With early beginnings in the field of Biokinetics (lifestyle management for chronic disease risk reduction and final phase rehabilitation), he has read for several degrees in the health sciences, including Advanced Translational Genomics, Healthy Aging and Integrative Medicine. He is currently a PhD candidate – the field of his dissertation is Longevity and Human Healthspan.
James currently focuses on precision health and healthy ageing strategy development. Using genome analysis, personalised lifestyle recommendations are sensitised to each individual. Benefits include deep health balance, chronic disease prevention, and higher human performance.
He supported the SA National Surfing Team as medical/scientific support at the 2014, 2015 and 2016 ISA World Championships and has experience in preparing multiple athletes for elite competition. James was a member of the SA Rugby medical team in 2001/2 and provided integrative support to several international level athletes, including South African Olympians/Paralympians and several other international professionals in various sporting codes.
His own sporting history includes competing for South Africa in men’s artistic gymnastics at international level, surfing competitively in National Championships and representing South African Universities’ Protea Team in international competition. James competed in and survived the gruelling Extreme World Races Centenary South Pole Challenge 2010/2011, ski-trek racing 1000km unsupported to the South Pole.
In 2006, James co-founded an Integrative Health Clinic called HOUSE OF HOLISTIC HEALTH in Cape Town and has built a large client base in this clinical practice. He co-founded Biolytica AG, a longevity biotechnology company based in Zug, Switzerland, that is focused on the challenge of deep analytics for healthy ageing and human longevity.
James now leads his team at FOR LIFE, which focuses on personalised longevity and healthspan consulting – the foundations of which are creating balance through precision lifestyle management.
