Jim Collins is Director of Strategy & Operations for the International, Engagement & Service (IES) Directorate at King’s. IES brings together the expertise of King’s teams working with communities and partners locally, nationally and globally, providing strategic leadership for the University’s engagement at home and abroad. He leads on the development and delivery of the Directorate’s integrated strategic plans and the transformation of IES into an integrated portfolio.

Jim continues to play a role in strengthening King's relationship with London, building upon his previous tenure as Director of Strategy & Planning (London).) In this role, Jim led King’s strategic ambitions to be a civic university at the heart of London working with key stakeholders in King’s and across the capital.

He joined King’s from UCL where he was Principal Partnerships Manager (London) leading a team of Partnership Managers and External Affairs staff catalysing partnerships with industry and public bodies in London. He also established and managed a portfolio of UCL’s industrial relationships with national and global businesses.

Jim is a Trustee of the Mary Ward Settlement, a member of the board of the Southbank Employers’ Group and has sat on a wide variety of advisory boards and panels.

Finally, he holds an MBA in Higher Education Management from UCL Institute of Education and both a BA (Hons) in Languages and Cultural Studies and an MA (French) from University College Cork, Ireland.