James Reed
James Andrew Reed CBE, CCMI, FCIPD (born 12 April 1963) is a British businessman. He is chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of the Reed group of companies. He is the son of Sir Alec Reed, who founded the company in 1960. He is chairman of The Big Give Trust, a match-funding charity supported in part by the Reed Foundation and the Reed family. The Big Give has raised over £346 million for UK-registered charities, with a target of £1 billion by 2030. In 2024 its Christmas Challenge surpassed Comic Relief and Children In Need as Britain's largest fundraising event of the year