2010|website=CreditMan.co.uk|accessdate=4 March 2016}}</ref>
Hito Limited (previously called Case Dynamics Limited) was launched in 2016. Waller sold the business just six months after product launch for a reported £9m.{{cn|date=January 2018}}


In 2014 the firm attempted unsuccessfully to obtain a legal injunction preventing the BBC from airing a ''[[Panorama (TV series)|Panorama]]'' episode critical of the company's practices.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/apr/07/panorama-bailiffs-bbc-investigation-aired-waller-court-bid|title=Panorama bailiffs investigation to be aired after high court bid fails|last=O'Carroll|first=Lisa|date=2014-04-07|work=The Guardian|accessdate=21 March 2016}}</ref> In 2015 the [[Crown Prosecution Service]] dropped charges against a man arrested for allegedly assaulting a JBW bailiff, concluding that the bailiff was trespassing and that the man was within his rights to use reasonable force to eject him.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/money/2015/aug/15/bailiff-rights-dispute-jbw-police-enforcement|title=‘I blocked a bailiff – and paid the price’|last=Collinson|first=Patrick|date=2015-08-15|work=The Guardian|accessdate=21 March 2016}}</ref>
Waller launched Firestarters a private equity vehicle in 2017. The business invests in a variety of businesses from consultancy services to car sales.{{cn|date=January 2018}}

JBW Group was sold in 2016 to a global outsourcing firm for a reported figure of £24m<ref name=":2" />

===Case Dynamics Limited===
Working in partnership with the IT developers behind the fleet tracking system used by [[Addison Lee]], in 2012 Waller led the development of a software platform based on data analytics and behavioural science. One year later he launched Case Dynamics Limited, of which he is the current Chairman.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.duedil.com/company/08117406/case-dynamics-limited|title=Case Dynamics Limited|website=duedil.com|accessdate=4 March 2016}}</ref><ref name=":1">[http://www.case-dynamics.com/case-study/2014/jbw-case-study/ "JBW Case Study"], ''case-dynamics.com'',.</ref>

In April 2016, both of JBW companies (JBW Group and Case Dynamics Limited) were acquired by Outsourcing inc, a Japanese multinational company headquartered in Tokyo and engaged in providing outsourcing services globally. After the purchase, Waller was appointed as the new Group Chairman. The companies were valued at over £24m.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://www.creditman.co.uk/news/the-global-outsourcing-group-outsourcing-inc-acquires-jbw-group/|title=OUTSOURCING Inc. has today acquired JBW GROUP|website=Credit Man|access-date=2016-04-19}}</ref>

==Media==
Waller featured in the BBC's ''[[Bailiffs]]'' TV show for two years beginning in 2000 along with other members of WiseHill and JBW staff. He also featured in the followup show ''The Enforcers'',<ref>Lisa O'Carroll, [https://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/apr/07/panorama-bailiffs-bbc-investigation-aired-waller-court-bid "Panorama bailiffs investigation to be aired after high court bid fails"], theguardian.com, 7 April 2014.</ref> and in the debt advice show ''Beat the Bailiff''.<ref>MARK ANSTEAD, [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/property/article-1297788/BBC1s-Beat-The-Bailiff-star-Jamie-Waller-tells-fell-victim-crash.html "Will it be my turn to beat the bailiff? BBC1's debt collector star Jamie Waller tells how he fell victim to the crash"], dailymail.co.uk, 26 July 2010.</ref><ref>[http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/yourtown/oxfordshire/9029868.TV__bailiff__set_to_lose_fortune_on_property/ "TV presenter Jamie Waller set to lose a fortune on Faringdon development"], oxfordtimes.co.uk; accessed 11 March 2016.</ref>

He is also a frequent contributor to UK news and radio where he specialises in entrepreneurship and personal finance.<ref>[http://www.bmmagazine.co.uk/entrepreneur-interviews/getting-to-know-you-jamie-waller "Getting to Know You: Jamie Waller, Managing Director of JBW Group"], bmmagazine.co.uk, 20 July 2010.</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 13:18, 16 January 2018

Jamie Waller
Born21 February 1979
NationalityBritish
OccupationEntrepreneur
OrganizationJBW Group & Case Dynamics Limited
TitleCEO & Chairman

Jamie B. Waller (born 21 February 1979) [1] is a British entrepreneur and businessman.[2] He is the founder and now Group Chairman of JBW Group (a debt collection firm).[3] He is also the Chief Executive Officer of Case Dynamics Limited (a technology firm) which he founded in 2012.[4]

