James Jackson
Entrepreneur &
Endurance Sport Enthusiast
James Jackson is the Managing Director of Claims Gate, a company he founded after leaving his Computer Science degree at Newcastle University to pursue entrepreneurship.
What began as a small marketing business has since grown into one of the UK’s leading claimant marketing firms, managing eight-figure advertising budgets and employing a 15-person team.
Today, Claims Gate also develops LegalTech products, providing software used in some of the largest consumer legal cases in the UK by claimant numbers.
Charity &
Endurance Achievements
Driven by a desire to challenge limits, James is also an accomplished ultra-endurance athlete. He has raised over £10,000 for Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital by tackling world-class endurance events, including the Marathon des Sables (250km staged desert footrace), the Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc (176km non-stop mountain footrace), and the Nice IRONMAN.
James embodies a blend of entrepreneurial ambition and athletic resilience, applying the same determination to scaling businesses as he does to conquering some of the toughest endurance events in the world.