Early life and education

As a child Waller was a member of the IMPS Motorcycle Display Team, a charity set up to help underprivileged children get out of the East End for weekends and school holidays. He joined the IMPS at the age of five and left when he was sixteen.[5] He left Raine's Foundation School with no qualifications.[6] In later life he studied Business at Cranfield School of Management, and the London Business School where he is currently completing his MBA.[7]

Career

Businesses

Waller started his first business at the age of 16 in domestic window cleaning after borrowing £1600 from the bank to purchase the business.[8] He started working as debt collector with one of London's largest debt enforcement agencies, where he was appointed supervisor at the age of 19. He quit this job at the age of 21, and then took a year to travel the world. In Australia he started a business building and selling camper vans for other tourists.[8]

JBW Group

Waller founded JBW Group in 2004 and is the current Group Chairman.

In 2012, the firm reached a revenue of £14 million and employed over 130 people throughout the UK. In 2010 & 2012, the company was listed in the Sunday Times Top 100 Best Small Companies to work for.[9]

In 2014 the firm attempted unsuccessfully to obtain a legal injunction preventing the BBC from airing a Panorama episode critical of the company's practices.[10] In 2015 the Crown Prosecution Service dropped charges against a man arrested for allegedly assaulting a JBW bailiff, concluding that the bailiff was trespassing and that the man was within his rights to use reasonable force to eject him.[11]

JBW Group was sold in 2016 to a global outsourcing firm for a reported figure of £24m[12]

Case Dynamics Limited

Working in partnership with the IT developers behind the fleet tracking system used by Addison Lee, in 2012 Waller led the development of a software platform based on data analytics and behavioural science. One year later he launched Case Dynamics Limited, of which he is the current Chairman.[2][3]

In April 2016, both of JBW companies (JBW Group and Case Dynamics Limited) were acquired by Outsourcing inc, a Japanese multinational company headquartered in Tokyo and engaged in providing outsourcing services globally. After the purchase, Waller was appointed as the new Group Chairman. The companies were valued at over £24m.[12]

Media

Waller featured in the BBC's Bailiffs TV show for two years beginning in 2000 along with other members of WiseHill and JBW staff. He also featured in the followup show The Enforcers,[13] and in the debt advice show Beat the Bailiff.[14][15]

He is also a frequent contributor to UK news and radio where he specialises in entrepreneurship and personal finance.[16]

References

  1. ^ "JAMIE WALLER - DARLINGTON". www.checkcompany.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-04-20.
  2. ^ a b "Case Dynamics Limited". duedil.com. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  3. ^ a b "JBW Case Study", case-dynamics.com,.
  4. ^ "Case Dynamics Limited". duedil.com. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  5. ^ Willcox, Ian. "CCR Magazine-JBW's sponsor Impstart Trust to enable purchase of coach for team". ccrmagazine.com. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  6. ^ Duguid, Sarah. "First Person: Jamie Waller". Financial Times. ISSN 0307-1766. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  7. ^ Jonathan Moules "Entrepreneurs mix study and networking", ft.com, 28 February 2016.
  8. ^ a b Tobin, Lucy (20 August 2010). "Student gap years: 'Make money and move on'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  9. ^ "JBW listed in The Times Top 100 Best Small Companies to work for 2010". CreditMan.co.uk. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  10. ^ O'Carroll, Lisa (2014-04-07). "Panorama bailiffs investigation to be aired after high court bid fails". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  11. ^ Collinson, Patrick (2015-08-15). "'I blocked a bailiff – and paid the price'". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  12. ^ a b "OUTSOURCING Inc. has today acquired JBW GROUP". Credit Man. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
  13. ^ Lisa O'Carroll, "Panorama bailiffs investigation to be aired after high court bid fails", theguardian.com, 7 April 2014.
  14. ^ MARK ANSTEAD, "Will it be my turn to beat the bailiff? BBC1's debt collector star Jamie Waller tells how he fell victim to the crash", dailymail.co.uk, 26 July 2010.
  15. ^ "TV presenter Jamie Waller set to lose a fortune on Faringdon development", oxfordtimes.co.uk; accessed 11 March 2016.
  16. ^ "Getting to Know You: Jamie Waller, Managing Director of JBW Group", bmmagazine.co.uk, 20 July 2010.
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